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LOUISVILLE, KY (November 2008) - Sacred Heart Academy (SHA) is proud to announce that 21 members of the class of 2008 have earned full International Baccalaureate (IB) diplomas awarded by the International Baccalaureate Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The recipients of these diplomas and the universities they are attending are as follows:
Emily Amato (Fordham University)
Lauren Barter (Wofford College)
Andrea Bright (Auburn University)
Angela Cassaro (University of Hawaii)
Anna Clements (Middlebury College)
Kathleen Cogan (University of Notre Dame)
Sarah Katherine Coleman (Furman University)
Rosemary Daly (St. Louis University)
Anastasia Damrau (Bentley College)
Hannah English (Davidson College)
Whitney Ising (University of Georgia)
Erin Leonard (Indiana University)
Anna Martin (Wittenberg University)
Meredith McKinney (University of Michigan)
Margaret Means (Vanderbilt University)
Sarah Ramsey (University of Virginia)
Sara Shadowen (Miami University)
Brittany Sullivan (Brown University)
Laura Wetterer (University of Notre Dame)
Evalyn Wiley (Furman University)
Alexia Williams (Spelman College)
These students earned the prestigious IB Diploma by fulfilling the following requirements: following a rigorous curriculum of IB courses over two years, completing and satisfactorily passing 25 hours of international examinations, submitting a variety of other assessments tied to each course, completing a minimum of 150 hours of CAS (creativity, action and service) and writing a 4000-word extended essay on a topic of their choice under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Ninety-one percent of SHA’s May 2008 IB Diploma candidates earned the diploma. This compares to a rate of 78.3 percent in the world. In eight years, 184 Sacred Heart Academy graduates have earned IB diplomas for an overall success rate of 96 percent.
In addition, another 79 students from the class of 2008 earned IB Certificates in one or more subject areas.
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Sacred Heart Academy (SHA) is a college preparatory school for girls founded in 1877 by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville. A national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Sacred Heart Academy is an International Baccalaureate School with 99 percent of the students pursuing higher education in hundreds of colleges and universities nationally and internationally. The Class of 2008 earned over $13.8 million in college scholarships. SHA also boasts of 70 plus athletic championships and of over 10,000 alumnae worldwide. Sacred Heart Academy is a member of Sacred Heart Schools at Ursuline Campus and sponsored by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville.