MERION MERCY ACADEMY YEAR-END AWARDS FOR ACADEMICS CLASS OF 2015 THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 9:45am Certificates and pins are presented to students in each academic course. The Academic Excellence Award is presented to the student who has performed the best in the course for this academic school year. The Honorable Mention award is presented to the student with the next highest average. The Excellent Effort Award is presented to the student who has demonstrated outstanding effort throughout the course. We ask the following students to come forward to receive their awards: Course Academic Excellence Honorable Mention Excellent Effort Theology Life Choices Annette Young Emma Drennen Paige Smith Christian Women Clare Hegarty Gabriela Ferroni Rebecca Loonstyn English Dramatic Literature & Theater Madeleine Procopio Tessa Moran Emma Drennen Contemporary Literature A Meghan Henry Sarah Jensen Contemporary Literature Julie Roccato Moira McChesney Caroline Barton Fiction & Poetry Writing Josephine Messina Julia Roccato Gothic Literature Madeleine Procopio Dorian Harvey Olivia Giangiordano Speech & Contemporary Issues Megan Rolfes Cameron George Haoshu (Amy) Jia World Mythology A Alison Snarponis Kelly Barton Genevieve Manning AP English Literature Julie Bevilacqua Emma Ibrahim Mathematics Pre-Calculus A Nora Grady Erin Donnelly Grace Harbison AP Calculus AB Julie Bevilacqua Madeleine Procopio Emma Ibrahim Calculus A Catherine West Carly Loonstyn Pre-Calculus Stephanie Horn Michaela Scanlon Rebecca Loonstyn AP Statistics Sarah Jensen Statistics Tessa Moran Cara Heany Stephanie Horn AP Calculus BC Erica Murphy Moira McChesney Alison Snarponis
Course Academic Excellence Honorable Mention Excellent Effort Science AP Chemistry Erica Murphy Physics A Erica Murphy Kelly Barton Clare Hegarty Physics Nora Grady Megan Rolfes AP Environmental Science Alison Snarponis Meghan Henry Dierdre McCloskey Physiology A Julia Roccato Environmental Science Madeleine Procopio Stephanie Paras Ashley Miller Biotech/Bioethics Nora Grady Social Studies AP Gov. and Politics Julie Bevilacqua Annette Young Meghan Sack U.S. Government A Erin Donnelly Madeleine Procopio Marissa Spallucci U.S. Government Nora Grady Cameron George Lauren Uveges Economics Genevieve Manning Erin Donnelly Haoshu (Amy) Jia Psychology Madeleine Procopio Sociology Moira McChesney Ashley Graves Intro to Law Emma Drennen Language Latin 4A Erica Murphy Julie Bevilacqua Alison Snarponis AP French Emma Ibrahim Grace Mullen Megan Bevilacqua AP Spanish Meghan Henry Sarah Jensen Genevieve Manning Spanish 4 Clare Hegarty Nora Grady Jianna Pappalardo Art and Music Art Major 3A Corinne Pisauro Kelly Sabia Principles of Design 2 Marissa Spallucci Caroline Corzel Music Major 1A Katherine Dombrowski Music Major 3A Madeline King Audrey Rake Anna Moretto MORE
Certificates The President s Award for Educational Excellence for having maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above at the first semester of senior year and having achieved an 85% in either math or reading on the SATs or ACTs is awarded to Emily Acito Audra Adams Maura Avington Caroline Barton Kelly Barton Julia Battin Ciara Bauwens Julie Bevilacqua Megan Bevilacqua Isabel Cieri Emily Conroy Lauren Dice Erin Donnelly Emma Drennen Gabriela Ferroni Deirdre Grady Ashley Graves Emily Hall Megan Halt Dorian Harvey Clare Hegarty Meghan Henry Certificates Emma Ibrahim Sarah Jensen Haoshu (Amy) Jia Jamilah Jones Bridget Kayes Madeline King Kristen Konieczny Leyla Lewenec Katherine Lynch Mary Katherine Magee Allegra Malgier Genevieve Manning Elizabeth Mattera Catherine Maurer Gianna Mazza Moira McChesney Dierdre McCloskey Marie McFalls Elizabeth Messina Grace Mullen Erica Murphy Elaine O'Hara Stephanie Paras Erin Parker Corinne Pisauro Madeleine Procopio Kathleen Quigley Jasmine Raj Casey Robinson Julia Roccato Megan Rogers Shannon Rogers Megan Rolfes Michaela Scanlon Elizabeth Schrieber Jacqueline Sereni Alison Snarponis Marissa Spallucci Sarah Stinson Minh Vu Catherine West Annette Young The President s Award for Educational Achievement is presented to the following students for having shown outstanding educational growth, improvement, commitment or intellectual development in their academic subjects. These students were chosen by the faculty for working hard and giving their best effort in school: Grace Harbison Kristina Leuzzi Book Audrey Rake Kelly Sabia Sofia Sena Linying (Anita) Wang The Phi Beta Kappa Association of the Delaware Valley presents a book award to a senior who demonstrates outstanding scholastic achievement. This year s book, The Innovators, How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution is presented to: Catherine Maurer
