On May 18, the newest inductees into the Saint James Chapter of the Cum Laude Society were announced via email. The Cum Laude Society is an honors organization founded to encourage and recognize true scholarship in secondary schools, modeled after Phi Beta Kappa.  The major objective of the Society is to recognize academic excellence; however, the Motto specifies qualities which, ideally, each member of the Society should have as personal goals and should endeavor to encourage in society at large.  The Cum Laude Society's motto is: Excellence, Justice, Honor.  "Excellence" includes moral excellence and is not limited to the ideal of superiority in scholarship, nor does it involve the endeavor of competing primarily for academic grades.  "Justice" includes the concept of what is suitable and appropriate as well as just.  "Honor" includes the concept of dignity and true worth.

The current Saint James membership of the Society includes those Sixth Form students who were elected in their Fifth Form year: Nicklas Michael Pank, Michaela Elyse Siegel, Yuyin "Nelly" Xie, and Yijun "Kitty" Zhou.

The newly elected members of this year's Sixth Form are: Zoe Min-Ying Esterly, Darcy Anne Farrell, Evan Theodore Fulmer, Wenrui "Bill" Li, and Jenna Brianne Root.

Joining these students are the following students from the Fifth Form: Leo Casto Cucuzzella, Pui Ho "Michael" Lau, Nash Richard Pena, Ziyue "Coco" Zhang, and Yin "Emily" Zhu.

Ms. Schmucker, from the faculty, is also among those newly inducted.

Please join us in congratulating these new members of the Cum Laude Society on this achievement!