2020 Magnificat Honors Ceremony Program

2020 Honors Awards Ceremony MAY 18, 2020

Class of 2020 Four-Year Perfect Attendance Lauren Chan

The President’s Award

Diploma with Honors

The President’s Award for Educational Excellence recognizes and rewards educational excellence.

The primary indicators of excellence are based on academic achievement. To qualify for this award, a graduating senior must have maintained a 3.5 grade point average or higher and scored 27 on the ACT or 1280 on the SAT.

Magnificat graduates are eligible for a diploma with honors as defined by the State Board of Education if they meet all but one of the following: 3.5+ GPA; 27 on ACT or 1280 on SAT; 4 credits of English, Math, Science, and Social Studies; 3 credits of World Language; and 1 credit of Fine Arts.

Kenna Afrates Emma Arnold Jacqueline Augustine Abigail Badar Gianna Barzacchini Chloe Becker Christine Besenfelder Kelly Boddy Abigail Boldy Brianna Bonham Mikaela Bonham Elena Botoulas Alexis Brusio Grace Chamberlain Ailish Chambers Lauren Chan Kennedy Costa Grace Demaree Lillian Des Rosiers Alexandra Dorinsky Lauren Downie Aurora Dzina Bethany Eckman Gabrielle Epuran Fiona Evans Kaylee Farr Caitlyn Gibbs Kate Gleichauf Lauren Gray Emilia Guilfoyle Shelia Hayes Ainsleigh Heinzmann Lillien Heywood

Mara Horning Kayla Ignacio Anne Kelly Pilar Khawaja Erin Krevis Jacqueline Lee Sophie Maloney Gabriella Malz Claire Martin Clare Matthews Maeghan McCarthy Eileen McGuire Kaley Miklich Gabrielle Miller Alexis Moore Delaney Murphy Colleen O’Toole Ava Pagano Devon Peterson Emma Pierce Megan Robinson Olivia Rondini Anna Schroeder Margaret Schultz Anjali Singh Alison Small Lauren Smith Ellie Taliak Antonia Trickett Abbey Wilson Gwendolyn Wojtkun Brianna Write Hanna Zelis

Kenna Afrates Emma Arnold Jacqueline Augustine Abigail Badar Gianna Barzacchini Grace Bauer Chloe Becker Christine Besenfelder Kelly Boddy Abigail Boldy Brianna Bonham Mikaela Bonham Elena Botoulas Elizabeth Brady Alexis Brusio Grace Chamberlain Ailish Chambers Lauren Chan Kennedy Costa Grace Demaree Lillian Des Rosiers Alexandra Dorinsky Lauren Downie Aurora Dzina Bethany Eckman Gabrielle Epuran Fiona Evans Kaylee Farr Caitlyn Gibbs Kate Gleichauf Lauren Gray Emilia Guilfoyle Lauren Hayes Shelia Hayes Ainsleigh Heinzmann Lillien Heywood Mara Horning

Kayla Ignacio Lauren Kast Anne Kelly Pilar Khawaja Erin Krevis Jacqueline Lee McKenzie Lesjak Sophie Maloney Gabriella Malz Claire Martin Clare Matthews Maeghan McCarthy Eileen McGuire Kaley Miklich Gabrielle Miller Alexis Moore Delaney Murphy Meghan Murphy Dena Neville Colleen O’Toole Ava Pagano Devon Peterson Emma Pierce Megan Robinson Olivia Rondini Anna Schroeder Margaret Schultz Anjali Singh Alison Small Lauren Smith Ellie Taliak Antonia Trickett Abbey Wilson Gwendolyn Wojtkun Brianna Write Hanna Zelis

National Merit Commended Scholars Kelly Boddy ’20 Grace Demaree ’20

National Merit High Scorers Maya Daw ’21 Lana Haddad ’21 Megan Miller ’21

National Honor Society National Honor Society is a student organization built on the four pillars of Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character. As an organization that resonates with Magnificat’s Mission, National Honor Society has a long history of inspiring and recognizing excellence among students. The following seniors are members of National Honor Society.

