Academic Scholarship Recipients from Our Class of 2027
Barb Dawson • September 28, 2023

15 Freshmen Earned Scholarship Honors!

Montini Catholic is proudly recognizing fifteen (15) freshmen from their Class of 2027. The students are recipients of the Lasallian college preparatory high school's Freshman Placement Exam Scholarships which are offered to incoming freshmen excelling on Montini's 2022 Freshman Placement Exam. "All prospective students are encouraged to take the exam at Montini in order to be eligible for the scholarships," informs Admissions Representative, Sara McGady. 

Scholarships are awarded based on national percentile ranking of the placement exam scores:
• Students scoring between the 95th to 99th percentiles receive a $2,500 scholarship.
• Students scoring between the 90th to 94th percentiles receive a $1,500 scholarship.
• Students scoring between the 85th to 89th percentiles receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Mrs. McGady explained that all awards are renewable as long as a student meets the renewable criteria each year.

Freshmen (Bronco Class of 2027) receiving a Montini Catholic Academic Scholarship are:

Cedona Barrett (St. Joseph School graduate)

Gavin Conway (St. Pius X School graduate)

Molly Felice (Visitation Catholic School graduate)

Cole Forsyth (Westlake Middle School graduate)

Robert Gutierrez (St. Pius X School graduate)

Brianna Konopacz (St. Joan of Arc School graduate)
Ailish McKinzie (St. Joseph School graduate)
Samantha Menapace (St. Mary of Gostyn School graduate)
Colin Miner (St. Mary of Gostyn School graduate)
Olivia Naso (St. Mary of Gostyn School graduate)

Lorelei Nelson (Westchester Middle School graduate)

Dylan Palmer (St. Mary of Gostyn School graduate)

Michael Pivoney (St. Pius X School graduate)
Graham Reiser (St. Mary of Gostyn School graduate)
Julian Reyes (St. Scholastica School graduate)


Montini's 2024-2025 school year Placement Exam for scholarship eligibility will take place on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 8:00AM at the school. There will be a special Practice Exam held on Wednesday evening, November 29th at 7:00PM at Montini Catholic.


Information regarding additional scholarship and/or financial aid opportunities that are available for incoming freshmen can be found online at: www.montini.org.


Photo above:  back row l t r:  Julian Reyes, Robert Gutierrez, Colin Miner, Graham Reiser, Cedona Barrett, Molly Felice, Gavin Conway;  front row l t r:  Michael Pivoney, Samantha Menapace, Lorelei Nelson, Olivia Naso, Dylan Palmer, Cole Forsyth, Brianna Konopacz, and Ailish McKinzie;



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