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FEATURE: #CHARGEON
Scholarship,
Success and Service:
The enduring legacy of a
Class Endowed Scholarship
ISOBEL DERNLAN ‘20
Carpe Diem! Isobel sought out every opportunity,
including financial aid. Across her
Seize the day. four years, Isobel received the Class
of 1974 Endowed Scholarship to
A phrase, Latin in its roots, but help off-set the cost of tuition.
very current in its branches.
“My family isn’t overflowing with
Just ask Isobel Dernlan, Cor Jesu resources,” Isobel said. “So having a
Academy’s 2020 valedictorian. sense of security in knowing that I could
After taking Honors Latin III, IV, V return to CJA every year because of the
and VI at CJA, she not only knows generosity of others was amazing.”
the translation, she lives it.
Last year, Isobel met some of
As a three-sport athlete, editor of the donors who helped put her
the school newspaper, a Watlow through school by speaking at
scholarship recipient, CJA admissions their class reunion in June 2019.
ambassador, National Honors Society
board member, determined student, “You could tell they really wanted to
valued friend and more – Isobel share the Cor Jesu experience with
seized every one of her days at CJA. someone,” Isobel said. “I’m thankful
they shared it with me, and I hope
“I came to Cor Jesu without any grade that I can give that same gift to a
school classmates, which I knew would future student someday, too.”
be uncomfortable,” Isobel said. “But
I also knew that in the long run, the This, from someone who used the
education, the experiences and the gift she received to its fullest. Isobel
opportunities would be worth it.” became a leader in the school, excelled
academically, explored her abilities in
From a young age, she and her three math, science and foreign language, took
siblings knew that their parents valued advantage of CJA’s corporate partnerships
education. The Dernlans decided and dug deeper into her own faith.
to invest in grade school and high
school, providing as many educational “Being at CJA helped me grow in my faith
opportunities as possible for their so much, even though I’m not Catholic,”
children, with the understanding that she said. “For the first time I had to really
each child would then be financially think about my faith and what I believe
responsible for his or her own college because I was surrounded by people
education. Knowing how hard her that believe slightly different things than
parents worked to send her to Cor Jesu, me. I had wonderful discussions with
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