Academy of Notre Dame's Mary Rossano is Main Line Student of the Week (Jan. 15-21)

 Academy of Notre Dame's Mary Rossano is Main Line Student of the Week (Jan. 15-21)

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A junior at the Academy of Notre Dame, Mary Rossano not only received the top score of 5 but was also one of only 48 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP United States Government and Politics Exam, receiving the maximum score on each portion of the exam. Rossano is a member of Academy of Notre Dame’s Robotics team, which competed at the 2023 Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge last spring. The team received the Vehicle Performance Award, Captain Class, 2nd Place, and the Overall Champion, Captain Class, 2nd Place, and the Women in Defense Liberty Chapter 2023 SeaPerch Challenge Award, given to a team for outstanding team innovation in the SeaPerch engineering design, build and demonstration of aquatic robotics. She also received a gold medal on the National Spanish Exam last spring and is a member of the varsity cross country and track & field teams at Academy of Notre Dame. She is active in local service projects, regularly attending Meals for Many, a group which cooks meals for people in need; and she serves at Saint Francis Inn, where warm meals are served to the underprivileged in Kensington.


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