RHODE ISLAND CATHOLIC WEB EXCLUSIVE

St. Philomena Class of 2008

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Portsmouth — St. Philomena School recently announced that the following students, listed with the name of the name of the high school they will attend, are members of the Class of 2008. They graduated from the eighth grade on Friday, June 6 in a ceremony held at the school:

Caroline Alexander*

Grace Alzaibak*

Charles Anthony

Margaret Azar*

Jessica Bixby

Matthew Brigham

Sean Buckley*

Christian Castano

Kate Catudal

Lorene Chace*

Mary-Elizabeth Clair

Samuel Clemens

Emmett Conway

Marguerite Crandall*

Max Cummings*

Ryan Daniels*

Chad Dickson

Clay Dickson

Katharine Ellis*

Thomas Eyre*

Kevin Fitzgerald

Patrick Gill

Christiana Goltermann

Meredith Gorski*

Kimberly Hoffman*

Candace Kalil **

Christopher Hughes

Katherine Karzinski*

Erin Killeavey*

Morgan Lambrecht*

Emily Lewis*

Alexia Malone-Oliver**

Mary Cate Maher*

Lauren Masse

Riley McCabe*

Graham McLennan

Catherine Orlando*

Nicole Patton*

Toni Ramos

Alex Randall*

Rebecca Salzillo

Lauren St. Laurent*

Nathaniel Svogun*

Catherine Thow

Alexander Tobiassen

Twenty-three of these students received awards for their academic endeavors. Honoring student achievement and hard work is the purpose of the President’s Education Awards Program. Since 1983, the program has provided individual recognition from the President and the U.S. Secretary of Education to those students whose outstanding efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of excellence.

There are two categories. The President’s Award for Educational Excellence* requires that student’s earn a grade point average of 90 or above for grades 4 through 8 and high achievement in reading and mathematics on state tests or nationally normed tests. The recipients of that award are designated by an asterisk.* The President’s Award for Achievement** is given at the principal’s discretion to a student who has demonstrated an unusual commitment to learning and intellectual development. Candice Kalil and Alexia Malone-Oliver of Portsmouth both received that award this year.