Saint Patrick High School recently announced the winners of the Quinn-Nelson Scholarships for both the 2005-06 school year. In order to be considered for a Quinn-Nelson Scholarship, students were required to complete two semesters of work and submit a project displaying their creative composition skills. Michael Cunningham ’08 (River Grove/Rhodes) and John Catalano ‘08 (Elmwood Park/St. Celestine) were awarded $500 prizes and Certificates of Excellence.

In recognition of their participation in the Quinn-Nelson Scholarship Program, Certificates of Achievement were awarded to the following students: Daniel Curley, Michal Chorzepa, Jeffrey Kosovich, Marcin Michniowski, Baldemar Salgado, Andres Sanchez, Jeremy Schultz, Brett Wojciechowski. Certificates of Participation were awarded to the following students: Jonathan Chavez, Scott Krier, Ben Hostetler, George Sauvageau, and Jeffrey Winter.

The Quinn-Nelson Scholarship Program is named in honor of longtime English teachers Paul J. Quinn and Jack Nelson. James Turano, a 1982 graduate of Saint Patrick, is the benefactor of the program, which awards two $500 prizes each year. Turano began the program in 1999 in order to pay tribute to Quinn and Nelson, who were both instrumental in his education at Saint Patrick.