Senior John Kenny, who’s also a member of Notre Dame’s Model United Nations club, learned last week that he won the NSDA Academic All-American award.
According to the NSDA, the award recognizes academic rigor, competitive speech and debate success and personal excellence, and fewer than 1,000 of the more than 141,000 student members of NSDA earn such accolades in a typical year.
"This distinguished award recognizes students who have completed at least five semesters of high school; earned the degree of Superior Distinction in our Honor Society (a total of 750 or more merit points); achieved rigorous criteria for GPA and/or test score requirements; and demonstrated outstanding character and leadership," said J. Scott Wunn, executive director of NSDA. "This tremendous accomplishment places John among the top 1 percent of all student members across the country."
Notre Dame principal Fr. Joe Hindelang, s.m., also applauded Kenny's achievement.
"Congratulations on earning this award," Hindelang said to Kenny. "Thanks for putting in the time and effort to achieve so much in this field despite all of the other things that you are involved in. Once again, John, you've made all of us at NDPMA proud."
In December, Kenny earned the prestigious "Good Citizen" award from the local chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org