National Scholarship and Advanced Placement Competitions

National Merit Scholarship, National Achievement Programs
and National Hispanic Competitions —
47% of the Class of 2002: Winners, Finalists or Commendation Winners

National Merit Scholarship — 4 National Merit Scholarships

National Achievement Scholarship — 3 Finalists

National Hispanic Recognition Program — 2 Scholars

National Education and Leadership — Recipient

Presidential Scholars — 2 Candidates

Advanced Placement
One hundred students took a total of 200 AP examinations. Scores of three or above (qualified to extremely qualified) were attained on 89% of the exams. 65% of the scores were fours and fives.
(NB: AP courses, as such, are not offered at Saint Ann’s.)

Foreign Language

National Latin Exam — 20 Perfect Scores, 150 Awards, 9 Special Citations for 4-5 years of perfect scores

National Greek Exam — 1 Perfect Score, 15 Awards

National French Contest—
1st Place out of 3,906 entrants in Level 5 competition; 3 students at level 4 and 5 were
awarded trips to France. 60 Saint Ann’s students ranked among top fifteen in respective
categories: most awards in chapter

Japan Society Haiku Competition — 3 Finalists

Mathematics and Science

Mathematical Association of America —
AMC 8 (8th grade or below)—Saint Ann’s Number 2 in NY/NJ(Region I);
2 Nat’l Student Award recipients; 3 US Merit Roll students
AIME Test Qualifiers—AMC 10th grade: top 1% in country
AMC 12th grade: top 5% in country

Mathcounts —
Number 4 team in State; Number 2 individual scorer, one of four New York State representatives
in National competition, number 14 individual scorer

New York State Mathematics League—
8th Grade — Number 2 individual scorer; tied for Number 1 team in Kings County
7th Grade — Number 2 individual scorer; Number 5 team in State, number 1 team in Kings County
6th Grade — Number 12 team in State

Regional Ocean Science Bowl — third place team, special congressional recognition

Writing and Theater

Poetry Society of America’s Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award — Winner & Finalist

Hollins University Nancy Thorpe Poetry Contest — 4 Finalists & 3 Honorable Mentions

Princeton University Poetry Prize — 2 Honorable Mentions

New England Writers’ Conference, Breadloaf Campus Vermont — 2 Invitees

National Scholastic Writing Awards — 1 American Voices Winner, 3 Gold Awards, 5 Silver Awards

Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards — 24% of Gold Keys, 28% of Silver Keys in the region;
2 American Voices Nominees

2001 Young Playwrights Festival National Playwriting Competition — winner

Princeton University Ten-Minute Play Contest — Second Prize

Music

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — Saint Ann’s trios selected for the Young Ensembles Program
and for Young Musicians Concert (one of 10 in tristate area)

Recreational Arts

AAIS Gymnastics Championships — Team A: second place, 10 invidividual awards

Varsity Volleyball — team finished with 10-6 record; 3 team members achieved All-star status