Emma Arnold Abigail Badar Isabella Balaban Gianna Barzacchini Grace Bauer Kelly Boddy Meagan Bodnar Abigail Boldy Brianna Bonhm Elena Botoulas Alexis Brusio Grace Chamberlain Ailish Chambers Isabel Comer Kennedy Costa Grace Demaree Lillian Des Rosiers Alexandra Dorinsky Emma Durbin Aurora Dzina Bethany Echman Emily Elliott

Kaylee Farr Caitlyn Gibbs Lauren Gray Emilia Guilfoyle Olivia Gulla Ainsleigh Heinzmann Lillien Heywood Mara Horning Kayla Ignacio Anne Kelly Pilar Khawaja Erin Krevis Jacqueline Lee Kimberly Lenart Emily Lucarelli Sophie Maloney Gabriella Malz Claire Martin Mary McCabe Maeghan McCarthy Eileen McGuire Elizabeth Meserini

Gabrielle Miller Alanna Murray Dena Neville Colleen O’Toole Ava Pagano Devon Peterson Emma Pierce Megan Robinson Anna Schramko Anna Schroeder Margaret Schultz Anjali Singh Alison Small Lauren Smith Ellie Taliak Antonia Trickett Abbey Wilson Gwendolyn Wojtkun Brianna Write Sarah Zapior Hanna Zelis

Mu Alpha Theta Mu Alpha Theta is the National High School Mathematics Honor Society dedicated to inspiring a keen interest in mathematics, developing strong scholarship in the subject, and promoting the enjoyment of mathematics in high school students. The following seniors are members of Mu Alpha Theta.

Kelly Boddy Brianna Bonham Mikaela Bonham Lauren Chan Abby Garling

Delaney Murphy Ava Pagano Anna Schramko Maggie Schultz Lauren Smith

National Art Honor Society

The National Art Honor Society was established by the National Art Education Association in 1978 to inspire and recognize students who have demonstrated passion, outstanding ability, and dedication through their art and community service. The following seniors are members of National Art Honor Society.

Chloe Becker Abigail Boldy Emily Elliott

Kate Gleichauf Maeghan McCarthy Megan Robinson

World Language Honor Societies Magnificat’s World Language Societies recognize students who have shown academic excellence, a deep interest in the world language and culture they have been studying, and a commitment to a full four-year program of study. The following seniors are members of Magnificat’s World Language Honor Societies.

Spanish Honor Society Christine Besenfelder Kelly Boddy Mikaela Bonham Elena Botoulas Alexis Brusio Janisse Cruz Lauren Downie Kaylee Farr Ainsleigh Heinzmann Pilar Khawaja Nayelli López Emma Pierce Hanna Prost Anna Schroeder Lauren Smith Abbey Wilson Gwendolyn Wojtkun

French Honor Society Emma Arnold Abigail Badar Abigail Boldy Alexandra Dorinsky Emma Durbin Gabrielle Epuran Karen Guzman Shelia Hayes Mary McCabe Megan Robinson Alison Small

Arabic Language Honor Society Fatima Abuabsa Mara Horning Areege Malkieh Elizabeth Pal Chinese Language Honor Society Lauren Chan Emilia Guilfoyle Lillien Heywood

ROSEMARY SAAS WOMEN OF FAITH IN LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS • Class of 2023 | Emily O’Brien, Olive Kimbrell • Class of 2022 | Clare Hoban, Lauren Shearer • Class of 2021 | Ellen O’Leary, Paige King

MARGE LACO NURSING SCHOLARSHIP • Maeghan McCarthy ’20

LORI SCHRAM BURKE SCHOLARSHIP • Kennedy Smith ’20

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS WOMEN’S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP • Lauren Chan ’20

