Legacy Leadership Awards & Tribute to Leadership

St. Mary's School announces the presentation of the Father Ernest D. Sillers Legacy Leadership Award and Tribute to Leadership Awards Assembly to be held on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm at St. Mary's School.
 
The St. Mary's Legacy Leadership Award program is designed to give eighth grade students an opportunity to demonstrate exemplary leadership and be honored for their participation in community service. Students were invited to submit a full resume and application for consideration. A panel of independent judges from outside of the St. Mary's community have evaluated each student on their history of community and school involvement, three essays written in a controlled testing environment, and a 10-minute oral interview. The winner of the Legacy Leadership Award will receive a scholarship savings bond worth $2,500 for future educational costs.
 
The finalists include: Lauren Walker, Abigail Jackson, Makenna Rieden, and Kristina Gonzales from Aliso Viejo; Melanie Traylor of Laguna Hills; Katelyn Stoddard of Rancho Santa Margarita; Kathryn Querner of Laguna Niguel; Kayla Jahangiri and Grant Hoffmann of San Juan Capistrano; Tess Hezlep of Newport Beach; and Jillian Coker and James Coker of Ladera Ranch.
 
St. Mary's is the only authorized Preschool-Grade 8, International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in south Orange County. Our academic program provides the foundation to cultivate future global leaders for an increasingly diverse and technological society. As the only primary school in Orange County to offer the IB Programme, the school promotes critical thinking while focusing on developing skills to meet the challenges of a global, technological environment. Coupled with strong athletic programs, extended care, enrichment classes and summer programs, students in preschool through grade eight develop the life-long practice of learning, leading and serving.

See the article in the Coastline Pilot.