Media Advisory For Immediate Release
March 17, 2009
Louisville Collegiate School Announces 2009 Merit
Scholars
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Louisville
Collegiate School is pleased to announce this year's
Merit Scholarship Recipients. Cason
Riley, Jake Zimmerman, Felipe De La Barra, Elizabeth
Walton, Mary Gail Richardson, Olivia Hamel, Gray Alston,
and Ben Handy
have earned renewable scholarships toward their
high school career at Louisville Collegiate School.
Gray Alston will join
the Collegiate community after completing Middle School
at North Oldham, while Ben
Handy will arrive from Sacred Heart Model School.
The other winners currently attend Collegiate’s
Middle School.
Earning renewable scholarships towards
their middle school career at Louisville Collegiate
School are Urooj Nasim
(Collegiate), Harcourt
Allen (Brandeis), Jacob
Fink (Brandeis), John
Steenrod (Chance), and
Coley Sullivan (Chance).
Ruby
Redstone is the recipient of the Patricia
Trost Friedler for Young Women, a new scholarship opportunity
created by Sallie Bingham, a Collegiate alumna from
the Class of 1954, who named the program in memory of
her classmate Patricia Trost Friedler. The scholarship
is awarded to a young woman entering the ninth grade,
who exhibits creative promise, academic achievement
and personal qualities of leadership and service.
To be considered for a merit scholarship,
students were required participate in standardized tests,
write a formal essay, submit a letter of recommendation
from a current teacher, and, if selected as a finalist,
interview with a selection committee. Applications for
the Patricia Trost Friedler Scholarship were also required
to exhibit an artistic or creative talent.
Louisville Collegiate School commits
more than $1.5 million in financial assistance and merit
scholarships each year. Merit Scholarships are available
to students entering the 6th or 9th grade who demonstrate
superior academic performance, a strong standardized
testing profile, and an outstanding track record of
extracurricular involvement.
For more information on applying to
Collegiate or the school’s scholarships, visit
www.loucol.com or contact Robin
Seiler, Director of Admission at (502) 479-0395
or robin_seiler@loucol.com.
Louisville Collegiate School is a JK-12,
co-ed independent day school located in the historic
Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
PRESS CONTACT:
Elizabeth Post
Communications/Marketing Coordinator
Louisville Collegiate School
Work: 502.479.0376
Fax: 502.479.0394
Email: epost@loucol.com
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