Certificates The Philadelphia Society of Women Engineers is pleased to honor young women who have demonstrated excellence in the study of mathematics and science. The students who receive these awards have completed 3 or more years of mathematics and science courses with distinction and they have also been active citizens of the school and community. The award for highest honors is presented this year to: Erica Murphy Awards for high honors are presented this year to: Julie Bevilacqua and Madeline King Certificate The Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society sponsors an award for excellence in chemistry and recognizes a student for her demonstrated enthusiasm and perseverance in the study of chemistry. This year s award is presented to: Erica Murphy Certificates The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) is the world leader in promoting physics education at all levels. Each year the association recognizes outstanding physics students. In 2015 the International Year of Light the Outstanding Physics Student Awards are presented to: Julie Bevilacqua and Moira McChesney Certificate The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists grants an award each year for outstanding academic performance, leadership potential, and dedication to serving humanity through the profession of medicine. At the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in 2014, the Medical Advisory Board of the academy conferred honor and distinction upon: Erin Donnelly Erin, please come forward to receive a certificate. Certificate
MMA students continued to earn honors in the WordWright critical reading challenge this year. As a result of strong performances in the various challenge meets, an award for highest national honors is presented to: Emma Ibrahim This year a Gold Medal was awarded to Maura Avington for flash fiction on the national level of the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program. Maura, please stand to be recognized for this honor. The following students have achieved distinction in the National French Exam and were previously honored with awards. Please stand for recognition when your name is called. Level 4 o Bronze Medal: Mary Katherine Magee o National Winner Runner-Up: Megan Bevilacqua Emma Drennen o Honorable Mention: Catherine Maurer Madeleine Procopio The following students in the Latin Department have achieved beyond expectations through their exceptional performance in this year s National Latin Exam. Please stand for recognition when your name is called. The following students have achieved recognition for Cum Laude performance: Latin 4A: Elizabeth Schrieber The following students have achieved recognition for Magna Cum Laude performance: Latin 2A: Jacqueline Koob
The following students have received a certificate and a silver medal for their Maxima Cum Laude performance: Latin 4A: Maura Avington Elizabeth Mattera Marie McFalls Alison Snarponis The following students have received a certificate and a gold medal for their Summa Cum Laude performance: Latin 4A: Julie Bevilacqua Erica Murphy Minh Vu Annette Young Dictionaries In recognition for outstanding achievement, the Maureen O'Donnell Oxford Classical Dictionary Award is given to students who receive four successive gold medals for summa cum laude performance on the National Latin Exam. This year, an impressive four MMA seniors earned this distinction: Julie Bevilacqua Erica Murphy Minh Vu Annette Young The following seniors have been recognized by the American Association for the Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese for their outstanding performance on the National Spanish Exam at the fourth level. When your name is called, please come forward to receive your award: Level 4 o Silver Medal: o Bronze Medal: o Honorable Mention: Sarah Jensen Madeline King Leyla Lewenec Kelly Barton Olivia Diaz Genevieve Manning Caroline Barton
Ciara Bauwens Isabel Cieri Gabriela Ferroni Meghan Henry Jamilah Jones Bridget Kayes Megan Rolfes