Two DCPS Service Academy Grads Featured at Norton Service Academy College Fair for D.C. Students and Sendoff for New Academy Students
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff this evening, June 10, 2013, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., in 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, will feature two brief keynote remarks – both from former D.C. public school students, one who graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and is currently serving in the Navy, and one who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and is currently a D.C. police officer. Tonight's double-header features Norton's 2013 nominees to the service academies and prospective students in grades 6-11 and their parents, who will be able to speak with service academy representatives and alumni as well as the D.C. students on their way to the academies.
Norton said she is especially grateful for the increased calls her office has received from public schools, from which too few students apply to the service academies. The six appointees this year include four young men and two young women, one of whom is the second ever homeschooled Norton appointee and the first female African American homeschooled Norton appointee.
Every year, the Congresswoman makes nominations for the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy, who compete for appointments to which they have been nominated. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy uses a direct appointment system.
WHO: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, opening remarks
U.S. Navy Lieutenant James Billings – 2005 Norton appointee, Wilson High School and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate
D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer James Rimensnyder – 2000 Norton appointee, Wilson High School and the U.S. Naval Academy graduate
Service Academy admissions officers and D.C. alumni from the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy
This year's service academy appointees (see below for details)
WHAT: Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff
WHEN: Today, Monday, June 10, 2013, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: 2168 Rayburn House Office Building (The Gold Room)
This year's six appointees are Albert "Jackson" George Wilkinson Biddle, IV (U.S. Military Academy/St. Albans School), Jacob Arthur Bishop (U.S. Military Academy/St. Albans School), Tess Jung Heimerman (U.S. Coast Guard Academy/Bishop O'Connell School), Patrick Anlon McGuigan (U.S. Naval Academy/Gonzaga College High School), Natalie Anne Herbert (U.S. Military Academy/School Without Walls & homeschool), and Roy Wallace Seitz-McLeese (U.S. Naval Academy/The Field School).
Published: June 10, 2013