St. Anselm grads earn $500,000 in scholarships
In only its second year of existence, Saint Anselm Catholic Academy in Bay Ridge is showing remarkable signs of success, according to school officials, who said the Class of 2014 has earned an impressive $500,000 in high school scholarships.
The school’s Board of Directors and Principal James McKeon also announced that 96 percent of the eighth graders who recently graduated from the school at 365 83rd St. were accepted into their first choice of high school.
The students of the Class of 2014 were offered placements at the following schools: Brooklyn Latin School, Brooklyn Technical High School, Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, Dominican Academy, Fontbonne Hall Academy, Fort Hamilton High School, High School of Telecommunication, Technology and the Arts, Nazareth Regional High School, Marymount School, New Utrecht High School, Notre Dame School, Saint Edmund Preparatory High School, Saint Joseph by the Sea High School, Saint Joseph Hill Academy, Saint Saviour High School, Stuyvesant High School, Xaverian High School and Xavier High School.
“There is no doubt that Catholic education is alive and well at St. Anselm and we continue to educate the future leaders of our great community,” Board Vice-Chair John Quaglione said.