Mount Carmel School\u2019s search for the recipient of its distinguished graduate award will be expanded beginning this year to include former students who spent at least some years at the school.<\/p>\n
This was announced yesterday by Mount Carmel School president Galvin Deleon Guerrero, who also revealed the renaming of the prestigious award to \u201cAlumKnight of the Year.\u201d Nominations will be opened to AlumKnights who spent at least four consecutive years at the institution.<\/p>\n
According to Deleon Guerrero, this change will help honor many AlumKnights who, for very legitimate reasons, had to transfer to other schools. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn some cases AlumKnights spent over a decade at the school but had to transfer before graduation for family emergencies. Those AlumKnights, however, are still very loyal to their alma mater,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have this saying: Once a Knight, always a Knight. Changing the award in this way will make that saying more meaningful to the entire AlumKnight family,\u201d Deleon Guerrero added.<\/p>\n
Besides expanding the pool of nominees, the announcement of the award is being moved from the school\u2019s annual Family Night to a new tradition at the school, the annual Night with the Knights fundraising banquet, to be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, to conclude the school\u2019s celebration of 2014 Catholic Schools Week.<\/p>\n
All members of the community are invited to submit nominations for AlumKnight of the Year. The school\u2019s Leadership Team and past awardees will screen nominees and select an awardee based on that AlumKnight\u2019s lifelong fulfillment of the school\u2019s mission and philosophy.<\/p>\n
Since 1998, Mount Carmel School has given the award to individuals who have distinguished themselves as leaders in business, government, and the community and who represent the institution\u2019s trademark values of faith, excellence, and success.<\/p>\n
The deadline for AlumKnight of the Year nominations is on Jan. 17. To submit a nomination, or for more information, email the school\u2019s director of institutional development, John Blanco, at johnsblanco@gmail.com, or Deleon Guerrero at galvin.deleonguerrero@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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