Academic Accomplishments
2025 CALENDAR YEAR
NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS
COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION
The College Board National Recognition Programs create pathways to college for students from underrepresented communities by awarding them academic honors and connecting them with universities across the country.
Complete information about the NHRP is on the College Board’s website: www.collegeboard.org.
Son of Brenda & Bryan Evans Attended Holy Name of Jesus School
Son of Shams Halat & Adham al Hariri Attended Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle-Orléans
Son of Alicia & Michael Bouchon Attended Christian Brothers School
Son of Christine Brockhoff Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Philip Neri Catholic School
Son of Kelly & Matthew Denning Attended St. Pius X Catholic School & Brooks Elementary School
Son of Jennifer & Christopher Holmes Attended Stuart Hall School for Boys
Son of Brenda & Bryan Evans Attended Holy Name of Jesus School
Son of Cynthia & William Farmer Attended Christian Brothers School
Son of Rebecca & Keith Frey Attended St. Dominic School
Son of Christine & Mark Haase Attended St. Rita Catholic School
Son of AnhThu & Thanh Nguyen Attended St. Rosalie School
Son of Gretchen & Patrick Morris
Attended St. Angela Merici School
Son of Mary & Brad Hubbard Attended Christian Brothers School & St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
Son
BASSAM AL HARIRI PEYTON BOUCHON
JONATHAN BROCKHOFF JAMES DENNING BENJAMIN EVANS
HARRISON EVANS BENJAMIN FARMER ANDREW FREY
DARRIN HAASE
JAMES HOLMES
JACK HUBBARD
ISVANDI
KRAMER
CULLEN MORRIS
NGUYEN PAUL SPARACELLO III
Above all, Jesuit relentlessly pursues God’s greater glory. While students’ academic accolades reflect the school’s mission, they are not the mission itself. They instead signify that Blue Jays are becoming the men that they were made to be: men of faith and men for others.
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NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED
COLLEGE BOARD NATIONAL RECOGNITION
AP SCHOLARS
ANDREW DUNCAN
ANDREW
CONNOR LACOUR
DAVID HULEFELD
HARRY LECHE IV
ALI
AP SCHOLARS
CARTER
COLLINS
AP SCHOLARS
STATE LITERARY RALLY
SPANISH
ALGEBRA I (3 RD)
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SPANISH I (2 ND)
PHYSICAL
GRAYSON GIBBONS DARRIN HAASE JACK HUBBARD
DEREK MOORE ETHAN NGUYEN PAUL SPARACELLO III CONNOR WILKEN
ZACHARY LAGRAIZE CHRISTOPHER LAWLER
BENJAMIN FARMER
SALVATORE ESOLA AIDAN WANG
BASSAM AL HARIRI
JAMES HOLMES TAO DENICHOU JAMES GANUCHEAU
GABRIEL
BENJAMIN MALOZ
RAHM SUS BRENNAN COOK WATSON COOK
DAVID GOMEZ
JACK MEADE
THATCHER SLAUGHTER KRISHAN THAMBIAIYAH
PERFECT ACT®
ACT® SCORES
Fewer than half of one percent of students who take the
Fewer than half of one percent of students who take the ACT® earn a top score. Each year, only about 4,000 out of nearly 1.3 million students who take the ACT® earn a top composite score of 36.
Additionally, students can also earn a “superscore” of 36 on the ACT®. A superscore is the average of the student’s best scores in each subject from multiple test attempts. A traditional composite score is the average of the four subject scores from a single ACT® test attempt.
Complete information about the ACT® is on the ACT® website: www.act.org.
Note on upcoming changes: Beginning in 2025, ACT® will update how composite and superscores are calculated. The new model, effective April 2025 for online testing and September 2025 for all test formats, will base both the composite score and superscore on English, Math, and Reading only. The Science section, which will become optional, will continue to be reported separately but will no longer factor into either the composite or the superscore. Scores earned on earlier tests will remain unchanged.
