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C Spire Wireless Academic All-Star Presented To Germantown Student

2012-12-10
Germantown, Tenn. (December 17, 2012) – Nathalie Vacheron, a senior at St. George’s Independent School, has been named a C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars Award winner.

Vacheron is one of seven students in the Greater Memphis area who received this week’s award for English & Literature. C Spire Wireless will recognize more than 160 students during the 2012-2013 school year. Vacheron and other weekly winners will be honored at an awards luncheon at the Hilton Memphis, on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Vacheron is an enthusiastic and passionate English scholar who enjoys studying literature, writing and publishing. She holds a 4.67 weighted grade point average, scored 31 on the ACT and also earned a 2120 on the SAT. Vacheron is the editor-in-chief of the student-run newspaper and was assistant editor of the yearbook as a junior. She also is a Prefect, the highest level of leadership a student can hold. Vacheron acts as a liaison between the student body and the school president.

When Vacheron decided to write a novel, she immediately made it the focus of her “Senior Independent Study.” She has taken two AP English courses and received the Sewanee Book Award for Excellence in Writing. Vacheron is a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, Cum Laude Society, Quill and Scroll, Mu Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society and National French Honor Society.

The C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars program was conceived to identify and recognize high school students for excellence in academics, school leadership and community service. Now in its 7th year, the C Spire Academic All-Stars Awards are presented weekly for 28 weeks during the academic year from nominations submitted by school administrators.

Judges include educators from Rhodes College, The University of Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College and Christian Brothers University. Each Sunday during the year, C Spire Academic All-Stars are announced in The Commercial Appeal.

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