Middle School Prize Day Awards 2023-2024

Middle School Prize Day Awards 2023–2024

“Loving God, unseen Companion of our life, give us faith and eager expectancy as we begin this fresh stage of our journey.

Take from us all fear of the unknown and teach us to wrest treasures from darkness and difficulties. As the days come and go, may we find that each one is laden with happy opportunities and enriching experience; and when this year reaches its completion, may our best hopes be more than ever fulfilled.”

Janet Erskine Stuart, rscj

Middle School Prize Day Awards

Congratulations on your awards and achievements

Faculty Awards

Awarded to a member of each grade, by vote of the faculty, who has demonstrated growth as a student and person, manifesting determination and seriousness of purpose, and who balances independence of thought and action with the ability to learn from classmates and faculty.

5th Grade – C atherine Ripp 7th Grade – Mackenzie Malouin Lucy Jennings 8th Grade – Lauren Clark 6th Grade – Adriana Hassani-Sadi Gabriela Gigliani Alcantarilla

School Spirit Awards

Awarded to a member of each grade, by vote of their peers, who has demonstrated genuine love and affection for Sacred Heart Greenwich, enthusiasm for School life, seriousness in education and faith, and fairness towards self and others.

5th Grade – Malena Llamas 6th Grade – Sofia Dinkelmann

7th Grade – Ariel Almonacy 8th Grade – Erin McCooey

Pamela Hayes Spirit Award Katherine Petrillo

Awarded to a member of the Middle School who has demonstrated dedication to athletics through participation, teamwork, and spirit. Established in honor of Pamela Hayes, former Head of the Middle School and Head of School, who valued the lessons taught through athletics including being kind and considerate to others.

Middle School Sportsmanship Award Katherine Foley

Awarded to a member of the Middle School who defines sportsmanship. Through practice or competition, this student-athlete is fair and honorable, conducts herself with integrity and humility, demonstrates patience and teamwork, and treats her teammates, coaches, and opponents with respect.

Vivienne Finn Child of the Sacred Heart Award Aurelia Gawlowski

Awarded to a fifth grade student who has embodied faith, courage, and love of Sacred Heart Greenwich.

Established in honor of Vivienne Finn, who started in the Barat Center, to celebrate her kindness and inclusivity as well as her academic, artistic, and athletic talents.

Kara DiGiovanna Award Olivia Hastings

Awarded to a seventh grader who has embodied courage, faith, humor, and love for her fellow classmates. This award was established in honor of Kara DiGiovanna, a student who was loved and admired by everyone. Her courage and faith through her illness set an example for all of us and aided her in her goal to live the fullest life she could in the little time she had to live. Her humor and personality cheered us up, touched hearts, and helped Kara deal with her disease. Fond memories of Kara will keep her spirit with us at Sacred Heart Greenwich.

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Sister Nancy Salisbury, rscj Award for Perseverance in Mathematics Chloe Clarke and Cara Pallone Awarded to a member of the Middle School who has demonstrated resilience and determination in math.

Established in honor of Sister Nancy Salisbury, rscj, former math teacher and Head of School at Sacred Heart Greenwich who was a caring and positive influence on students.

Campus Ministry Award Ruby Garten Awarded to a member of Middle School who has shown excellence in her commitment to Campus Ministry at Sacred Heart Greenwich through participation in daily prayers, chapels, prayer services, retreats, and liturgies. As Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat would remind her students, “The Spirit is always speaking to us deep in our hearts, only if we listen.”

Service and Social Justice Award Eleanor Kelleher Awarded to a member of the Middle School who embodied Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s call to generosity and service. Established in recognition of Goal III, Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate their students in social awareness that impels to action.

Janet Erskine Stuart, rscj Awards

Awarded to a member of each grade who has demonstrated the spirit and courage to risk and face frustration, to continue to explore and not yet fully find that which she seeks, to be filled with the generosity of spirit and the knowledge that life is a continual series of growth-producing experiences, and to take that knowledge and incorporate it into her lifestyle. Established in honor of Janet Erskine Stuart, Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart from 1911 to 1914, who was a consummate educator and a woman of great vision who had great respect for the development of the individual.

5th Grade – Mary Burr Garth 6th Grade – Riley Williams

7th Grade – Mary Kate McBreen, Claire Ryan 8th Grade – Caitlin Ungari

Middle School Leadership Award Erin McCooey and Cecelia Plunkett Awarded to members of the eighth grade class who have demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities through their ability to understand the mission and goals of Sacred Heart Greenwich as well as the needs of the Middle School, and articulate and enact those changes to improve the life of the School.

