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Elmer wins highly sought-after scholarship Selena Elmer ’08 was awarded the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship this spring from the University of North Carolina, which brings with it a four-year undergraduate scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Elmer, a school prefect and standout student and athlete, was a dedicated leader and student advocate for the environment throughout her career at St. George’s. She was one of only 35 in the country to be awarded the Morehead-Cain Scholarship who is not a resident of North Carolina. According to the program, 64 finalists from North Carolina were joined by 44 out-of-state finalists and three British finalists for interviews with the Central Selection Committee in Chapel Hill in March. Seventy students were offered MoreheadCain Scholarships.
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Forty-nine students attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2008 National Spanish Examinations. SG students earned a total of six gold, 18 silver and 25 bronze placements. Gold award winners were Grace Owen-Stively ’10, Macgill Davis ’10, Matthew Archer ’11, Vincent Bohlen ’10, Caroline Miller ’11 and Jelani OldumLansiquot ’09. The exams are the largest of their kind in the United States, and more than 106,000 participated in 2008. The students were taught by Spanish Department Chair Mafalda Nula and teachers Catherine Rodero, Miriam Gorriaran and Anthony Perry. Spanish writing awards were given in assembly on March 7 to Barbara Bogacheva ’08 who came in second place in Rhode Island in the advanced category; Jelani Odlum-Lansiquot ’09, who took first place in the intermediate category; Callie McBreen ’09, Sam Redway ’09, Ollie Scholle ’08, Eliza Richardz ’09 and Peter Hahn ’08, who received an “Excellent Award” in the advanced category, and McCrea Davison ’09, Linnea Bostrom ’09, Scott Chanelli ’09 and Sophia Noel ’09, who received honorable mentions. Thirty-nine students from the NADA club (Not Advocating Substance Abuse) taught in the DARE program at Gaudet Middle School and All Saints Academy in the first two weeks of April. Trained by Dr. Cheryl Jenkins, Director of Counseling and Health Education, NADA club members taught four activities in the fifth-grade classrooms while Middletown police officer and DARE teacher Josh Mello looked on. Fifth graders learned the ingredients in smoke from the “Big Cigarette,” calculated how much it costs to smoke a pack a day for a year, examined decisions that lead them down a path toward trust or mistrust, and practiced different ways of saying “no” through participating in skits. Students from St. George’s concluded the lesson by stating reasons why they do not drink, smoke or use drugs, and gave SG pencils to the fifth graders as parting gifts.