BUSINESS AWARDS ThinkBIG Challenge Competition

(at Magnificat high School on December 14, 2019):

• 1 Place: Catherine Hunt ’21 Aquatic Puzzle • 2nd Place: Margaret Daugherty ’21 Adventure Day • 3rd Place: Ailish Chambers ’20 All School Dress Sale • 4th Place: Katie Connor ’21, Claire Geiger ’20 Safe Brace st

Veale Foundation thinkBIG Challenge Competition: • 2nd Place: Keara Kelly ’21, The Daily Dose

MATHEMATICS AWARDS Ohio Math League • 1st Place | Lauren Gray ’20 • 2nd Place | Lauren Smith ’20 • 3rd Place | Sandra Argalious ’23 American Mathematics Competition 12 • 1st Place | Kelly Boddy ’20 • 2nd Place | Angali Singh ’20 • 3rd Place | Lauren Gray ’20 American Mathematics Competition 10 • 1st Place | Brianna Dzina ’23 • 2nd Place | Mary Zeszut ’23 • 3rd Place | Eleanor Lashutka ’23

PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS | MUSIC Ohio Music Education Association Awards • Paige Bradford ’23 • Marcella Castelli ’23 • Angelina Dzelajlija ’21 • Maddie Low ’22 • Abby Oblena ’23 • Mary Zeszut ’23 Senior Leadership Awards • Fiona Evans ’20 • Mara Horning ’20 • Annie Kerwin ’20 • Delaney Murphy ’20 Fred Waring Director’s Award for Chorus • Mara Horning ’20 National School Choral Award • Zeakia Jordan ’20 Director’s Award for Orchestra • Teagan Clark ’21

PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS | THEATRE Performing Arts Scholar • Abby Boldy ’20

PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS | DANCE West Coast Dance Explosion National Tour Competition and Convention 1st Place, Senior Division Soloist Award • Emma Pierce ’20 1st Place, Senior Division Soloist and Soloblast Award • Gwenolyn Wojtkun ’20 WCDE Teen Scholarship Finalists • Isabella Balaban ’20 • Shekinah Crawford ’21 • Anna Curtis ’21 • Sienna D’Agostino ’23 • Lillian Des Rosiers ’20 • Morgan Flynn ’23 • Sydney Geise ’22 • Madison Glass ’22 • Katie Grundel ’23 • Clare Hoban ’22 • Catherine Hustey ’22 • Hailey Irwin ’23 • Isabella Jonke ’21 • Maura Martin ’22 • Grace Richter ’22

WCDE Teen Scholarship Finalists (cont’d) • Allyson Skuderin ’22 • Ella Stephens ’23 • Megan Walsh ’21 • Caroline Wolff ’22 • Sofia Zagore ’23 WCDE Single Convention Scholarship • Catherine Hustey ’22 • Hailey Irwin ’23 WCDE Elite Invitational Scholarship • Aaria Patel ’22 • Giavanna Pietrocola ’23 WCDE Year Long Scholarship • Clare Hoban ’22 WCDE Elite Runner-Up • Kayla Bucci ’21 • Megan Walsh ’21 • Gwendolyn Wojtkun ’20 WCDE Senior Elite Scholarship Winner • Gwendolyn Wojtkun ’20 WCDE & Magnificat Director’s Choice Scholarship Winner • Anna Curtis ’21

DanceMakers National Tour Competition and Convention DanceMakers Scholarship Finalists • Anna Curtis ’21 • Allyson Skuderin ’22 DanceMakers Regional Scholarship Winner • Kayla Bucci ’21 DanceMakers National Scholarship Winners • Isabella Balaban ’20 • Ella Stephens ’23 • Gwendolyn Wojtkun ’20

Velocity National Tour Competition and Convention Velocity Regional Scholarship Winner • Katie Grundel ’23 Velocity National Tour Scholarship Winner • Madison Glass ’22 • Clare Hoban ’22 Maximum Velocity Artist Runner-Up Scholarship Winner • Anna Curtis ’21

