The following are brief summaries of the many achievements of our students. This web page is maintained by our principal, Mrs. Pamela McQueen.
For more information, please contact Pamela McQueen via e-mail.
Volleyball Team Excels at All A Tournament
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 (7 reads)
Congratulations to the VMA Volleyball Team who emerged in the All A Tournament as Runner Up! The girls defeated Lloyd, Ludlow, Bellevue, Heritage and Dayton to meet Holy Cross in the finals. It was an all-day tournament, and the girls played well and were great representatives of our school. We congratulate two of the team members who were named to the All A Tournament Team: Jasmine Beal and Hannah Knochelmann.
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Students Win Art Scholarships
Thursday, May 13, 2010 (46 reads)
Congratulations to senior Monica Pence who won the top scholarship ($2000) in the Taft Museum ARC Scholarship Program. This is the second consecutive year a VMAHigh School student has won this scholarship. Monica also won the People’s Choice Award ($100), the result of 436 ballots received. We also congratulate Cecily Kennedy who won a $100 Merit Award.
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Five VMA Students Selected for National Merit Scholarship Program
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (59 reads)
Congratulations to juniors Elena Hamilton, Cecily Kennedy, Hannah Knochelmann, Sarahmarie Specht-Bird and Lauren Vennefron who qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program. These students are among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million program entrants. They represent over 10% of the junior class!
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VMA Juniors Selected as Governor's Scholars
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (55 reads)
Congratulations to five of our juniors who are selected for the Governor’s Scholar Program: Hannah Knochelmann, Cecily Kennedy, Katie Ransdell, Ryan Laber and Connor Louis. These students represent over 10% of the class!
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Blake Bryan Enquirer Ky. Basketball All-Star
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (52 reads)
We begin this week with great news. Congratulations to senior Blake Bryan who has been named by the Enquirer as a Ky. Basketball All-Star. Blake led Northern Kentucky in scoring, averaging 20.4 points per game. He also tallied 7.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. We congratulate Blake, and this is quite an honor for our high school!
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French Students Earn Top Scores
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (51 reads)
Congratulations to the following French students who ranked in the top 10% in the state of Kentucky on the National French Exam (Le Grand Concours): French I Nicole Zatorski (2), Sean Nemann (9) and Ray Moehlman French II Meggie Lund (3) and Kirsten Giesbrecht (4) French III Leah Yoo (9) French V Hannah Knochelmann (6)
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Students Earn Awards at Regional Foreign Language Festival
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (59 reads)
We have great news from the Regional Foreign Language Festival at NKU:
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French:
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VMA French earned a 2nd Place Trophy for overall performance !
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1st place
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Reading 4
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Alexis Simpson
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Reading 5
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Hawken Lord
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Literary Recitation
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Nicole Zatorski
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Group Project
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Hawken Lord, Hannah Knochelmann, Alexis Simpson
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Art
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Paige Gieske
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Oral Proficiency
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Shanna Doumont
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Writing
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Meggie Lund
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Listening 5
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Hannah Knochelmann
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Listening 1
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Nicole Zatorski
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2nd
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Literary Recitation 1
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Radek Lord
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Literary Recitation 4
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Alexis Simpson
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Reading 5
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Hannah Knochelmann
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Writing 5
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Hannah Knochelmann
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Listening 5
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Hawken Lord
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Oral Proficiency 1
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Radek Lord
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Art
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Maddy Plummer
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3rd
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Reading 3
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Robin Brundage
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Listening 3
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Anna Neikirk
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Ribbon for Excellence Reading 2
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Rachel Motley
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Ribbon for Honorable Mention Reading 2
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Courtney Motley
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Spanish:
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1st place
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Reading 5
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Corey Martin, Monica Pence
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Project
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Ben Farrell
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Art
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Erin Deye
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Listening 3
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Connor Louis
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Listening 2
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Bahar Pahlevani
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2nd
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Writing 5
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Monica Pence
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Listening 4
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Lauren Wagner
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Listening 1
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Gabrielle Notorgiacomo
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Oral Proficiency 2
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Jenna Sharp
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Art
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Elsa Kennedy
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Dialogue
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Sarah Mustian, Basia Szaflarski
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3rd
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Writing 3
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Ryan Laber
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Listening 3
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Lauren Vennefron
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Reading 2
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Bahar Pahlevani
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Group Project
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Kendra Newman, Alicia Helfrich, Erin Deye
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Ribbons for Excellence :
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Lauren Dumaine, Ben Conniff, Maddie Clabough, Katie Ransdell, Whitney Ransdell.
