BAY VIEW ACADEMY ANNOUNCES TWO SENIORS ACCEPTED FOR UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

East Providence, RI – Bay View Academy is proud to announce that two members of the class of 2014 have been accepted for admission to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Paige Monk (Rehoboth, MA) and Cori Sullivan (Tiverton, RI) will start their Plebe Summer, an intense summer program designed to lay the foundation of the Academy's four-year professional development curriculum, on July 1, 2014.

Both students bear impressive resumes. For Cori, it’s a blend of volunteer efforts, academic achievements, leadership roles and her love of the water. She is a certified sailing instructor with years of experience and plans to join the intercollegiate sailing team at the Naval Academy. Cori is also a member of the National Honor Society, the National English Honor Society, and the Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society. She has been actively involved in Bay View’s Mock Trial team and earned success as a bill author and leader in the Rhode Island State Model Legislature. Cori is extremely interested in pursuing a political career and hopes that attending the Naval Academy will help in that ambition. She adds, “I have a very strong interest in serving my country.”

During her junior summer, Cori attended the Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar, a 6-day immersion experience that helps those seeking appointments at the Naval Academy understand what their daily life would be like as midshipmen. “It was an incredible experience,” says Cori. “On top of that, many of the people I met there received appointments as well, so there will be a handful of familiar faces in my class.” And then there is the fact that a fellow Bay View classmate will be there with her at the Academy. “I am extremely excited and take comfort in the fact that Paige will be there with me, and I know that we will be sources of support for each other even if we are not together.”

As Student Council President and a three sport athlete (lacrosse/volleyball/basketball) with the honor of being named Academic All-American in lacrosse, Paige has demonstrated leadership, academic and athletic ability throughout her years at Bay View. Paige is a member of the National Honor Society, the National English Honor Society, the Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society, the Excalibur Science Honor Society and the National Italian Honor Society. Paige has dreams of being a doctor and is pursuing them steadfastly, even dedicating the summer before her senior year to full-time research at Rhode Island Hospital, after earning a prestigious internship with the National Institute of Health (NIH). She’s headed to the Naval Academy with the hope of staying in the top 20% of her class, so as to qualify for tuition-free admission to medical school.

For Paige, it’s not all about academics. She plans to try out for basketball and crew at the Academy. A large part of her decision to apply for an appointment at the Naval Academy was her experience at Bay View. “I never wanted to go to a huge university,” she says. “The family aspect that we have at Bay View was what I wanted out of a college. I found that at the Naval Academy. I saw the support I knew I wanted and would eventually need.” Some of that support she sees coming from fellow her classmate, Cori. “To know I’ll have a piece of home there with me settles a lot of my nerves,” she says. Paige adds that she wants to be the type of person she knows she will have the opportunity to become at the Naval Academy. “Bay View has bred a leader,” she says, “and Navy will develop one.”