SCIENCE AWARDS Cleveland Technical Societies Council’s Honor Junior Award • Ellen Weist ’21 Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award • Maya Daw ’21 The Rensselaer Medal • Kayla Bucci ’21 Senior Science Award • Lauren Chan ’20 • Gabrielle Miller ’20 O’Neill Healthcare Scholarship • Jacqueline Augustine ’20

VISUAL ARTS AWARDS Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | Regional Honorable Mention • Grace Barrett ’21 • Daniela DiSanto ’20 • Lauren Janesz ’21 • Elyse Roggenburk ’21 • Adrianna Schermaier ’21 • Kerry Sponseller ’21 Silver Key • Abigail Badar ’20 • Morgan Mueller ’20 • Beret Traum ’21 Gold Key • Eva Miller ’23 Portfolio Gold Key • Chloe Becker ’20 75th Annual Rotary Club of Lakewood & Rocky River & Beck Center Visual Arts Contest Honorable Mention • Megan Walsh ’21 Exhibitors • Megan Walsh ’21 • Grace Barrett ’21 • Lilly Bastian ’20 • Jayrelis Capeles ’21 • Emily Elliot ’20 • Paige Erickson ’22 • Katie Lawlor ’21 • Eva Miller ’23 • Megan Robinson ’20 • Elise Roggenburk ’21 • Sonya Suri ’21 • Beret Traum ’21

Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition Regional Winner • Kerry Sponseller ’21 Night-in-Blue T-Shirt Design Winner • Mia Bilardo ’21 Magnificat President’s Annual Christmas Card Design Winner • Lauren Lietzke ’22 Magnificat Enrollment Annual Christmas Card Design Winner • Jayrelis Capeles ’21 Magnificat National Art Honor Society Scholarship for the Arts • Daniela DiSanto ’20

WORLD LANGUAGE AWARDS Ohio Foreign Language Association Outstanding Achievement Awards • Mara Horning ’20 | Arabic • Lauren Chan ’20 | Chinese • Emma Arnold ’20 | French • Lauren Smith ’20 | Spanis American Association of Teachers of French Outstanding Senior in French Award • Gabrielle Epuran ’20 American Association of Teachers of French Excellence in French Award • Maya Daw ’21 American Association of Teachers of French Creative Writing in French Award • Gabrielle Epuran ’20 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Outstanding Senior in Spanish Award • Mikaela Bonham ’20 Class of 2020 Ohio Seal of Biliteracy Awards • Carolina Alonso • Mikaela Bonham • Janisse Cruz • Alexandra Dorinsky • Gabrielle Epuran • Pilar Khawaja • Claire Martin • Emma Pierce • Ellie Taliak

Class of 2020 AP Spanish Language & Culture with WE Service Awards • Mikaela Bonham • Elena Botoulas • Alexis Brusio • Ainsleigh Heinzmann • Pilar Khawaja • Nayelli López • Emma Pierce • Hanna Prost • Lauren Smith

ATHLETIC AWARDS OHSAA Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award • Abigail Badar ’20 OHSAA Scholar Athlete Award • Chloe Becker ’20 Magnificat High School Sportsmanship Award • Lauren Gray ’20 Magnificat High School Athlete of the Year Award • Ailish Chambers ’20 Students Continuing their Athletic Career at the Collegiate Level • Christin Baumbick | Soccer | The Ohio State University • Elizabeth Bebie | Soccer | St. Bonaventure University • Katie Butler | Gymnastics| Eastern Michigan University • Ailish Chambers | Track & Field | University of Notre Dame • Emily Elliott | Lacrosse | Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Lauren Gray | Rowing | Nova Southeastern University • Caroline Kucia | Volleyball | Cleveland State University • Aja Mitchell | Bowling | Notre Dame College • Alexis Moore | Rowing | University of Rhode Island • Olivia Rondini | Tennis | Bryant University • Antonia Trickett | Lacrosse | University of Akron • Morgan Vales | Rowing | West Virginia University • Brenna Varga | Basketball | Baldwin Wallace University • Elizabeth Ward | Volleyball | Seton Hill University