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Ribbons for Honorable Mention:
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Nicole Hennard, Matt Stapleton, Molly Stoddart, Maria Blom, Abby Gerst.
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Latin:
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1st
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Group Project
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Keegan Hodge, Michael Kresge, Darien Lord
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2nd
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History and Culture 1
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Keegan Hodge
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3rd
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Literary Recitation 3
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Jessa Plattner
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VMA High School Cincinnati Human Relations Commission Award
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (63 reads)
VMA Cincinnati Human Relations Commission Award: For the second consecutive year, the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission Community Service Award has been awarded to our high school for Outstanding Community Service! Thanks for your participation in our community service/service learning program.
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Girls Honored to All-Region Team/Coach Honored
Thursday, March 25, 2010 (42 reads)
Coach Don Shields was again named the Division III Coach of the Year. The Northern Ky. Girls Basketball Coaches Association At the Northern KentuckyGirls Basketball Coaches Association Banquet, held on Sunday, March 21, at Triple Crown Country Club, named three Villa Madonna Academy High School players All-Region: Chelsea Case, Amy Kreutzer and Kim Schroer. We were the only school to have three players selected. Congratulations to these student-athletes for their great basketball careers.
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High School Awarded Service Award
Monday, March 22, 2010 (41 reads)
VMA Cincinnati Human Relations Commission Award: For the second consecutive year, the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission Community Service Award has been awarded to our high school for Outstanding Community Service! Thanks for your participation in our community service/service learning program.
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Regional Youth Leadership Graduate
Monday, March 22, 2010 (43 reads)
Congratulations to junior Robin Brundage who graduated from the Regional Youth Leadership Program, continuing our fine tradition of RYL graduates!
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VMA Announces National Merit Finalists
Monday, March 22, 2010 (42 reads)
We proudly announce that seniors Andrew Flach and Monica Pence have been named National Merit Finalists. The National Merit Scholarship Program determined which of the 16,000 Semifinalists, from an original pool of over 1.2 million students, met all requirements and advanced to Finalist standing. We are proud to continue the tradition of National Merit students.
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Faculty Member Chosen as Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Monday, March 22, 2010 (47 reads)
Congratulations to social studies teacher Mr. Joe Cordonnier who was chosen as the recipient of the Cincinnatus Society, Northern Kentucky University, University of Cincinnati and Xavier University Outstanding Teacher Award. Mr. C was chosen based upon his classroom teaching, service and professional development. He was the only Catholic teacher in the area so recognized.
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Regional Governor's Cup Winners
Monday, March 22, 2010 (48 reads)
Congratulations to the VMA High School Academic Team who placed 3rd out of 15 teams. The Future Problem Solving Team of chelsea Case, Kelsey Bosley, Olivia Keller and John Notorgiacomo placed 2nd and advances to State. Also going to State is Monica Pence in Language Arts and Andrew Flach in Science and Language Arts.
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Three Villa Players Named All-Region Basketball
Monday, March 22, 2010 (43 reads)
The Northern Ky. Girls Basketball Coaches Association Banquet, held on Sunday, March 21, at Triple Crown Country Club, named three VillaMadonnaAcademyHigh School players All-Region: Chelsea Case, Amy Kreutzer and Kim Schroer. We were the only school to have three players selected. Congratulations to these student-athletes for their great basketball careers.
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Division III Basketball Honors
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (47 reads)
Northern Kentucky Boys Basketball Coaches Association voted Blake Bryan and David Schuh to their Division III All-Star Team. Blake Bryan recieved the most votes of all the players in D III and was named D III Player of the Year.
