Success

Conor Doroff – Awarded for having the Best Opening Statement at the State Mock Trial Tournament.

Estella Hageman – Achieved the National Speech and Debate Association’s Premier Distinction Level. She ranked 526th nationally and 15th in Colorado in all classifications. She is the first person from Holy Family to achieve this degree of the Speech and Debate team since its inception. She also won the 4A State Championship for International Extemporaneous Speaking.

Adyson Hill – Adyson is the recipient of the 2023 Sister Mary Luke Tobin SL Social Justice Award. Given annually to a Holy Family senior who has consistently echoed the cry of the poorest of our society for dignity and labored in their own way for justice and peace both inside and outside the church. The award is presented by the Sisters of Loretto, who founded Holy Family High School 100 years ago. Adyson will use the scholarship dollars that come with this award this fall at Creighton University.

Qynton Salyer – Named a Colorado Representative for YMCA National Youth Advisory Program. Qynton discussed youth-related policy issues and legislation with Members of Congress at the US Capitol in February.

Erin White – Named a State of Colorado Thespian Officer. This prestigious honor is only awarded to the top 10 theater students in the state.

Elaine Garcia – Elaine was awarded a prestigious QuestBridge Match Scholarship and will be attending Tufts University in Massachusetts. The Match Scholarship is a full four-year scholarship that covers the full cost of attendance including tuition, room and board, books and supplies, and travel expenses. She is the first known Holy Family student to receive this scholarship.

Christopher Brady and Kathryne Johnson –Both were accepted in the 2023 Colorado All State Band. The All State band was created in 1952 for the purpose of providing superior students an opportunity to play with students of like ability.

Matthew Napierkowski and Isabella Lind –were selected as Holy Family's Hugh O'Brien Youth (HOBY) Leadership Award winners. The faculty and staff vote on this recognition given to sophomore students. They will represent Holy Family at the HOBY Leadership Conference this June.

Madeline van Orman – Madeline was recognized by the Children’s Diabetes Foundation for having completed over 500 volunteer hours of service. She has helped plan events, fundraisers and spent considerable time working with children at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes. She also started a mentor program to help teens with Type 1 diabetes.

Honors Band – Holy Family band students, Brissa Campos-Aragon, Camden Johnson, Kyler Pavlik, Luis Romero, Else Sanchez, Sage Scalzi, and Sam Von Tersch participated in an Honors Band at CSU Pueblo. The students went through an audition process and were placed into one of four Honor Bands. 360 high school students participated.