Fifteen Students Recognized for Collegiate Commitment to the Arts
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