CARTER JENNINGS SAMUEL SCHLAFER
LEO CONGENI
KACEY COGNEVICH III
ETHAN LAPEZE
BENJAMIN FARMER
BASSAM AL HARIRI
WILLIAM BERRY
JAMES DENNING
DEREK MOORE
LEON EDMOND
CULLEN MORRIS
ARTHUR MEADE
LUKE CAVALLINO
SALVATORE ESOLA
LATIN EXAM GOLD MEDALISTS
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NATIONAL LATIN EXAM
The National Latin Exam (NLE) is a test given annually to Latin students across the United States and around the world. The NLE is not meant to be a competition but rather an opportunity for students to receive reinforcement and recognition for their accomplishments in the classroom. Depending on their scores, students may earn certificates, medals, and even qualify for scholarships.
NATHAN FLYNN JACK HESLIN
KRISHAN THAMBIAIYAH
WYATT MIRE
JACKSON LAGO
DAVID HULEFELD JUDE LACOUR
DUKE NITCHER JAVIER ARGUELLO
BLAKE DIODENE
BRYSON MORSE GRADY MILES
JOHN CONNOLLE
CONNOR EAGLE LEON EDMOND ARTHUR MEADE BRADY CROWSON
BENJAMIN FARMER DARRIN HAASE
MYER STEDMAN JAMES DENNING
CONNOR BUSSEY
ANDREW CENTNER
ANDREW HARRISON ROWAN HUSSEY
BRENNEN CROWE
JAMES GANUCHEAU
BRYCE RAASCH
LATIN EXAM GOLD MEDALISTS
COLEMAN
THOMPSON
HENRY GANUCHEAU
HENRY MANCUSO
DAVID GOMEZ
LIAM MOORE
RAHM SUS
ROBERT AMOSS
PATRICK DALY
JACKSON MCINTYRE
MILES GOUDELOCKE
SCOTT MORGAN
AIDEN KEE
SAMEER RAB
DAVID ST. PAUL
JAMES WEVEREDMONDSON
LUCAS URCIA
RYAN YOCKEY
MATTHEW PHAM
THATCHER SLAUGHTER
HARRISON TSCHIRN
KEANE WOMACK
JACOB WAUGAMAN
STEPHEN PERRY
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) underwrites the annual prestigious scholarship competition which recognizes about 16,000 semifinalists, who represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. The NMSC designates semifinalists on a state representational basis to ensure that outstanding students from across the country are included in the talent pool. The number of semifinalists named in each state is in proportion to its percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
Jesuit’s 17 National Merit Semifinalists represent 8% of Louisiana’s 220-plus honorees. Scores for Blue Jay semifinalists ranged from 216 to 225. In addition, 13 Jesuit seniors were recognized as National Merit Commended Students, accounting for 6% of the state’s commended students.
In the past 19 years, 538 Blue Jays have been honored as National Merit Semifinalists.
Complete information about the competition is on the NMSC’s website: www.nationalmerit.org.
COLLEGE BOARD AP SCHOLARS
The College Board recognizes students for exceptional achievement on college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams. AP tests are scored on a scale of 1-5.
The AP Scholar designation recognizes students who earned scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. The AP Scholar with honor designation recognizes students who earned an average of 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more AP exams. The AP Scholar with distinction designation recognizes students who earned an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scored 3 or higher on five or more AP exams.
Complete information about AP Scholars is on the College Board’s website: ap.collegeboard.org.
LHSRA STATE RALLY
The Louisiana High School Rally Association (LHSRA) is a voluntary, non-profit, educational association of middle and junior units of a school (i.e. 8-12 grades in a K-12 school or ninth grade centers), home schools, and senior high schools that are recognized by the State Department of Louisiana and the colleges and universities that coordinate the district and state competitions each year.
LHSRA provides opportunities for Louisiana students to achieve district-level and state-level recognition for their academic and performance talents.
Students are chosen for State Rally from each school in Louisiana through various rounds of subject tests. High performing students compete at District Rally to qualify for State Rally, which has been hosted by Louisiana State University (LSU) for over a century.
In recent years, more than 4,000 students from over 350 schools have participated in State Rally after advancing from their District Rally.
JESUIT’S NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS ARE PICTURED ON THE FRONT COVER
Top row (from left): Amir Isvandi, James Denning, Paul Sparacello III, Andrew Frey, Benjamin Farmer, Cullen Morris
Middle row: Bassam Al-Hariri, Harrison Evans, Ben Evans, Jonathan Brockhoff, Jack Hubbard, Derek Moore, Peyton Bouchon
Bottom row: Darrin Haase, Everett Kramer, James Holmes, Nathan Nguyen