Saint Philippine Duchesne Award Angelina Clear and Margot Gannon Awarded to a member of the Middle School who has exemplified the traits of our foundress, Saint Philippine Duchesne, in her steadfast purpose and willingness to seek challenges, and in her generosity of spirit throughout her years at Sacred Heart Greenwich.

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Eighth Grade Awards

End-of-year academic awards are given to an eighth-grade student in academic classes for exemplifying the values of Goal II, a deep respect for intellectual values. These students have demonstrated a dedication to learning and a willingness to take intellectual risks that will advance their understanding. Each student is diligent, curious, and embraces the learning process. They learn from mistakes and are not afraid to ask for help when they need it. Each student has shown growth as a learner during the year and they do not shy away from a challenge. They take their education seriously and are role models in the classroom for their peers.

English – Ruby Boeding Science – Antoinette von Schweickhardt History – Alexandra Mollett Theology – Ruby Garten Math – Annabella Zaccario, Elizabeth O’Hara, Kaitlin Kavanagh

Athletics Awards Three-Year, Three-Sport Athletes Reilly Berry, Caroline Contino, Katherine Foley, Reese Forlini, Margot Gannon, Ruby Garten, Barrett Hausmann, Katherine Petrillo, Olivia Walker, Copley Yaeger

Technology and Innovation Awards 5th Grade – Sophia Stone 6th Grade – Lily Chase

7th Grade – Alice Jennings 8th Grade – Hadley Caras

Music Awards 5th Grade – B rooke Berkery Mary Burr Garth 6th Grade – M alaika Bazie Gianna Mann

7th Grade – Mary Kate McBreen 8th Grade – Gabriela Gigliani Alcantarilla Ella Calise

Theatre Awards 5th Grade – A deline Lane Malena Llamas 6th Grade – S ofia Dinkelmann Edie Bartrop

7th Grade – Paige Creegan 8th Grade – Eleanor Kelleher

Visual Arts Awards 5th Grade – A lexa Hughes 7th Grade – Sydney Bellissimo Catherine Ripp Olivia Martinez 6th Grade – A va Christian 8th Grade – Amelia Gawlowski Nza Ramseur-Moore Viola Vettorino 3

World Languages Awards Chinese – Ariel Duncan

French – Angelina Clear

Spanish – Erin McCooey

Sister Janet Weber Performing Arts Award Erin McCooey and Angelina Clear Awarded to members of the Middle School who have demonstrated a commitment to work on the stage or in a technical capacity within the Performing Arts throughout their Middle School career. Knowing the value of collaboration and the pleasure that stems from their creative endeavors, these students have learned lessons about human nature, via the artistic process, that will sustain them throughout their lives.

Middle School Awards

Previously announced awards and recognitions

Robotics Club Awards 5th Grade – Sofia Muralles

8th Grade – Ariel Duncan

Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (COLT) Awards Artwork Contest French – Sofia Dinkelmann, Angelina Clear Spanish – Madeline Heissan

Poetry Contest Chinese 1st Place Winner – Ariel Duncan Chinese 3rd Place Winner – Julia Thalmann French 3rd Place Winner – Angelina Clear Spanish 2nd Place Winners – Margot Gannon, Vivienne Vanderwilt

French National Contest – Le Grand Concours Gold Medal – Stephanie Galvez, Sophia Iyer Silver Medal – Sydney Bellissimo, Eleanor Kelleher Bronze Medal – Chloe Clarke, Ruby Garten, Mikaela Pazmino

Honorable Mention – Caroline Contino, Angelina Clear, Georgia Hopley, Viola Vettorino, Antoinette von Schweickhardt, Alexandra Manning, Elliana Walker, Olivia Whitney, Lindsay Schwind, Annabella Zaccario Merit – Claire Hickey, Jocelyn Epperson, Georgina Zakrzewski 4

Congratulations to the Eighth Grade Class These students all have successfully completed the academic year Leighton Appleman Reilly Berry Ruby Boeding Maryn Borrelli Carina Bosacco Ella Calise Hadley Caras Vivianna Chin Lauren Clark Chloe Clarke Angelina Clear Caroline Contino Leila Cortes Elizabeth Devine Meghan Dodman Jennifer Droscoski Ariel Duncan Kingsley Ely Katherine Foley Reese Forlini Merrill Foster Vianna Gabelli Margot Gannon Ruby Garten Amelia Gawlowski Gabriela Gigliani Alcantarilla Sai’ann Gill Barrett Hausmann Madeline Heissan

Claire Hickey Georgia Hopley Kaitlin Kavanagh Eleanor Kelleher Alexandra Kniffen Caroline Kobata Giustina Lowenstine Erin McCooey Grace McKeown Mia McLeod Alexandra Mollett Elizabeth O’Hara Cara Pallone Mikaela Pazmino Katherine Petrillo Cecelia Plunkett Olivia Salerno Lindsay Schwind Angelina Seewald Camila Stewart Elle Taylor Juliana Trotto Caitlin Ungari Sienna Vaccaro Viola Vettorino Antoinette von Schweickhardt Olivia Walker Copley Yaeger Annabella Zaccario 5

