three priests. It added a class each year until the 1993-1994 school year, when the school had its first four-year program. Then on May 28, 1994 the school graduated its first class of three seniors: Leigh Ann Blackburn, Duran Bryant, and Brandon Scott. One notable Piarist alumnae is Dr. Nora Traum '01, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University. Another notable alumnae is Dr. Monica Majmundar Sheth, M.D. '98 who attended Transylvania University and went on to get her Medical Degree from Emory University. She is currently a physician with North Shore LU Health System with a speciality in Diagnostic Radiology. Today, The Piarist School is accredited by the Kentucky Department of Non-Public Schools and is a member of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. The School also offers a good selection of extracurricular activities including Student Council, National Honor Society, Academic Team, Spanish Club, Chess Club, Drama Club, Science Olympiad, and Knights for Christ. The School also provides free transportation for those students living in certain areas of need it. Since its first graduating class, 100 percent of all graduates have attended college, many having received significant scholarships. In 2009, the Piarist School began a middle school program by adding the seventh and eighth grade to the high school program. It added a sixth grade the following year. The school moved from its Martin location to the present location in Johnson County at the completion of the 2014-2015 school year, and ended its sixth grade program after the 2015-2016. Besides the Academic component, The School also has an Outreach Program to the poor. The School website states that "Piarist Outreach completes the mission of the school. It complements the School's academic endeavors, and the Outreach Program connects those in need in Eastern Kentucky with the help offered by others throughout The United States." The Outreach Program is currently led by Mrs. Audrey Collins. Throughout the year, numerous benefactors send gifts of clothing, canned food, school supplies, Christmas gifts and other needed items. The Program provides school supplies to the Piarist School students as well as to many public school Family Resource Centers, and Mrs. Collins works with numerous churches and local social service organizations to distribute the food and clothing to the needy. Each year the Outreach Program, assisted by numerous groups, provides Christmas gifts to hundreds of underprivileged children from