2008 National Merit Scholarship Program
E. Harms '08 was named a National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winner.
J. Davis '08 was named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist.
C. Evans '08, B. Fohrman '08, R. Kelly '08 and C. Nocker '08 were named National Merit Scholarship Commended Students.
More than 1.4 million high school juniors in the nation entered the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). The nationwide pool of Commended Students, which represents the top five percent of U.S. high school seniors, is made up of the highest scoring entrants in each state.
Advanced Placement Exams Scholars
Forty Saint Thomas Academy students have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams.
Students took AP Exams in May 2007, after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.
AP Scholars with Distinction received an average grade of at least 3.5 (out of 5) on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Saint Thomas Academy AP Scholars with Distinction are Mark Arnold, Tristan Flodin, Jospeh Gehrz, Connor Glynn, James Heaney, Joubert Lucas, Nathan Lysne, Paul Milner, Roy Norris, William Petrich, Benjamin Piehl, David Riehm, Samuel Russ, Robert Taylor, Mark Tervo and Matthew Tredinnick. [All Class of 2007]
AP Scholars with Honor received an average grade of at least 3.25 (out of 5) on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Saint Thomas Academy AP Scholars with Honor are Michael Baer, Jeffrey Beissel, Patrick Lucke, John Mach, Eric Petersen, Trevor Raberge, Patrick Scanlon and Thomas Sullivan. [All Class of 2007]
AP Scholars received grades of 3 (out of 5) or higher on three or more AP Exams. Saint Thomas Academy Scholars are Thomas Flanagan, Stephen Gac, Doug Gavic, Matthew Joyce, John Kaplan, Daniel Kim, Christopher Knoedler, Gregory Laffen, James McGlinch, Kevin Mulligan, Ryan Persons, Blaise Poupore, Thomas Schaefer, Theodore Solberg, J. Walston '08 and Christian Zimprich. [All others Class of 2007]
2007 ACT and SAT Test Scores
We are proud to announce that Saint Thomas Academy students performed
better than national and state averages for the ACT and SAT tests.
2007 SAT Test | | | |
| | STA Mean Score
| National Mean Score | |
Critical Reading
| 609
| 504
| |
Mathematics
| 622
| 533
| |
Writing
| 588
| 489
| |
| | | | |
2007 ACT Test | | | |
| | STA Avg. Score
| National Avg. Score
| MN Avg. Score
|
English
| 26.0
| 20.7
| 21.8
|
Mathematics
| 26.6
| 21.0
| 22.5
|
Reading
| 26.1
| 21.5
| 22.8
|
Science
| 25.9
| 21.0
| 22.5
|
Composite
| 26.3
| 21.2
| 22.5
|
Academic Awards
Eagle Award
Students who have an annual cumulative GPA of 3.67 or better receive the Eagle Award. The Eagle Award ceremony takes place in late September. Students are recognized for their work during the previous school year. The cumulative GPA for three quarters is used to compute the Eagle Award for Seniors who receive their final award at at dinner reception in May. More seniors may be added after fourth quarter grades are computed. All Senior Eagle Award winners are recognized at graduation.
Torch Award
Students who have an annual cumulative GPA of 3.33 to 3.66 receive the Torch Award. Students receive the Torch Award during Formation.
Eagle and Torch Awards Recipients
These awards were presented on September 24 and October, 2007. The awards were presented for academic performance during the 2006-07 school year; the students are listed under their current grade level (2007-08 year).
2006-07 Eagle Award Recipients [pdf]
2006-07 Torch Award Recipients [pdf]
Senior Torch Award Recipients
This award was presented on May 10, 2007
2006-07 Senior Torch Award Recipients [pdf]
High Honor Roll and Honor Roll
At the end of each semester, semester grades are used to compute the Honor Roll.
Students with a GPA of 3.67 or better are on the High Honor Roll and students with a GPA between 3.33 - 3.66 are on the Honor Roll.
Cadet Awards
Every May administrators and faculty present awards to students at an all-school assembly. These awards include All-State Athletic letters, Fine Arts awards, National Language awards, and the Christian Service Award.
Complete List of the 2006-07 Awards [pdf]
