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St. Frances Academy students Jordan Downs, Mila Fair and Myles Thurston were honored as Archdiocese of Baltimore Distinctive Scholars. (Courtesy of Archdiocese of Baltimore Schools)

Archdiocese of Baltimore honors Distinctive Scholars

April 22, 2024
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the academic excellence of three seniors from each of the 18 Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore during the 32nd annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, held April 18 at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore. 

Distinctive Scholars from Catholic High included Grace Kamau, Aurelia Smolen and Magdalen Ruth. (Courtesy of Archdiocese of Baltimore Schools) 

This year’s honorees are:

Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore
Anthony Cerone, Carson Eddy, Carson Giannelli

Archbishop Spalding High School, Severn

Arneet  Bal, Ashley Grice, Annabella McKernan

Bishop Walsh School, Cumberland

Jin-Hyung Kang, Duncan Stangel, Lydia Vassiliadi

Calvert Hall College High School, Towson

Nathan Joshua Cox, Teague McCarthy, Tung Tran

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Baltimore

Layset Aguilar-Oyorzabal, Andrea Garcia-Molina, Ada Valle-Benitez

Loyola Blakefield, Towson

Aidan Sachs, Jack Wachter, Sean Wilson

Archbishop Spalding’s Ashley Grice, Annabella McKernan and Arneet Bal were recognized as Distinctive Scholars. (Courtesy of Archbishop Spalding)

Maryvale Preparatory School, Lutherville

Cailey Brooks, Kristin Noelle DeBolt, Caitlin Wilson

Mercy High School, Baltimore

Priya Mammen, Sarah Mann, Alex O’Neill

Mount de Sales Academy, Catonsville

Sofia Fassolakis, Brooke Frederick, Anna Kosloski

Mount Saint Joseph High School, Irvington

Charles Butler, Alexander Johnson, Elijah Pate

Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson

Reilly DiPaula, Anna Gredlein, Madison Shultz

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Essex

Kirsten  Anderson, Victoria Nkongolo, Conner Starnes

Sofia Fassolakis, Brooke Frederick and Anna Kosloski were named Mount de Sales Distinctive Scholars. (Courtesy of Archdiocese of Baltimore Schools)

St. John’s Catholic Prep, Buckeystown

Thomas Lee Ayers II, Katherine DiAnn DelGrippo, Flora Marie Karpowicz

St. Frances Academy, Baltimore

Jordan Downs, Mila Fair, Myles Thurston

St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown

Abigail  Chappell, Warner Harper, Nicholas Petruzzello

St. Mary’s High School, Annapolis

Grace Lynne Mitchell, Aaron Sides, Riley Meghan Smith

The Catholic High School of Baltimore

Grace Kamau, Magdalen Ruth,  Aurelia Smolen

The John Carroll School, Bel Air

Zaida Annan, Lauren Gallagher, Al Riska

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