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Sacred Heart Academy senior named Coca-Cola Scholars Semifinalist
LOUISVILLE, KY (February 2007) -
Blair Kmetz, a senior at Sacred Heart Academy, has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2006-2007 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, a joint effort of Coca-Cola Bottlers across America and the Coca-Cola Company, is one of the largest corporate-sponsored achievement-based scholarship programs of its kind in the United States. The program recognizes a diverse group of extraordinary high school seniors who have demonstrated academic and civic excellence in their schools and communities. Kmetz is one of 2,100 seniors from more than 87,000 applicants vying for $3 million in college scholarships.
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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.