Cabrini student chosen as finalist in scholarship pageant

By Kristen Williams news editor

Teenager Program, which will be held May 15-16 at LeHigh University. This pageant is the final step in reaching America's National Teenager Scholarship Pageant which will be held in August, in Nashville Tennessee Manieri, who was looking for scholarship information on the internet, entered the pageant in the hopes of earning money for college. She was required to fill out an application and based on her grade point average, leadership skills, extra curricular activities, community service, and future ambitions, she was selected as a Pennsylvania State representative.

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At Cabrini, Manieri majors in social work and maintains a 3.8 GPA. She is also the captain of the cheerleading squad. Along with her hard work in academics and athletics, Andrea participates as a summer camp counselor for the children of the Ronald McDonald House of Philadelphia. This organization runs the camp, and other activities in order to help children who signing the dance in sign language.

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Manieri hopes the experience is successful, but as of now she is simply "waiting for May."

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When the participants arrive at LeHigh in May, they will have to compete in two rounds of the pageant. The two categories are comprised of an individual interview with the panel of judges, and a talent segment. In the talent category, Manieri, an avid dancer, plans on doing a point routine, while also