· Latoya’s First Edition

 

· Fontbonne’s 2009 Challenge Team wins its first round.

 

· Read about our team members on MSG Varsity.

 

· Visit The Challenge on Facebook.

 

· Click  Power to Learn for episodes from the 2008—2009 Season.

 

· This season’s first contest to air on December 25. Check out the Challenge site!

 

 

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Anna-Lisa D’Onofrio ’11 and Amanda Sciortino ‘11 have been accepted to Empire Girls State for the Summer of 2010. Girls who have completed their Junior year are selected to participate as self-governing citizens in the American Legion Auxiliary-sponsored program. Since the program was inaugurated,  nearly one million young women have had the opportunity to see how their state and local governments work.

Kaitlyn Cortes ’ 10 has been awarded a Posse Scholarship for four years of study at  Lafayette College. One of the primary aims of the Posse Foundation is to prepare leaders of tomorrow by providing the Posse Scholars with the tools to be competitive in today’s world.  Kaitlyn is one of 120 New Yorkers who will be awarded over $168 million dollars in scholarships.

Fontbonne Hall Academy offers a New York State Regents curriculum in a setting of small classes, modern laboratories and state-of-the-art technology, believing that a well-rounded education leads to a spirit of life-long learning.

· The 118 members of the Class of 2009 were awarded almost $13 million dollars in scholarships and awards. The Class of 2010 has been awarded almost $7 million dollars as of March 1.

· Latoya Raveneau,  Class of 2008 and freshman at UCLA, has had her first novel, Rhine Angel, published by Tate Publishing. She appeared at a book-signing at Fontbonne on November 30, 2008.

· Emily Hogan, Class of 2008, a Harvard freshman, is published in the Harvard Crimson as a feature writer and has been elected to the publication’s board.

Emily and Latoya were both commended scholars in the National Merit Scholarship program as Fontbonne Juniors.

· Victoria Silva, Class of 2010, is a Commended Scholar in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

· Kristin Ferrandino, Class of 2011, editor of the e-zine prim was interviewed and filmed at Fontbonne by a team from 66 Minutes a news-journalism program broadcast in Paris, France. Kristin is one of three American teenage Internet entrepreneurs to be featured on the program.

Fontbonne course offerings include Advanced Placement or Saint John’s University  courses in every discipline, distance learning, and accelerated programs in the World Languages. A broad offering of electives includes Anthropology, Psychology, Law, AP Statistics and Marine, Environmental and Forensic Sciences. See our Curriculum page for a complete listing of our course offerings.

· Fontbonne was awarded a Toshiba America Foundation Grant for the purchase of a comparison microscope for use in Forensic Science.

· The Mother Saint John Fontbonne Scholars Program provides an intense program to better prepare our most gifted young women for college.

· Fontbonne students volunteer at least 15 hours of service each year. Service Scholarships are available for each grade level.