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VMA Seniors National Merit Finalists
Monday, February 08, 2010 (48 reads)
In a continuing tradition at Villa Madonna Academy High School, We are proud to announce that Andrew Flach and Monica Pence have been named National Merit Finalists. The National Merit Scholarship Program determined which of the 16,000 Semifinalists named in September have met all requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition. We congratulate Andrew and Monica!
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Senior Blake Bryan Chosen as LaRosa's MVP
Monday, February 08, 2010 (42 reads)
For the week of February 1, 2020, VMa Senior Blake Bryan is the LaRosa's MVP of the Week! This senior is a big-time scorer, who already has 1,200+ points in his great career and is Villa Madonna’s all-time leading scorer. A three-year varsity starter, Blake averaged 21 ppg. as a sophomore and 31 ppg. as a junior, when he led the entire state of Kentucky in scoring. He also averaged 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Blake was named 1st team all-Northern Kentucky both his sophomore and junior years. He holds numerous school records, including scoring a single-game record 48 points last season vs. Bellevue. Other monster games included 45 vs. Louisville Collegiate, 40 vs. Dayton and 38 vs. Lloyd. A good student who is active in community service, Blake has not yet selected a college, but plans to play at the next level. His favorite athlete is Jason Williams and most-like-to-meet is Brock Lesner. His favorite movie is American History X and his favorite book is Call of the Wild.
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VMA Students Are Governor's Scholars Nominees
Monday, February 08, 2010 (0 reads)
We would like to congratulate the following juniors whose applications for the Governor's Scholar Program have been forwarded to the State for selection: Cecily Kennedy Hannah Knochelman Ryan Laber Connor Louis Katie Ransdell Lauren Wagner Their selection will be finalized in mid-April. Each school is permitted to send a certain number of applicants based upon enrollment in the junior class. This year, VMA was guaranteed two applications to be sent directly to Frankfort. We then were permitted to send in four additional applications for consideration by a Diocesan committee. We are thrilled that the committee chose all four of our additional applications to be sent to Frankfort!
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VMA High School District Governor's Cup Champions
Monday, February 08, 2010 (1 reads)
Villa Madonna Academy High School is the District Champion for the Governor’s Cup Tournament held on January 30, 2010. The FPS Team of Kelsey Bosley, Olivia Keller, Evan Tingley and Gavin Wichmann took 2nd place. Composition: Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 4th Arts & Humanities: Sarah Mustian 5th, Cecily Kennedy 2nd Language Arts: Monica Pence 4th, Andrew Flach 1st Social Studies: Kim Schroer 5th, Jacob Cardis 2nd, Tyler Arnzen 1st Science: Andrew Flach 4th, Hannah Knochelmann 2nd Mathematics: Connor Louis 3rd The Quick Recall Team of Andrew Flach, Monica Pence, Kim Schroer, MaryKate Greenwood, Hannah Knochelmann, Sarahmarie Specht-Bird, Connor Louis, Kimberly Yocum and Sarah Mustian having lost to Dixie earlier in the day came back and beat Dixie twice to claim first place. Thanks to all who participated and a special thank you to Ms. Kennedy, Sr. Nancy, Mrs. Rodenkirchen and all the parents who help support the team.
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Senior Alex Jennings Art Contest Winner
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
Congratulations to senior Alex Jennings whose Super Bowl bowling pin design is the winner! Alex entered The Holiday Pin Design Contest, painting a Halloween design on her bowling pin. Alex received a gift certificate and her bowling pin will be auctioned off with proceeds supporting Northern Kentucky High School Bowling. Congratulations to Alex Jennings!
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Four Villa Students Named in the National Merit Program
Monday, November 30, 2009 (38 reads)
Two Villa Madonna seniors have been named Semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit scholarship competition. Andrew Flach, son of Jim and Karen Flach of FortWright, and Monica Pence, daughter of Terry and Valerie Pence of Edgewood, are among 217 semifinalists chosen from the state of Kentucky. 11,929 students from 288 Kentucky high schools participated in the competition by taking the PSAT last spring. Semifinalists represent the top 1.8% of test scores. In addition, Villa seniors Kim Schroer and Ryan Schroth were named National Merit Commended Students. These students scored in the top 3.6% in Kentucky. There are 47 students in the Villa Madonna class of 2010.
