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around campus Sr. Maria Sciaroni, ASCJ ’09

Ellen Seeser Scores Perfect 36 on ACT receives esteemed SLU Award
Congratulations to CJ theology teacher Sr.
Cor Jesu junior Ellen Seeser hit perfection this past Maria Sciaroni, ASCJ ’09, who received
SLU’s Gilsinan Award this past May.
June, when she earned a 36 on the ACT – the fifth time a Each year, the Saint Louis University
CJ student has achieved the academic accomplishment! School of Education selects an undergradu-
Nationally, while the actual number of students earning a ate student, who best exemplifies the vision
and mission of the school to receive the
composite score of 36 varies from year to year, on average, James F. Gilsinan, Ph.D. College of Education
less than one-tenth of one percent of students who take and Public Service Distinguished Under-
the ACT earn the top score. Among test-takers in the high graduate Student Award. The honor is be-
stowed upon a graduat-
school graduating class of 2015, only 1,600 of more than ing senior in the College
1.92 million students earned an ACT composite score of 36. of Education and Public
Service “whose actions
exemplify the ideas set
National Merit Semifinalists Named forth in the mission of
the College: educating,
guiding and transform-
ing individuals and com-
munities through teach-
ing, research or commu-
nity engagement.”

St. Louis Metro 8 All District
musicians and instrumentalists

Congratulations to the CJ musicians, who
Kyla Luechtefeld Ellen Seeser Annalise Wagner were selected to the 2016 St. Louis Metro
8 All District Choir and are pictured below:
Congratulations to the three CJ seniors, who have been named 2017 National Front row – Sophie Strasheim ’17, Hannah
Schaefer ’19, Andie Brown ’17, Samantha
Merit Semifinalists: Kyla Luechtefeld, Ellen Seeser and Annalise Wagner. Ammons ’17, Claire Hubbman ’19; Back
These academically talented students represent less than one percent of U.S. high row – Annie Struckhoff ’19, Maggie Feder
school seniors and are among the highest-scoring entrants in Missouri. They have ’17, Macey Walukonis ’18, Erica Ancell ’18
and Kelly Beekman ’19.
an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit The All District choir is extremely com-
Scholarships worth about $32 million that will be offered next spring. petitive, requiring students to prepare an art
Kudos also to Cor Jesu’s National Merit Commended Students, seniors Ra- song that is adjudicated by three judges, as
well as complete a four-part sight-singing
chel Bartnett, Hannah Chauvin, Gwen Mattingly, Elizabeth McAtee, Allison component. A total of 365 students audi-
Ortmann, Allison Vermiglio and Nicole Zoellner. Commended Students place tioned, and 170 were selected to the choir.
among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the Of those 170, the 20 students with the high-
est scores in each voice part are now eligible
2017 competition by taking the PSAT in October 2015. to audition for the Missouri All-State Choir,
including Samantha Ammons, Erica Ancell
and Sophie Strasheim.
Watlow Scholarship 2016-17 Winners acceptances, Millie Gegg ’17, violinist,
In addition to the Metro 8 District Choir
was selected to be a member of the Metro
Kudos to Clare Reinwart ’17 (pictured left) and Hannah District 8 Honors Orchestra, which is com-
Chauvin ’17 (right), who have been named this year’s Watlow prised of students in grades 9-12.
Scholars, an award that provides each student with a $7,500
scholarship toward her 2016-17 high school tuition and a paid
internship at Watlow the summer after graduation from Cor
Jesu. The Watlow Scholars program, a facet of CJ’s Corporate
Partners Initiative, was established at Cor Jesu in 2013 to pro-
mote awareness and interest among young women about the
field of engineering.
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