Graduation - Mariemont City Schools

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Class of 2009 Accomplishment Highlights
• The Class of 2009 will scatter to attend 41 different colleges in 14 different states
• Nearly $5 million in merit scholarship offers came from colleges and independent
sources
• Fifty-eight of the 115 graduates were offered college-sponsored scholarships
• The University of Cincinnati and its regional campuses will see the most 2009 MHS
graduates on campus next fall, followed by Miami University, the College of Mt. St. Joseph,
and the University of Kentucky
• Students were offered admission at 103 different colleges
• The Class of 2009 sent 403 applications for college admission
• Twenty-three seniors were inducted into the Cum Laude Society
• Honors Diplomas from the state of Ohio were awarded to 43 seniors
• Thirty-nine seniors earned the “President’s Award for Education Excellence”
• Forty seniors were members of the National Honor Society
• Three seniors were named “Finalists” by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
and all three were awarded National Merit Scholarships
• Five seniors were named “Commended Students” by the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation
• Forty-eight seniors earned the “Award of Merit” from the Ohio Department of Education
• 88% of the 2009 graduates plan to attend college right away in the fall of 2009; 12%
will either engage in a service year, enter the workforce, take a year off, join the military,
or are undecided
• Ten graduates will be attending college at institutions that offer admission to fewer
than 50% of their applicants, including Berea College, Denison University, Elon University,
Emory University, United States Naval Academy, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt
University, and Yale University
• Organizations within the Mariemont High School community awarded 40 scholarships
to graduates
• The “Let us Never Forget” scholarship, in memory of Cpt. Tyler Swisher and provided
by the “Yellow Ribbon Support Center,” was awarded to Agatha Howland and Evan
Rosson.
• Three memorial scholarships were added to those offered to our graduates: the Julia
Donnelly Memorial, the David Deeters Memorial, and the John M. Lucas/Virmorgan L.
Ziegler Scholarship
• Forty-five seniors took one or more AP exams this spring
• Nicholas “Cole” Miller earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy
• Riley Flickner plans to participate in the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)