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VMA High School Inducts New Members of National Honor Society
Monday, November 30, 2009 (3 reads)
Congratulations to our newest members of National Honor Society who were inducted on November 2 in a beautiful ceremony planned by Mrs. Burden and the senior members of NHS. We congratulate our 2009 Inductees: Ben Conniff, Erin Deye, Abby Gerst, Elena Hamilton, Cecily Kennedy, Hannah Knochelmann, Ryan Laber, Eric Lamping, Katie Landen, Hawken Lord, Connor Louis, Payton Lutz, Cory Martin, Lauren Mikhail, Anna Neikirk, Kendra Newman, Jessica Plattner, Katie Ransdell, Jacob Schubert, Alexis Simpson, Ben Smith, Saramarie Specht-Bird, Caroline Spicker, Matt Stapleton, Lauren Vennefron, Lauren Wagner and Kimberly Yocom.
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VMA High School Students Sing in Northern Ky. Honor Choir
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
Congratulations to Jenna Sharp and Bryan Murray who were selected to be part of the NKY Honors Choir. They performed at a concert on November 3, and we congratulate them on their success!
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Enquirer Girls Golf All-Star Team Honors VMA Student for Third Year
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
Katie-Scarlett Skinner has been named to the Enquirer Girls Golf All-Star Team for the 3rd consecutive year! This is quite an accomplishment, and we congratulate Katie-Scarlett.
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Volleyball Honors and Division III Coach of the Year
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
The Northern Ky. Volleyball Coaches Association held their annual awards banquet on Monday. The following players received Division III Honors: Jasmine Beal was named 1st Team All-Region, Stephanie Sias was named 1st Team All-Region, Amy Kreutzer was named 2nd Team All-Region, and Hannah Knochelmann was selected Honorable Mention All-Region. Stephanie Sias also received the Deana Ravenscraft Scholarship Award. The JV Team was honored as JV Conference Champions! Also – our coach, Ms. Sandi Kitchen, was named Division III Coach of the Year!
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AP Scholars Announced
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
We congratulate seventeen students who were named as Advance Placement Scholars. These awards are based on the results from the AP exams in May. Thirteen of them are seniors last year, and four of them are our current seniors and have the opportunity to advance even further as AP Scholars this year. Those four students are Kelsey Bosley, Monica Pence, Taylor Poe, and Curtis (Max) Sheldon.
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National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Students Announced
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
We have great news as we congratulate two of our seniors who are named as National Merit Semifinalists in the National Merit Program: Andrew Flach and Monica Pence. Andrew and Monica will advance to the next level in competition for National Merit Finalists. Two additional seniors are named as Commended Students in the National Merit Program: Kim Schroer and Ryan Schroth, and we congratulate them as well. These four seniors ranked in the top 3% of the juniors in Kentucky on the basis of the PSAT which they took last October. This is quite an honor for all four students and for our school, and so we congratulate Andrew, Monica, Kim and Ryan.
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AP Scholars Abound at VMA
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
AP Scholars: VMAHigh School had 17 AP Scholars from the May testing: - Five (5) Scholars with Distinction (Received an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more);
- Two (2) Scholars with Honor (Average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams);
- Ten (10) AP Scholars (Received grades of 3 or higher on e or more AP Exams).
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Class of 2008 Earns 300 College Credits
Monday, November 30, 2009 (1 reads)
AP College Credit: The class of 2008 earned a total of 300 college credits based upon their AP scores and the standards used at the University of Kentucky (individual colleges and universities award the credits from their own specific criteria, and some universities require students to still take course in their major for which they received AP credit.) In addition, thirteen (13) seniors took the ThomasMoreCollege dual credit European History class and each student earned 6 hours of college credit.
