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, rscjAwarded 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 – Catherine Ripp 7th Grade – Mackenzie Malouin
Lucy Jennings 8th Grade – Lauren Clark
6th Grade – Adriana Hassani-Sadi Gabriela Gigliani Alcantarilla
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 7th Grade – Ariel Almonacy
6th Grade – Sofia Dinkelmann 8th Grade – Erin McCooey
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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 7th Grade – Mary Kate McBreen, Claire Ryan
6th Grade – Riley Williams 8th Grade – Caitlin Ungari
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.
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.
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
History – Alexandra Mollett
Science – Antoinette von Schweickhardt
Theology – Ruby Garten
Math – Annabella Zaccario, Elizabeth O’Hara, Kaitlin Kavanagh
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
5th Grade – Sophia Stone 7th Grade – Alice Jennings
6th Grade – Lily Chase 8th Grade – Hadley Caras
5th Grade – Brooke Berkery 7th Grade – Mary Kate McBreen
Mary Burr Garth 8th Grade – Gabriela Gigliani Alcantarilla
6th Grade – Malaika Bazie
Gianna Mann
Ella Calise
5th Grade – Adeline Lane 7th Grade – Paige Creegan
Malena Llamas 8th Grade – Eleanor Kelleher
6th Grade – Sofia Dinkelmann
Edie Bartrop
5th Grade – Alexa Hughes 7th Grade – Sydney Bellissimo
Catherine Ripp
Olivia Martinez
6th Grade – Ava Christian 8th Grade – Amelia Gawlowski
Nza Ramseur-Moore
Viola Vettorino
Chinese – Ariel Duncan
French – Angelina Clear Spanish – Erin McCooey
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.
Previously announced awards and recognitions
5th Grade – Sofia Muralles 8th Grade – Ariel Duncan
Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (COLT)
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
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
These students all have successfully completed the academic year
Ariel Almonacy
Eliana Antenucci
Natalia Bartoszek
Paloma Bea
Lucy Beatty
Sydney Bellissimo
Evalina Bonito
Olivia Broughton
Isabella Brus
Camilla Caffray
Mia Cartagena
Chloe Chawla
Adeline Collins
Paige Creegan
Genevieve Czarnecki
Jocelyn Epperson
Frances Fazzinga
Sophia Fleming
Noa Friedman
Stephanie Galvez
Arianna Gill
Olivia Hastings
Xoe-Nikole Henry
Sophia Iyer
Alice Jennings
Chloe Kim
Abigail Knox
Londyn LaSala
Olivia Linehan
Mackenzie Malouin
Alexandra Manning
Olivia Martinez
Mary Kate McBreen
Alexandra Mehas
Nora Mulcahy
Grace Mulderry
Aiexa Ramseur-Moore
Paige Rigert
Calyssa Monet Rodriguez
Arabella Rossi
Peyton Rusman
Claire Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan
Spenser Janel Simmons
Lily Sullivan
Julia Thalmann
Bonnie Ukperaj
Carys Van Alphen
Vivienne Vanderwilt
Elliana Walker
Olivia Whitney
Georgina Zakrzewski
Congratulations to the Sixth Grade Class
These students all have successfully completed the academic year
Eleanora Amano
Grace Bartoszek
Edie Bartrop
Malaika Bazie
Lily Chase
Ava Christian
Ava Cox
Sofia Dinkelmann
Blake Dougherty
Shannon Foley
Ella Galgano
Tanny Garth
Adriana Hassani-Sadi
Lily Hohensee
Alina Holness
Lily Jetnil
Sophie Katona
Ashley Kerney
Gabriella Leveille
Millicent Lynch
Gianna Mann
Emerson Martinic
Mary Meagher
Lillian Mendell
Dylan Murphy
Morgan Murphy
Noelle Oshana
Ellie O’Sullivan
Nza Ramseur-Moore
Giovanna Ranganathan
Hayden Richter
Ava Rizzo
Amelia Seewald
Callie Smith
Hamptin Solis
Seton Summers
Emily Tarui
Paula Tonkovich
Annabelle Ungari
Catherine Villar
Marin Ware
Riley Williams
Paige Yantz
These students all have successfully completed the academic year
Dorothea August
Brooke Berkery
Dalia Coelho
Elizabeth Contino
Ashley Dapp
Reagan Driskill
Catherine Eagan
Savannah Epperson
Alexa Flores Espinosa
Caroline Freitas
Mary Burr Garth
Aurelia Gawlowski
Elizabeth Gislason
Ella Greenberg
Georgia Hinton
Alexa Hughes
Lucy Jennings Jemma Kim
Adeline Lane
Malena Llamas
Sophie Lodge
Alexandra Maldonado
Valentine Mehas
Sofia Muralles
Jullia Pazmino
Mia Perez
Catherine Ripp
Emilia Stella
Sophia Stone
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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