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The Students of Nerinx Hall | |
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| Currently there are 623 girls enrolled. Loss rate is minimal, 93% of the girls who enter as freshmen graduate from Nerinx Hall. | |
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The current minority enrollment numbers 56 students, which is 9% of the student body. |
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| Nerinx's location close to Interstate 44 and its proximity to public transportation makes it accessible to girls from throughout the region. Students come from all over the metropolitan St. Louis area, as far east as Collinsville IL, as far west as St. Peter's MO, as far south as Hillsboro MO and as far north as Bridgeton MO. 95% of the students are Roman Catholic. 8.6% of the enrolled are students of color. Nerinx celebrates the growing diversity of cultures. Within its student body are 14 who identify themselves as African Americans, 14 Hispanics, 9 Asians, 14 biracial, and 2 "other". In addition to these girls who are enrolled for the four-year program, foreign exchange students are frequently enrolled for a semester's work. | ||
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| There are 20 clubs and 14 sports teams for the girls to join. 80% of the Nerinx girls are members of at least one club and 66% play on a Nerinx sports team. 40% of the girls are involved with Drama and /or the Music program. The spiritual dedication of the students manifests itself in their voluntary participation in conducting liturgies and in their service work to community agencies through the Outreach Club. For each Mass, 25 - 50 girls help in the planning and service roles. Outreach continues to be the largest club as its members work regularly in soup kitchens, nurseries, day care centers, Habitat for Humanity, and other agencies reaching out to those in need. These girls use their evenings and weekends to promote justice through their voluntary efforts. | ||
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Accomplishments 2007 - 2008 |
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| Accomplishments during the current school year are listed on the Nerinx News page. | ||
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Senior Performs in New York |
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| Senior Katy Noetzel performed Shakespeare pieces on a national stage April 26-29 in the final round of competition. Please download the press release about her exciting experience. | ||
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Nerinx Math Students 8th Overall in Missouri |
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| Nerinx girls in some of the calculus and precalculus honors classes participated in the Missouri Math League Contest. It is a series of six tests given at different times throughout the year. This year Nerinx placed 8th in the entire state, its first time in the top ten, although there have been several times that it made the top twenty. Congratulations to the girls and to their teachers: Mrs. Henerey and Mr. Magee. | ||
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Nerinx Instrumentalists #1 |
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| Three of our musicians received a "1" rating at the District Solo and Ensemble. They will now be adjudicated at the State level in late April. They are: Michelle Currie (senior / flute), Cassie Heard (sophomore / violin), and Julie Clanahan (reshman / piano & clarinet). | ||
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Select Women's Chorus Sings at the Fox |
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| On April 9 members of our Select Women's Chorus participated in the 2008 Catholic Schools NIght at the Fox. This was the culmination of a year of planning, rehearsing, and general fellowship of over twenty schools throughout our Archdiocese. Nerinx Hall was chosen by audition to be a part of this special event. | ||
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Select Women's Chorus Performs at Webster University Faculty concert |
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| On April 6 the Select Women's Chorus performed "Loretto Poets Suite" by Duane Bridges, who is also on the faculty at Webster University. The performance was for the Webster University Faculty concert. Select Women's Chorus has been working on this special suite of music since last August and have performed it many time throughout the year. This occasion marked the final performance of the piece in its entirety for the school year. A recording was made and will be available in May. | ||
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Our Singers Get California Gold |
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| The Select Women's Chorus won a "gold" rating at the Heritage Festival in Anaheim, California and placed 2nd overall in the Women's Chorus category. We were given the opportunity at Mr. Bell's request to be rated among 2A schools (Nerinx is rated 1A) and Nerinx received higher scores than schools more than twice its size! In addition, Select is invited to compete in the "Festival of Gold" next spring in either New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago as it was in the top ten percent of ensembles competing. The students were perfect ambassadors of the Nerinx Community and were consistently praised for their poise and grace from the adjudicators, festival leaders, and tour guides. Nerinx is extremely proud of these remarkable musicians. |
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Nine Nerinx students were honored to have their work selected for display in the Artist Guild Student Show. This is a very competitive juried show open to all students ages 16 - 20 that live within 100 miles of the St. Louis area. Charlotte Hellmuth received an Honorable Mention for her piece. Other Nerinx girls whose art appears in the show are Margaret Moore, Josie Corley, Alaina Appelbaum, Claire Kerwin, Emily Grigone, Julie Lickenbrock and Jessyka Fry. | |
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Christina Zanboni is Nerinx's Scholar Athlete of the year. Christinia played volleyball and lacrosse while achieving a 4.1 grade point average. | |
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Congratulations to seniors Jill Patton, Michelle Currie, and Colleen Blosser who have been recognized as National Merit Finalists after completing a rigorous application and authenticating their high scores on last year's PSAT by achieving high scores on the SAT. Nerinx is proud of its Commended Scholars as well: Rebecca Dale, Elise Hellwig, Nicole Hoffman, Margaret Loehnig, Mallory Murphy, and Rachel Timmons. |
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| Nerinx Hall senior Molly Conroy was one of 10 recipients of the first annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Model of Justice Awards presented to St. Louis area high school students by the St. Charles Lwanga Center. She received the award from Archbishop Raymond Burke at a ceremony after the annual Martin Luther King Memorial Mass on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. She was nominated for her commitment to social justice and community service. She has been active in the Nerinx Peace and Justice club, LIFE (Living in Faith Experience) and Model UN. She is serving as vice-president of Peace & Justice this year. She has participated for two years in the School of the Americas protest and performed her senior community service at the Center for Survivors of Torture and Trauma. She will be going to El Salvador on a service trip during Spring Break 2008. She organized a forum on environmental issues for the entire senior class and is a lead organizer for a new, interscholastic environmental student group involving several St. Louis area girls schools. You're an inspiration to us all, Molly! |
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Admission Process |
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Nerinx welcomed 160 young women in the Class of 2012.
Eighth grade students may make an appointment to visit for a full school day during the weeks from the middle of September to the middle of November. Seventh grade students interested in visiting Nerinx for a full school day may do so during the month of April by calling in March. (FYI: Because of the number of girls wanting to shadow, if a student comes in the spring, she will not be able to repeat her visit in the fall.) To schedule an appointment Interested families should plan to visit Nerinx during the annual Archdiocesan High School Open House on the first Sunday in November from noon to 4:30 p.m. Applications to Nerinx Hall are submitted in mid-November each year. Applications may be obtained from Catholic grade school principals, parish P.S.R. directors, or by calling Nerinx Hall. All applicants and their parents are interviewed by faculty during December and January. Selection is based upon grade school report cards, standardized testing, and the interview. During February the letters of acceptance are mailed in accordance with the policies of the Archdiocesan Education Office . | ||
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For more information please download: Frequently Asked Questions About Admissions To Nerinx Hall | ||
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| Further inquiries about admissions should be addressed to the Admissions Director, , at 314-968-1505 ext. 151. | ||
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