30 THE COURIER SUN • CATHOLIC SCHOOL • JANUARY22, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com catholic school week CHRIST THE KING HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS FOR INCOMING STUDENTS BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com @sal_licata1 Christ the King High School will be awarding over $1,196,000 in academic scholarships and awards to members of the incoming class of 2019, the board of trustees, administration, faculty and staff announced. Over 50 students, who will be enrolled at the high school in Middle Village from 2015 to 2019, will be recipients of the scholarship money. “The board is pleased by the outstanding response we have received from our local feeder schools and would like to congratulate all the parents, principals, faculty and staff for their outstanding job in providing a quality education to all our incoming freshmen,” said Thomas Ognibene, chairman of the scholarship committee. “Christ the King will endeavor to continue that outstanding educational process during the students’ four-year experience at Christ the King High School.” The school will be giving $722,000 in academic scholarships to the incoming class. This money was given out to students based on their grades in elementary school and Test for Admission into Catholic High School (TACHS) exam. Christ the King has also awarded $474,000 through the Christ the King Continuing Education Catholic School Loyalty Program. This was given to students who performed within the scholarship requirements and went to Catholic elementary school, thus continuing their religious education in high school. These soon-to-be-freshman were awarded between $1,500 and $2,000 each. Ognibene was eager to congratulate THE COURIER/Photo by Liam La Guerre each student who received the scholarship for their hard work. “Once again, let me congratulate all of our incoming freshmen, their families, school administration and faculty.” X A V E R I A N Become a part of Xaverian’s 57 year tradition of academic excellence and enjoy the following: A cutting edge, one-to-one learning environment complete with Smart classrooms and an iPad for each student The Michael T. Strianese ‘74 STEM Program at Xaverian offers project and problem based learning through hands-on classroom experiences in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The growth of the highly acclaimed STEM program, which was implemented through a partnership with Project Lead the Way, has been bolstered by a recent $1 million gift donated by Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Strianese ‘74. College credit opportunities available through numerous Advanced Placement, St. John’s University, and Syracuse University courses Impressive college placements in which the class of 2014 earned $ 23,279,608 in scholarships to top colleges, including Cornell University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, Boston University, College of the Holy Cross, University of Notre Dame, US Naval Academy, US Military Academy at West Point, and US Coast Guard Academy A robust college guidance and internship program (see www.xaverian.org/ipax for a full list of internship partners) Dynamic extracurricular offerings, including the renowned Music at Xaverian (MAX) program X A V E R I A N RESPICE STELLAM VOCA MARIAM A Catholic, college preparatory boys’ high school in the tradition of the Xaverian Brothers since 1957. Be our guest as a “Clipper for a Day.” Spend a day on our campus and experience what life is like as a Clipper! B R O O K L Y N N . Y . For more information, please contact: Mr. Mark Spelman ’92, Director of Admissions (718) 836-7100 x117 or admissions@xaverian.org 7100 Shore Road, Brooklyn, NY 11209 P r i v a t e B u s S e r v i c e A v a i l a b l e ! w w w. x a v e r i a n . o r g / a d m i s s i o n s
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