2009-10 Annual Report Magazine.pdf - Pope John Paul II High School

Young Scholars Honored
Ten Receive Presidential Merit Awards
Ten students from seven elementary schools in Palm
Beach and Broward counties were honored at a
Presidential Merit Award Reception and Dinner on
April 7. Each honoree received a $1,000 Presidential
Merit Award, renewable for all four years of high
school. This marked the second year that the
awards have been given by Pope John Paul II High
School to incoming freshman students.
Admissions Director Barbara Harbin served as Master
of Ceremonies for the celebration attended by the
recipients and their parents and elementary school
principals. “Tonight is very special,” noted Harbin.
“We are recognizing outstanding students who
bring great potential and promise with them
to Pope.”
Admissions Director Barbara Harbin, right, greets Esther
Ponce de Leon and her parents, Edith and Lorenzo.
Students receiving the Presidential Merit Award
displayed not only outstanding academic achievements,
but also commendable leadership and service
qualities and an established record of involvement in
clubs and activities.
The ten students receiving this award were: Andrew
Clum from Eagles Landing Middle School in Boca
Raton (Mr. James Campbell, Principal); Maria
Fonseca from Mary Help of Christians Catholic
School in Parkland (Mr. Robert Messina, Principal);
Dylan Lang and Esther Ponce de Leon from St. Joan
of Arc School in Boca Raton (Sr. Ellen Murphy,
RSM, Principal); Jonathan Vilardi from St. Joseph’s
Episcopal School in Boynton Beach (Mrs. Tami
Pleasanton, Head of School); Areen Fakhoury and
Kenneth Oweis from St. Jude School in Boca Raton
(Miss Deborah Armstrong, Principal); Emily
Guinan and Karissa Quiles from St. Mark School in
Areen Fakhoury from St. Jude School in Boca Raton receives
her Presidential Merit Award from Dr. Michael J. Coury,
President of Pope John Paul II High School. Looking on is
her current Principal, Miss Deborah Armstrong, and her
future principal at Pope, Sr. Eileen Sullivan, OP.
Boynton Beach (Dr. Joseph A. Finley, Jr., Principal);
and, John Gomez from St. Vincent Ferrer School in
Delray Beach (Mrs. Vikki Delgado, Principal).
The students received their awards from Dr.
Michael J. Coury, the school’s President, and Sister
Eileen Sullivan, OP, the school’s Principal. “It is
appropriate,” noted Coury, “that the parents and
principals are with us this evening. They have
played a key role in nurturing and guiding these
students down the twin pathways of academic
excellence and spiritual strength.”
Presidential Merit Award recipients, front row (l-r) are
Andrew Clum and John Gomez; middle row (l-r) are Emily
Guinan, Jonathan Vilardi and Dylan Lang; and, back row
(l-r) are Areen Fakhoury, Maria Fonseca, Kenneth Oweis,
Esther Ponce de Leon and Karissa Quiles.
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