Six Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program
Congratulations to the six Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Sebastian Suarez, Patrick Maher, Juan Fernandez de Castro, Kevin Lemus, Jovier Jimenez, and Michael Moreno.
Each student was presented a certificate by our Principal Jose E. Roca and President
Father Willie.
“We are proud of the six seniors who were selected, from the 1.6 million students taking the PSAT, as Commended Students with at least a Selection Index Score of 209,” said Jose E. Roca, principal. “They continue in the academic prowess Belen students have demonstrated since 1854.”
Father Willie.
“We are proud of the six seniors who were selected, from the 1.6 million students taking the PSAT, as Commended Students with at least a Selection Index Score of 209,” said Jose E. Roca, principal. “They continue in the academic prowess Belen students have demonstrated since 1854.”
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2017 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2017 competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: communications@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: communications@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba, by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the school's property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit is situated on a 34-acre site in western Dade County, just minutes away from downtown Miami.