YEARBOOK EDITORIAL STAFF • Abby Boldy ’20 • Margaret Clark ’21 • Mallory Nowicki ’22 • Ellen O’Leary ’21

CAMPUS MINISTRY AWARDS The Mother Anna Tabourat Award

HIGHEST MAGNIFICAT HONORS Commencement Speaker Each year, the senior class selects the speaker whom they feel will best represent them at the annual Magnificat Commencement Ceremony.

Dena Neville

The The Phi Beta Kappa Award Program

Each year, the Mother Anna Tabourat award recognizes four seniors who have distinguished themselves as exemplary servant leaders in Campus Ministry’s service, social justice, retreats, and liturgy and prayer programming. Magnificat has been deeply blessed by their service, leadership, and enthusiastic spirit in living Mary’s Magnificat in the world. In them, the spirit and legacy of Mother Anna live on.

The Phi Beta Kappa Award Program recognizes scholastic excellence. A single student from each graduating class is selected. The student is one who demonstrates qualities of academic honesty, inquiry into scholarship matters, a creative involvement in scholarship, and great interest in things of the mind.

The student must be in the top 10% in achievement and be motivated by a love for learning.

2020 recipients of the Mother Anna Tabourat Award: • Bethany Eckman ’20 • Ainsleigh Heinzmann ’20 • Kayla Ignacio ’20 • Gwen Wojtkun ’20 • Lauren Shearer ’22

Sister Mary Pat Cook, HM Leadership Award

DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIPS Bishop’s Scholarship for Excellence • Anna Curtis ’21 • Mame Diorr Suso ’21 The Geis Family Scholarship • Angelina Dzelajlija ’21 Cathedral Latin Scholarship • Brianna Gendics ’21

STUDENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE BOARD

• President | Jacqueline Lee ’20 • Vice President | Lillian Des Rosiers ’20 • Secretary | Lauren Chan ’20 • Chaplain | Claire Martin ’20 • Public Relations | Ailish Chambers ’20 • Senior Class Representative | Grace Bauer ’20

Chloe Becker

The Sister Mary Pat Cook, H.M. Leadership Award was initiated after her 35 years of ministry at Magnificat when she retired as principal. This award recognizes a senior who has distinguished herself as a leader within both Magnificat and the larger community. This recipient’s leadership, as was Sr. Mary Pat’s, inspires and is characterized by Gospel love and service, and Mary’s Magnificat spirit.

Mara Horning

The Nancy Powell Service Award The Nancy Powell Service Award is presented to a young woman who has demonstrated an unselfish, faith-filled commitment to others through her service activities at Magnificat and in the community over the past four years.

Lauren Gray

Sister Bernadette Vetter Award In recognition of outstanding contributions to Magnificat High School, enthusiastic service to others and love of learning, the annual Sister Bernadette Vetter Award was presented to:

Chloe Becker

Over 70% of the Class of 2020 reported receiving offers totaling $20 million in scholarships to a wide variety of colleges and universities.

Alma Mater Mary, all beautiful, Oh keep us in your heart, Oh, Thou most understanding ne’er from us depart, Our school will honor thee, Mother of Light, Lady of Magnificat, bless our blue and white.

He that is mighty has done great things for us and mercy has for those who fear Him. We will praise thee Alma Mater, Thou art all beautiful, O Mary, Keep us in your heart!

Magnificat High School, a girls’ Catholic, college-preparatory high school, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, calls young women to live Mary’s Magnificat in the world.

Mission We educate young women holistically to learn, lead, and serve in the spirit of Mary’s Magnificat.

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