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G LIM PSES EIGHT STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONAL CYBER SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION Cyber Security Scholarship Competition that took place over spring break. all-gender cybersecurity competition and only 4,760 students out of 27,000 students in the U.S. and U.S. territories made it to this level. Natasha Mertens, Zoey Mo, Adele Kelley, Alyn Panggabean out of the eight qualifying students went on to win a $2,500 scholarship for their outstanding performance.
MARA WEEKS ‘24 SERVES LOCAL SENIORS In December 2020, Mara Weeks ‘24 proposed a community service project to help low-income senior citizens in a community called Tres Lomas. Mara asked Speech and Debate Team members to make treats and Christmas cards for the seniors who live in Tres Lomas, many of whom do not have family nearby and speak only Spanish or Tagalog. The team enthusiastically baked treats and made Christmas cards for the folks that live in Tres Lomas. The team organized contactless drop-off points and Mara and her mother gathered everyone’s contributions, bundled them in goodie bags and distributed them to the folks who live there.
FRESHMEN VISIT CAMPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME, SIX MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR six months of the school year, the class of 2024 headed up the Hill on March 3, 2021. The girls got to see and meet not only the faculty The ninth-grade took part in some socially distanced activities such as dancing, making bracelets, decorating the front cover of journals provided by the school and snapping a picture with the school mascot.
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