Fifteen Students Recognized for Collegiate Commitment to the Arts

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Fifteen outstanding students will be recognized at a St. Francis event on Friday, May 12 at 8:00am in the St. Francis Theatre on campus to honor those graduating seniors who have made the choice to major in an Art discipline. Students represent a breadth of Art fields such as music, television and film, acting, musical and technical theatre, art history, and architecture. They will be attending fifteen different programs at some of the country’s top schools.

100% of St. Francis students take one year of classes in the arts but many take art every semester, advancing to one of our honors or Advanced Placement (AP) Arts courses. 6% of the Class of 2017 is going on to major in the arts. Students submit art portfolios or audition for some of the most prestigious theatre and musical theatre colleges throughout the country.

The event will be broadcast on the TroubieTV Network online. Family, friends, and fans can watch the event for free by registering on the PlayOn! Sports NFHS Network.

http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/st-francis-catholic-high-school-sacramento-ca/2e775d8e1a

Rica Baccay: Mount St. Mary’s University
Major: Music

Sydney Bembry: St. John’s University, Queens Campus
Major: Television and Film

Natalie Bourgeois: The Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Major: Musical Theatre

Brittany Candler: California State University Northridge
Major: Television Production

Ani Carrera: University of Southern California
Major: Acting

Anna Crumley: California State University Long Beach
Major: Jazz Voice Studies

Cassie Cunningham: California Polytechnic State University
Major: Architecture

Olivia Daponde: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Major: Acting

Camryn Elias: University of Arizona
Major: Musical Theatre

Taylor Fuller: Loyola New Orleans
Major: Theatre

Brianna Hayes: George Mason University
Major: Technical Theatre and Design

Abby Mearns: Willamette University
Major: Theatre

Mia Stephens: San Francisco State
Major: Art History and Studio Art

Cecilia Walsh: American River College
Major: Technical Theatre

Katarina Yo: University of Portland
Major: Technical Theatre with Emphasis on Design