Congress of Russian Americans congratulates all Russian American students who have graduated this year from Russian Schools throughout the United States. This year, 3 students graduated from the Sts.Cyrill & Methodious Russian High School at the Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco,California and 10 students graduated from the St. Jonah Hankousky Russian Orthodox School at the  Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral in Des Plaines, Illinois.   All were awarded complimentary 2016 CRA membership. Of the outstanding students, both Gold and Silver medal recipients were given proclamations of high achievement and a small stipend from CRA.  CRA 2nd Vice President, Dr.Marina Soboleva made the presentations at the California Russian school, and Chicago Chapter director, Lydia Swenton presented at the Illinois Russian school.  During the graduation at St.Cyrill & Methodious Russian School, Pavel Priemishev, one of the Russian School students, was also presented by CRA with an award for his achievement in winning the international competition of “Living Classics”. This is the second year that Pavel Priemishev, participated in the regional competition, sponsored by CRA, and became national, as well as international champion. CRA encourages all students to continue their CRA memberships by renewing annually, and thus be eligible for the CRA scholarship for college and university.