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UW President's Medalist a North Transfer Student
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Elise Saba, a former student at North, has been awarded one of the two President’s Medals for scholarship at the University of Washington. She will be graduating from UW this year with a bachelor’s degree in English and will be invited to sit on stage during the ceremony where she will be acknowledged in front of the entire graduating class and audience.
At North Saba was named to the President's List for her high scholarship, and also to the Phi Theta Kappa honor society for community college students. At the UW, Saba has been a Mary Gates Leadership Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She also has been a member of departmental honors in English. Her first publication in fiction appeared in the Daily, the UW student newspaper, in March.
Saba is proud of the fact that she was home schooled through 10th grade. "It was one of the best gifts a mother could have ever given her child," she said. "The attention I was given and the ways in which I have had some freedom to pursue and refine my interests when I was young have made all the difference in the adult I am today. If I can thank my parents in some way for what they gave me through this home schooling education, it would be to tell them that I plan to home school my own kids."
For more information about the award, see UW’s press release at: http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=33042.
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