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Three Sacred Heart Academy seniors named National Merit Finalists

LOUISVILLE, KY (February 2007) - Dr. Beverly McAuliffe, principal at Sacred Heart Academy, has announced that seniors Emily Neyman, Catherine Sherman and Amanda Smith have been named Finalists in the 2007 competition for Merit Scholarship awards. The students were chosen as National Merit Finalists from more than 16,000 Semifinalists named last September, and will now be considered for scholarships, announced by the National Merit Scholarship Program this April, May, and July.

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Sacred Heart Academy (SHA), founded in 1877 by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, is a member of Ursuline Campus Schools, and is a college preparatory secondary school for girls. Sacred Heart is the only Catholic high school in Kentucky to offer the International Baccalaureate program, and 99 percent of SHA graduates attend hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. In addition to being a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, SHA celebrates more than 70 state athletic championship titles. In 2006, SHA’s graduating class earned over $9.6 million in college scholarships. The Academy has more than 10,000 alumnae worldwide.

Find SHA online at http://www.sacredheartacad.com/.