The principal of Saint Dominic Academy, Mr. Thomas Corbo, announced recently that senior Toni-Anne Fajardo of Secaucus has been named a Commended Student in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) was presented to Fajardo.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
Saint Dominic Academy is a Catholic independent school for girls located in an historic building on Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City.