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Durham Teen Announced as 2013 Salutatorian of Mercy High School

The Middletown private Catholic girls' school will hold graduation ceremonies in June.

Durham resident Catherine Kannam has been named salutatorian of Mercy High School's Class of 2013.

Middletown resident Alexandra Femc was named the valedicorian of the class, the Middletown Catholic girls' school announced on its website.

Kannam is the daughter of Thomas and Heather Kannam, of Durham, and has been noted as an "outstanding scholar during her four years at Mercy High School," the notice stated. She will be attending Dartmouth College this fall.

Here's more on Kannam's biography from the school's website:

She has distinguished herself as the recipient of the Brown University and Princeton University Book Awards, the President's Volunteer Service Award, and the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship.  In addition, Catherine will receive the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award this summer, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn.

Catherine has contributed positively to many of Mercy’s clubs, activities, and volunteer service programs. She has been an active member of the National Honor Society serving as the Vice President of Tutoring, Peer Ministry, Choralations, Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Mercy Ambassadors, the Mercy/Xavier Musical, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and Helping Hands Helping Paws. She studied metal working and jewelry design at Wesleyan Potters and was a production assistant, voice coach, and assistant director for school plays at the John Lyman Theater.

Catherine has devoted numerous volunteer hours at the New Britain Museum of American Art with the art education program and as a Sunday school teacher, altar server, and Eucharistic Minister at the Church of the Epiphany in Durham. 


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