St. Mary's School Announces the Legacy Leadership Award and Tribute to Leadership Assembly

Jan. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- 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: Peter Auriemma, Evie Blackburn, Morgan Byrne, Haitham Chehabi, James Colley, Madison Davis, Carlee DiNicola, Brenten Kelly, Kiera Makowecki, Emilie Marcinkowski, Ryan Simmons and Kristen Walker.

St. Mary's School will announce the winner of the Legacy Leadership Award during the Tribute to Leadership Awards Presentation to be held on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm at St. Mary's School.

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St. Mary's School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School dedicated to inquiry-based academic excellence, developing well-rounded, confident children who flourish in a creative environment founded on Christian values. Through a unique combination of rigorous academic standards, foreign languages, technology, field studies, sports, art and music set in a Christian environment, students develop into globally minded thinkers. The school's inquiry-based approach and optimum class sizes promote critical thinking through interdisciplinary themes of global significance.

As the only authorized Preschool through Grade Eight school in South Orange County to offer the IB Programme, the academic program provides the foundation to cultivate future global leaders for an increasingly diverse and technological society. For more information on the curriculum or the IB Programme, call (949) 448-9027 or visit the St. Mary's Web site at www.smaa.org.