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Academy of St. Joseph students named Commended Students in 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program

Shown in the photo, left to right, are Kate Ventura, principal, Wading River; Sharon Furey, senior, Sayville; Megan Moyette, senior, Lindenhurst; Donna Viola, senior, Massapequa; Yoke-Mun Sung, senior Medford, Sister Eileen Kelly, CSJ, resident of the Academy of St. Joseph, Brentwood.
Kate Ventura, principal of the Academy of St. Joseph, announced recently that five students, Sharon Furey, Megan Moyette, Yoke-Mun Sung, Donna Viola and Julia McGuiness have been named Commended Students in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program. Julia will be going on as a semi-finalist. The principal presented Letters of Commendation from the school and the National Merit Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, to these scholastically talented seniors.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2007 competition for Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.4 million students.

"Recognition of Academically talented students and the key role played by school in their development is essential to the pursuit of educational excellence in our nation," commented a spokesperson for NMSC.

"The young people being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding academic po- tential by their strong performance in this highly competitive program. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and that they will continue to pursue scholastic excellence."
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