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student accolades
National Merit Recognition Based on their 2010 PSAT/NMSQT test scores, 20 Marksmen in the Class of 2012 have been recognized as Finalists in the 2012 competition for National Merit Scholarships. Congratulations to Jason Altschuler, Rishi Bandopadhay, Rishee Batra, Joseph Bush, Rodney Chen, Galen Gao, Charles Jin, Gregory Kinman, Max Marshall, Blake McCartin, William Morris, Patrick Ng, Alexander Nguyen, Rishi Roy, Samir Saidi, Roland Salatino, Charles Smart, Nicholas Uebele, Reid Weisberg, and Taylor Wilson. Additional congratulations to Semifinalist Travis Brody.
from around the country as Pacemaker winners.
Twenty-five seniors were also recognized
This is the third Pacemaker win in the past seven
as Commended Students. Congratulations to Connor Anderson, Nicholas Brower, Spencer
years for the ReMarker.
Parker Matthews ’11, Duncan Smart ’12, and Richard Freling ’12 with the Certificate of Merit awarded to the 2011 Marksmen.
The 2011 Marksmen yearbook also enjoyed
Bruno, Jacob Cavner, David Cook, Keith
an award-filled year, receiving the CSPA’s
Crawford, Prajan Divakar, Richard Freling,
coveted Gold Crown award for a fifth time.
Phillip Haddad, Noé Hinojosa, Alexander
St. Mark’s was the only school in the nation to
Kadesky, Cameron Kline, Nick Mahowald, David
have both its yearbook and its newspaper
Munoz, John Patison, Lee Perkins, Paul Piccagli,
honored with Gold Crown distinctions. The
N. Michael Player, Amir Saboorian, Rohan Shetty,
yearbook also received the Certificate of Merit
Kenneth Stokes, Thomas Tassin, Austin Terry,
from the Printing Industries of America’s
Carson Warnberg, and Garrett Watumull.
Premier Print Awards, often described as the Oscars of the print world. St. Mark’s is one of
Student Publications Sweep Awards For the ninth consecutive year, the 2010– 2011
only sixteen schools worldwide that earned this award out of more than 2,700 entries. Other
ReMarker student newspaper received the Gold
recipients at this level include Cornell University
Crown award, the highest award given by the
and Penn State. Capping off another banner
Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA),
year for the publication, the Marksmen was
at the organization’s annual convention held on
named a finalist for the National Scholastic
March 16, 2012. This marks the longest succes-
Press Association’s Pacemaker Award.
sive winning streak by a secondary school in the
St. Mark’s literary journal, The Marque,
history of the organization. The ReMarker was
was named a finalist in the Pacemaker awards.
also named a winner of the Pacemaker award by
The literary magazine also received a Gold
the National Scholastic Press Association.
Medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press
The newspaper joins 24 other publications
Association as well as several awards in the
from public and private secondary schools
Gold Circle category.
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