Abigail’s High School Experience

Abigail attended a private Catholic school in San Antonio, Texas throughout her middle and highschool career. While attending, Abigail took a variety of advanced courses, including AP, Dual Credit, and Pre-AP courses. She academically distinguished herself through her hard work and commitment to her studies, despite experiencing personal struggles outside of school. In her junior year of highschool Abigail participated in NASA’s Highschool Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. Due to her excellent performance in school, she earned many academic awards. A list and timeline of Abigail’s high school awards and honors can be viewed below. Her academic success brought Abigail to the Northeast, where she now studies at Harvard University.

Abigail's High School Awards

Major Distinctions

• MITES Director’s Award (2018)
• MITES Engineering Design Teamwork Award (2018)
• Scholastic Art Award: National Silver Medal for Love Lies Here Video Game (2019)
• Scholastic Art Award: Regional Gold Key for Love Lies Here Video Game (2018)
• TAPPS Swimming Academic All-State Scholar (2018)
• American Association of Teachers of French Outstanding Senior Award (2019)
• Poetry Out Loud State Contestant (2019)
• Les Grands Concours-National French Exam Bronze Laureate (2015, 2016, 2017)
• QuestBridge College Prep Scholar
• Principal’s Award for Educational Excellence (2018)
• Top Honor Roll (2015-2018)

Academic and Athletic distinction timeline

2016

• English 1 Academic Achievement Award
• Mu Alpha Theta Induction
• International Thespian Society Induction
• Geometry PAP Top Student Award*
• Biology Top Student Award*
• French 2 PAP Top Student Award*
• Les Grands Concours-National French Exam Bronze Laureate
• Most Improved Swimmer
• State Swim Team

2017

• Algebra 2 PAP Top Student Award*
• Chemistry Top Student Award*
• French 3 PAP Top Student Award*
• World History Top Student Award
• Sacramental Faith Academic Achievement Award
• Creative Writing Academic Achievement Award
• World History PAP Academic Achievement Award
• Les Grands Concours-National French Exam Bronze Laureate
• State Swim Team

2018

• MITES Director’s Award
• MITES Engineering Design Teamwork Award
• Scholastic Art Award: Regional Gold Key for Love Lies Here Video Game
• QuestBridge College Prep Scholar
• Principal’s Award for Educational Excellence
• Computer Science Top Student Award*
• French 4 Top Student Award*
• AP United States History DC Top Student Award*
• AP English Language and Composition Top Student Award*
• Social Justice Academic Achievement Award
• TAPPS Swimming Academic All-State Scholar
• State Swim Team

2019

• AP French 5 Top Student Award*
• Scholastic Art Award: National Silver Medal for Love Lies Here Video Game
• American Association of Teachers of French Outstanding Senior Award
• Poetry Out Loud State Contestant
• AP Calculus Top Student Award*

*Top Student Awards are awarded to the student who attained the highest GPA in the course

In addition to her academic achievements, she also worked hard to be immensely involved in her student community. Her involvement ranged from swimming, acting, to leadership roles that she held in various academic organizations. She enjoyed participating in many of these activities with her friends.