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Evan Angus Remke Star of the Week
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
Congratulations to Evan Angus who was featured in the November 29 Enquirer as a Remke Student Achiever of the Week. In addition to the November 29 feature, Evan will be featured in Remke’s weekly advertisements and on Insight channels the week of November 30. He is also eligible to receive one of the Remke Scholarships awarded in May.
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Third Place Winner in Enquire Turkey Contest
Monday, November 30, 2009 (0 reads)
Congratulations to Basia Szaflarski whose “Swine Flu” turkey received Third Place in the Enquire Turkey Contest! Congratulations, also, to Lauren Mueller and Courtney Motley whose turkeys were featured in the Enquirer!
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VMA Successful in JV Challenge
Monday, November 16, 2009 (40 reads)
Congratulations to the JV Academic Team who placed second in the JV Challenge Tournament this past week. The Quick Recall team of Sarah Mustian, Jenna Sharp, Evan Tingley, Andy Poos, Rachel Bailey, Basia Szaflarski and Anna Sosso took 4th place. Ryan Froeling placed 3rd in Math and 5th in Science. Sarah Mustian placed 2nd in Arts & Humanities. Andy Poos placed 2nd in Science. Jenna Sharp placed 3rd in Language Arts and Anna Sosso placed 1st. Thanks to all of the students who participated and a special thanks to the parents and Ms. Rodenkirchen for all of their help on Saturday.
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Senior Katherine Hayes Awarded Beckman Coulter Founders Scholarship
Monday, June 29, 2009 (42 reads)
Graduating senior and co-valedictorian Katherine Hayes is awarded a 2009 Beckman Coulter Founders Scholarship. Katherine is one of the final 13 candidates selected to be a recipient of this scholarship. She was selected from over 100 applicants by a panel of admissions officers from Cal Tech, Cal Poly Pomona, Claremont McKenna College, and the University of Calirfornia, Irvine.
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Hayes Awarded National Merit Scholarship
Monday, June 29, 2009 (43 reads)
Graduating senior and co-valedictorian Katherine Hayes, the recipient of many scholarships, will be attending American University. As a National Merit Finalist, Katherine is also awarded a National Merit American University Scholarship. This is quite an honor for Katherine.
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College Choices Abound for Class of 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009 (45 reads)
Villa seniors received acceptance and/or scholarships to colleges and universities that include:
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Adelphi University
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Murray State University
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American University
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New York University
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Art Academy of Cincinnati
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Northern Kentucky University
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Auburn University
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Northwestern University
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Ball State university
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Ohio University
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Beckfield College
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Pratt Art Institute
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Bellarmine University
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Purdue University
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Belmont University
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Savannah College of Art & Design
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Brescia College
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Butler University
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Shimer College
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Campbellsville University
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St. John’s University
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Carnegie Mellon University
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St. Louis University
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Carson-Newman College
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St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
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Case Western Reserve University
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Thomas More College
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Centre College
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Transylvania University
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Christian Brothers University
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University of Cincinnati, College of Design
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Cincinnati State Technical & community College
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Architecture, Art & Planning
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Clarke College
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University of Cincinnati, College of
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Cleveland College of Art & Design
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Engineering
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Columbus College of Art & Design
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University of Dayton
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De Paul University
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University of Indianapolis
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DenisonUniversity
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University of Kansas
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DePauw University
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University of Kentucky
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Eastern Kentucky University
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University of Louisville
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George Washington University
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University of Rochester
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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University of South Carolina
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Hanover College
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University of the South
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Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis
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Virginia Polytechnical Institute
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Loyola University of Chicago
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Western Kentucky University
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Maryland Institute College of Art
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Wright State University
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Memphis College of Art & Design
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Xavier University
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Michigan State University
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Moore College of Art & Design
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Morehead University
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Class of 2009 - 100% Off to College with Many Honors
Monday, June 29, 2009 (32 reads)
Congratulations to 95% of the seniors who qualified for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship and additional scholarships. In addition, 82% of the seniors received a scholarship other than the KEES. Once again, 100% of the senior class will be attending college.
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