Congratulations to the Seventh Grade Class These students all have successfully completed the academic year

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Ariel Almonacy

Abigail Knox

Eliana Antenucci

Londyn LaSala

Natalia Bartoszek

Olivia Linehan

Paloma Bea

Mackenzie Malouin

Lucy Beatty

Alexandra Manning

Sydney Bellissimo

Olivia Martinez

Evalina Bonito

Mary Kate McBreen

Olivia Broughton

Alexandra Mehas

Isabella Brus

Nora Mulcahy

Camilla Caffray

Grace Mulderry

Mia Cartagena

Aiexa Ramseur-Moore

Chloe Chawla

Paige Rigert

Adeline Collins

Calyssa Monet Rodriguez

Paige Creegan

Arabella Rossi

Genevieve Czarnecki

Peyton Rusman

Jocelyn Epperson

Claire Ryan

Frances Fazzinga

Elizabeth Ryan

Sophia Fleming

Spenser Janel Simmons

Noa Friedman

Lily Sullivan

Stephanie Galvez

Julia Thalmann

Arianna Gill

Bonnie Ukperaj

Olivia Hastings

Carys Van Alphen

Xoe-Nikole Henry

Vivienne Vanderwilt

Sophia Iyer

Elliana Walker

Alice Jennings

Olivia Whitney

Chloe Kim

Georgina Zakrzewski

Congratulations to the Sixth Grade Class These students all have successfully completed the academic year Eleanora Amano

Mary Meagher

Grace Bartoszek

Lillian Mendell

Edie Bartrop

Dylan Murphy

Malaika Bazie

Morgan Murphy

Lily Chase

Noelle Oshana

Ava Christian

Ellie O’Sullivan

Ava Cox

Nza Ramseur-Moore

Sofia Dinkelmann

Giovanna Ranganathan

Blake Dougherty

Hayden Richter

Shannon Foley

Ava Rizzo

Ella Galgano

Amelia Seewald

Tanny Garth

Callie Smith

Adriana Hassani-Sadi

Hamptin Solis

Lily Hohensee

Seton Summers

Alina Holness

Emily Tarui

Lily Jetnil

Paula Tonkovich

Sophie Katona

Annabelle Ungari

Ashley Kerney

Catherine Villar

Gabriella Leveille

Marin Ware

Millicent Lynch

Riley Williams

Gianna Mann

Paige Yantz

Emerson Martinic 7

Congratulations to the Fifth Grade Class These students all have successfully completed the academic year Dorothea August

Alexa Hughes

Brooke Berkery

Lucy Jennings

Dalia Coelho

Jemma Kim

Elizabeth Contino

Adeline Lane

Ashley Dapp

Malena Llamas

Reagan Driskill

Sophie Lodge

Catherine Eagan

Alexandra Maldonado

Savannah Epperson

Valentine Mehas

Alexa Flores Espinosa

Sofia Muralles

Caroline Freitas

Jullia Pazmino

Mary Burr Garth

Mia Perez

Aurelia Gawlowski

Catherine Ripp

Elizabeth Gislason

Emilia Stella

Ella Greenberg

Sophia Stone

Georgia Hinton

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The above logo of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, currently used by the Society of the Sacred Heart and Sacred Heart Schools across the globe, was originally designed by Oonah Ryan, rscj, for a general chapter meeting of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in 1982. The logo, expressive of the Society’s spirituality, was embraced by the delegates and has been used and adapted ever since by Sacred Heart schools and communities of the Society.

The ribbon heart represents our hearts, the Society of the Sacred Heart, and the Heart of Jesus. At the opening of the heart is the cross, which calls us to be as open, vulnerable, and welcoming as Jesus. It reminds us to embrace and treasure one another with the same love Jesus has for us. This year, in celebration of our 175th anniversary, we’ve added the number 175 to commemorate this special milestone.

In choosing to use this symbol as our logo, we affirm our commitment to act as One Body, uniting our hearts with those of the Religious of Society of the Sacred Heart, ever inspired by the Sacred Heart of Jesus to be the heart of God in the world.

Our common mission calls us to live as a responsive community that welcomes and embraces humanity and all of creation, transforming attitudes and practices when oppression limits the fullness of life, and being bearers of hope in our world.

“We will never fulfill the plans of the Heart of Jesus, never unite ourselves to Him to the degree that He desires, if we don’t have the love, the attraction, and the practice of humility profoundly in our hearts.

I would like to see it engraved in fire on your hearts.”

Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat

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