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May 2026
Welcome to the May Junior Irish News, which is full of end-of-the-year accolades and events. We have a great deal to celebrate as we prepare to bid farewell to the Class of 2026, our 100th graduating class! It is a historic moment for our school and a much-anticipated one for the 204 seniors. We are proud of the many ways this remarkable class has added to Father Ryan’s Tradition of Faith, Knowledge, Service.
Did You Know? The Class of 2026 was accepted to 202 individual colleges and universities? Father Ryan College Counseling has a new partnership with a test prep company to provide free practice ACT or SAT tests to our juniors?
Oh, The Places They Are Going! The Class of 2026’s post-Father Ryan steps are impressive. Check out where our graduates are going this fall. A few highlights: Our students are attending a variety of schools, including Duke, Emory, the United States Naval Academy, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and as far as London and Madrid. University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) remains the most popular college for our Seniors. Even as UTK becomes more selective, Father Ryan students are doing very well in UTK’s admissions process. This year, UTK received 65,000+ applications and a 64% admit rate for instate students. But Father Ryan students in the Class of 2026 had an admit rate of 74%. https://fatherryanorg.finalsite.com/fs/comms-manager/view/68916518-923c-4c7e-99a8-16090d40e768
Father Ryan offers 35 arts courses, the most of any Middle Tennessee high school? Nearly 25% of all female students at Father Ryan participate in the Dance Program? Since 2021, 95 students have been inducted into the Fr. Charles Strobel Service Society (formerly the St. Vincent de Paul Society)?
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