“Heroes” Honor the Class of 2020

Each spring, we ask the Mayfield Senior School community to “Be Our Heroes,” and every year they rally to support our school on this annual day of giving. In this unusual and very challenging year, Ana and George Raptis (Sofie ’17 and Katerina ’20) and Maricel and Tony de Cardenas (Victoria ’20 and Olivia ’22) stepped up with a $20,000 challenge gift in honor of the entire Class of 2020. Thank you Ana, George, Maricel and Tony—we’re beyond grateful for your generosity.

We were especially moved by this deeply personal story Ana shared to explain why her daughter and niece—and all of our graduating seniors—are blessings of light in our world.

This class is very special. They were brought into our world the year our country was shaken to its core, the year of 9/11. Both Maricel and I were pregnant during the attack and delivered a few months after. That entire class of graduates... brought each of our families immense joy during those dark days, and they bring us immense joy through these troubling times. As babies, they were our most tender gift from God; as graduates, they are tomorrow’s leaders prepared with a Holy Child education and a lot of grit from this COVID experience. God bless each one of them, and God bless each teacher, administrator, and staff member at Mayfield who has cared for them, educated them, and inspired them!

Cousins Victoria de Cardenas ’20 and Katerina Raptis ’20 celebrated their graduation as a family.