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Crew JV8 Places at Stotesbury Regatta
Posted June 7th, 2015
The Stotesbury Regatta, the world’s largest High School Regatta, was held on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in May with Crew teams from across the country and Canada gathering together to hit the river in this prestigious competition. The Hermits JV8...
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Prep Board Member Awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Posted June 5th, 2015
Prep Board Member and Villanova University President, Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, Ph.D., was recently awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is given to those who dedicate their life to community service and, according...
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Prep Graduate Awarded Villanova University National Merit Scholarship
Posted June 4th, 2015
Class of 2015 graduate J.P. Kolnik was awarded the Villanova University National Merit Scholarship. With approximately 1.5 million students vying for a piece of the scholarship program, the list was whittled down to about 16,000 semifinalists. From those semifinalists, half were...
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Robotics Club Wrap Up
Posted June 1st, 2015
The Robotics Club was very busy this year with a variety of projects, including soldering and assembling an FM radio kit and even programming robotic arms. Recently the club completely LEGO Mindstorm EV3 kits. See the completed robots in...
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Class of 2015 Earns Record Amount in Scholarships
Posted May 30th, 2015
We are pleased to announce that the Class of 2015 set a new school “record.” The 171 members of the graduating class earned over $52 million dollars in scholarships and grants over their four years here at the Prep....
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Class of 2015, Serving Our Country
Posted May 29th, 2015
Three members of the Class of 2015 are heading to Military Academies while one is joining the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Both Ernest Alvino and Anthony DeAngelis are joining the Air Force Academy now that they’ve graduated. Chad Penny will become...
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Sophomores Experience a Working Retreat in Camden
Posted May 28th, 2015
Seventeen years ago, St. Augustine Prep was looking for a program whereby the sophomore students could better focus on their lives and the lives of others who are misfortunate. At the time, Brother David Graber, M.SS.CC. (Science and Theology...
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Prep’s Network Engineer’s Website Wins Award
Posted May 27th, 2015
A big congratulations to our Network Engineer, Frank Garufi, Jr. For the third year in a row his website, The Crohn’s Colitis Effect, has been named in the Best Crohn’s Disease Blog by Healthline.com. Crohn’s Disease is a form...
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The Golden Hermits
Posted May 25th, 2015
On Thursday, May 14th, St. Augustine Preparatory School not only graduated 171 seniors but also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Class of 1965. The Golden Hermits, as they are affectionately known, included 26 young men, of which seven...
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Prep Honors Memorial Day All Year Long with the Sal Corma Memorial Fund
Posted May 25th, 2015
Memorial Day is a day to remember all of those who died while serving in our nation’s armed forces. At the Prep, we are working to ensure that the memory of one Prep graduate extends beyond the last Monday...
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