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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2003 CATHEDRAL SCHOLARS TO GRADUATE What: Cathedral Scholars Program Graduation Ceremony and Closing Activity When: Friday, August 2, 2002 at 10 am Where: Washington National Cathedral Perry Auditorium in the Pilgrim Observation Gallery (7th floor) Who: The Very Reverend John Bryson Chane, 8th Bishop of Washington Dr. Paul Vance, Superintendent of DC Public Schools Cathedral Scholars, Class of 2003 | |
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The Cathedral Scholars Program began this summer on June 24, 2002. As part of Washington National Cathedral’s mission to the District of Columbia and to the nation as a whole, the Cathedral Scholars Program was established for D.C. public high school students to help them fully realize their academic and social potentials. The program calls on the unique and varied resources of the Cathedral community, especially those of the National Cathedral School for Girls and St. Albans School for Boys. Each year, fifteen rising tenth graders from five D.C. public schools are enrolled in the program. Each scholar spends three summers of study on the Cathedral close. National Cathedral School and St. Albans teachers, as well as members of the Cathedral clergy, serve as the program’s faculty. The program’s goal is to help students prepare for appropriate advanced educational training by providing the necessary resources to build a rich community spirit, building confidence, honing academic skills, challenging intellect, stimulating imagination, stretching moral and ethical sensibilities. Media should contact Jenny Sobelman, Cathedral Scholars program coordinator, at (202) 537-2159. | |