St. Mary’s Dominican students earn scholarships, inducted into math honor society

St. Mary’s Dominican High School Scholarship recipients are, front row, from left, seated: Lauryn Ancar, Emma Bertaut, Isabella Bordelon, McKinley Bordelon, Victoria Bordelon, Emma Clesi, Riley Crespo, Sophia delCorral, Victoria Despenza, and Avery Donnelly. Standing: Rocio Gaitan, Maria Garcia, Emily Giacona, Carly Langford, Chyra Lee, Aria Lewis, Elizabeth McCabe, Emma Nichols, Mary Grace Ohler, Andelyn Passantino, Mia Signorelli, Carolyn Sosa and Laila Young.

Photo by Hannah Cao\ ST. MARY’S DOMINICAN

St. Mary’s Dominican High School inducted 39 students were inducted into Mu Alpha Theta (MAO), the national high school and two-year college Mathematics Honor Society that has 110,000 student members in more than 2,400 schools in the United States and in 20 foreign countries. Pictured, are, first row, from left: Ashtyn Darbonne, Olivia Gambino, Elizabeth Messonnier, Natalie Rodriguez-Ema, Annamarie Allen, Emma Barnes, Alexandra Brothers, Jordyn Brown, Bailey Dauzat and Ashley Dufour. Second row: Mary Harty, Mattie Morel, Mia Nguyen, Kennedy Payne, Chloe Townsend, Marguerite Breaux, Isabella Brockway, Emily Broussard and Hallie Cao. Third row: Ngan-Ha “Sophia” Cao, Reese Dawson, Kristen Dinh, Emily Dominique Sarah Fath, Madison Ferguson, Rebekah Haase, Grace Hamblin, Emily Hemelt, and Kaitlyn Huynh. Fourth row: Shelby Jackson, Megan McCartney, Danielle McCartney, Caroline Ondrusek, Jenna Pertuit, Sydney Raymond, Alexis Tran, and Audrey Wild.  Not pictured: Gracie Bott and Sophia Law.

The honor society is dedicated to inspiring keen interest in mathematics, developing strong scholarship in the subject, and promoting the enjoyment of mathematics in high school and two-year college students. MAO moderators are Kristen Bernard and Katie Kirkwood.