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news briefs Teachers’ Poetry Recognition

English Department Chair Mrs. Andrea
Reynolds was recently awarded second
St. Louis High School Musical Theatre Awards place in the UMSL Graduate Awards in Fiction
and Poetry for her poetry collection. And
English teacher, Ms. Kim Cowan’s poem, “It’s
Bravo! Cor Jesu’s spring musical production, Hello, Not Just a Tomatillo,” was one of only two
Dolly!, took home five awards out of seven nomina- pieces published by featured alumni in the
tions at the second-annual St. Louis High School Pierre Laclede Honors College at UMSL liter-
Musical Theatre Awards (SLHSMTA) on June 11: ary publication, Bellerive.
Outstanding Musical: Hello, Dolly!
Outstanding Lead Actress: Maggie Kuntz ‘18 Archbishop May Service Award
Outstanding Musical Direction Meghan Fox ’18 was awarded the Archbish-
Outstanding Ensemble op May Service Award by the Archdiocese
Outstanding Technical Execution of St. Louis Catholic Education Office. The
As Outstanding Lead Actress, Maggie won an all- awardees, one from each of the 25 Catholic
expense-paid weeklong trip to New York, where she high schools in the archdiocese, were hon-
received musical-theater intensive coaching and ored at the 25th annual awards presentation
rehearsals with professionals. After the training, she competed in the tenth annual National on April 19.
High School Musical Theatre Awards (NHSMTA), also called the Jimmy Awards, which were St. Louis Fashion Fund Award
held in the Big Apple on June 25, 2018.
Showcasing their Outstanding Musical talent, the Hello, Dolly! cast performed as a special Mary Kate Mimlitz ’19 was selected as the
feature at the St. Louis VP Parade on the Fourth of July. 2018 Saint Louis Fashion Fund Miki Award
recipient. This annual award is given to one
current St. Louis-area high school freshman,
sophomore or junior who is passionate about
art and design to attend one all-expense-
State Music Awards paid Savannah College of Art and Design
(SCAD) Summer Seminar. Saint Louis Fashion
Speaking of musical talent...congratulations to the CJ vocalists and musicians who earned Fund is a participant in CJ’s Corporate Part-
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the State Gold Award at the 2018 MSHSAA State Music Festival held in April: ners Initiative EXP Day.
Vocal Solo: Kelly Beekman ’19, Lauren Cerbin ’20, Lily Kinnison ’21 Student Artwork at Art Museum
Violin Duet: Clara Kokenge ’21, Evonne Siampos ’21
The artwork of four CJ students was accepted
into the juried Exhibition at the St. Louis
Art Museum: Grace Bolesta ’18, Madeline
Top Five Seniors of Class of 2018 Hammell ’19, Emma Mohrmann ’19 and
Annagrace Violette ’19. The exhibition,
entitled See the Future, is on view at the mu-
Congratulations to the 2018 Top-Five Seniors, who seum in the Student Gallery through August
are pictured from left to right: 12, 2018.
Claire Koster: Valedictorian–Valedictory Address at Missouri Scholars 100
Graduation
Kayla Tiemann: Salutatorian–Opening Address at Claire Koster ’18 has been named to the
Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program
Graduation that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic
Madeleine Pasque: Third-Ranking Senior–Gradu- students in the graduating class of 2018.
ates’ Prayer at Graduation
Payton Lowrey and Victoria Wittgen: Fourth- Darrik Sabada Scholarship
Ranking Seniors (tie)–Welcome and Address at Essy Petersen ’21 was awarded the Darrik
Honors Convocation S. Sabada Memorial Scholarship. She will
receive $3,000 per year in tuition assistance
for the rest of her time at Cor Jesu.
RubinBrown Internship Girl Scout Gold Award
Claire Lambert ’18 earned the Girl Scout
Grace Boehm ’19 was chosen as the 2018 recipient of the Rubin- Gold Award, the highest achievement in
Brown Advanced Learning Internship, a paid summer position Girl Scouting. She was recognized during a
designed for one Cor Jesu rising senior interested in pursuing ceremony on June 10, 2018.
accounting and business studies. Hannah Castellano ’03, CPA, a Congressional Bronze Award
manager in RubinBrown’s Wealth Advisory Services Group, pre-
sented Grace with the award. RubinBrown is a participant in Cor Mary Messina ’20 recently earned the
Jesu’s Corporate Partners Initiative, established in 2013, to provide Congressional Bronze Award. To achieve the
experiential learning in a wide variety of career opportunities. Award, Mary recorded at least 100 hours of
volunteer service, 50 hours of personal de-
velopment hours, 50 hours of physical fitness
and completed an overnight expedition.
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