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John Dewey Academy Graduating
Class
By Tom Bratter, School President
January 4, 1992
Dr. Kenneth Steiner, Dean
of Studies of the John Dewey Academy, reports graduating seniors Jonathan
Alter and Barbara Fusco are Commended Students in the National Merit
Scholarship program, which places them in the top 3% of the more than
one million students taking the exam. Alter awaits hearing from Swarthmore
College where he has applied Early Decision. He has applied to Carleton,
Haverford, Northwestern, Princeton, and the University of Chicago. Fusco
has been accepted by Williams College and has been awarded a four years
scholarship. Dr. Thomas Edward Bratter, President of John Dewey Academy,
adds that graduating seniors Andrea Broekhoff has been accepted by Clark
University, Emily Kaplan has been accepted at St. John's College in
Maryland, and Mark Schwartz has been accepted at Emory University. David
Smith, Dean of Admissions of Syracuse, has confirmed graduating seniors
Gonzaemon Toyonaga will attend the School of Architecture and Haruo
Yamada will attend the College of Performing and Visual Arts. Bratter
adds that he is confident Jeffrey Kalman will be accepted by Bucknell
University. "70% of our seniors already know before 1992 begins where
they will spend the next four years" Bratter adds, "which is astounding
considering most colleges are still welcoming applications." Dr. Henry
Radda, Dean of Students at John Dewey Academy, contends, "This is impressive
because colleges of quality respect the rigor of our academics rather
than viewing us as a special purpose school which has troubled and troublesome
teens. We admit students on the basis of their current attitude and
our assessment of their potential during the interview, not on the basis
of their past academic performance and their standard test scores. These
students were out of control because they required a safe, structured,
and supportive residential environment. They were at extreme risk when
admitted since all had engaged in self-destructive behavior."
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