HIGH POINT — High Point University’s Catholic Campus Ministry had Family Weekend Mass Sept. 24 to conclude Family Weekend festivities.
The weekend before, students heard the unfortunate news that Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Father Vincent Smith, campus minister and pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point, was being transferred to Maryland.
Father Marcel Amadi (campus minister for Bennett College, North Carolina A&T, Salem College and Wake Forest University) was gracious enough to come to the campus to celebrate Mass for the students and their visiting families and friends.
The Mass was well attended as the university chapel was filled to capacity. In his homily, Father Amadi encouraged the faithful not to look down on anyone or think they are better than others, and instead to show gratitude to God for His blessings and to dedicate at least 15 minutes of each day to praying or talking with God.
— Kim Bemiller
CHARLOTTE – Charlotte Catholic High School is proud to announce that ten seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Principal Kurt Telford presented Letters of Commendation from the school and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation to these academically talented seniors.
The Commended Students are Jacob Daniel, Austin Franks, Sarah Gilles, Ariel Hobbs, Charles Nenichka, John Powell, Lauren Schmidt, Nicholas Scibelli, Andrew Shooman, and David Williams.
Nearly 1.6 million high school juniors from more than 22,000 high schools nationwide entered the 2018 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in the fall of 2016. Approximately 34,000 students nationwide qualified as Commended Students, and are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers on the PSAT.
“We are very proud of all of you for your outstanding performance on the PSAT,” said Mr. Telford as he presented each student with a Letter of Commendation. “We believe this recognition is indicative of your academic success, and we hope that you take great pride in this accomplishment.”
The National Merit Scholarship program was founded in 1955 to distinguish and honor academically talented American high school students and to encourage them to develop their talents and skills to the fullest.
The competition is very rigorous, and the commended students, finalists, and scholarship winners are chosen based on their skills, abilities, extracurricular accomplishments, and potential for future success.