2019 High School Graduates · 2019-07-12 · 2019 High School Graduates Volume 5, Issue 3 July 2019...

2019 High School Graduates

Volume 5, Issue 3

July 2019

Ste Jeanne d’Arc School

High School Graduates 1

Class of 2015’s Journey 2-3

Awards & Prom 4-5

Spotlights 6-7

In Memoriam 8

Box Tops & Student Walk News

9

Sports 11

Inside this issue:

68 Dracut Street

Lowell, MA 01854

www.sjdarc.org

POINTS OF INTEREST

• Student Walk Fundraiser

is moving to October!

www.sjdarc.org/walk

• Enrollment applications

are being accepted for

2019-2020

• Check our new website at

www.sjdarc.org!

Benjamin Asselin Lowell High School Charisa-Marie Beale Lowell High School

Khushil Bhagat Lowell High School Sydney Blades Lowell Catholic High School

Jatin Bussa Lowell Catholic High School Colin Carmichael Central Catholic High School

Olyvia Cassella Lowell High School Courtney Clark Central Catholic High School

Caleb Craig ** Lowell Catholic High School Hannah Erickson Lowell High School

Maeve Fenlon Lowell Catholic High School Nicolas Fisher * Greater Lowell Technical High School

Elizabeth Gacek Dracut High School Madeleine Garneau Lowell Catholic High School

Amelia Lyons Central Catholic High School Divya Madhavaiya Dracut High School

Margaret McGovern Lowell Catholic High School Sarah Meehan Lowell High School

Samantha Millette Bishop Guertin High School Kelly Montgomery Lowell High School Jack Oakes Lowell High School

Leah Papageorgiou Dracut High School Bethany Sheehan Lowell High School Katelyn Tourigny Lowell Catholic High School

Kevin Tran Lowell High School Alice Zhou Lowell Catholic High School

* Denotes Class Valedictorian

** Denotes Class Salutatorian

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The Class of 2015’s Journey

Members of the Ste Jeanne d’Arc School Class of 2015 gathered on June 6th for a reunion. Members of the class shared their high school experiences and aspirations for the future. Caleb and Bethany fondly recalled kite day at SJA while Nick could almost recite his “who’s on first” skit from Graduate Awards Night.

Caleb Craig talked about the wonderful experiences he had in the Drama Program at Lowell Catholic. He performed in several plays including It’s a Wonderful Life and Sound of Music where he played the role of Georg von Trapp. Caleb even discovered his hidden singing talent and gave us a sample of Fiddler on the Roof accompanied by Mrs. Saba. Caleb will be attending Emerson College in the fall to study journalism. (Maybe he can even help with some articles for the SJA Alumni News. hint, hint)

Maddie Garneau enjoyed her years at Lowell Catholic where she participated in the Leadership Institute and was captain of the Mock Trial team. Maddie was also a member of the ASL Club and co-editor of the Literary Magazine. In the fall she will be heading to The College of New Jersey where she will major in Deaf Education and Elementary Education.

Bethany Sheehan received the Kathleen Kelly Scholarship and almost $50,000 in scholarships from George Washington University where she will be studying Public Health. Bethany graduated in the top 5% from Lowell High School!

Jack Oakes won the Tennis MVP Award at Lowell High School. He will be attending the University of New Hampshire in the fall to study computer science.

Ben Asselin will be off to Worcester State

University this fall where he will major in Bi-ology in the Commonwealth Honors Pro-

gram. Ben and Courtney Clark were unable

to attend the reunion as both were competing

in the State Championships in baseball and

softball respectively.

Kevin Tran was able to stop by briefly as he had to head to work. In a few weeks he will be heading to Oklahoma for Army basic training.

In Memoriam

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Samantha Millette and Sydney Blades will be

heading off to Merrimack College this fall. Samantha

graduated from Bishop Guertin High School on June

2nd and Sydney is a proud Lowell Catholic graduate.

Samantha will be majoring in Criminal Justice and

Sydney will be studying psychology.

The Class of 2015’s Journey, continued

Amelia Lyons had a wonderful time at Central

Catholic High School. She will be heading to Mary-

land soon to study at Loyola University.

In addition to graduating as valedictorian from the Greater Lowell Technical High School, Nicolas Fisher also won the Golden Gryphon Award and received a Presidential Scholarship Award. He excelled in sports in high school taking home the Golf and Tennis MVP awards! Nick will be heading to the the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to study cyber systems/security.

Elizabeth Gacek was named Semi Queen at the Dracut High School semi-formal in her junior year. She was also captain of the Dracut Cross Country team and Student Council President.

Jatin Bussa participated in Track and Field during his time at Lowell Catholic. He also spent many semesters on the honor roll. Back in 2016 as part of the Lowell Catholic Science Club Jatin, Caleb Craig and Alice Zhou developed a hover craft which they tested…and it worked!

Maggie McGovern was a proud member of the Lowell Catholic swim team throughout her high school career.

Throwback Photo

1961

First Communion

Class

Awards and Recognitions

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On May 15th at the Bishop Guertin High School Green and Gold Awards Ceremony, senior Samantha Millette ’15 received the Honor Roll Gold Award for thirteen consecutive terms of Honor Roll. Junior, Erin Millette ’14, received the Silver Award for achieving nine consecutive terms of Honor Roll!

Nicolas Fisher ’15 has earned the honor of being named Valedictorian of the Greater Lowell Technical High School Class of 2019. Nick is at the top of his class of 524 students. He is currently in the Programming and Web Development program where he has earned honors and consistent perfect attendance. In addition to his strong academic performance, Nicolas is also a member of the Swim and Dive, Tennis and Golf teams. When he is not at school Nick volunteers with the Police Explorers and other community service initiatives.

Nicolas has been accepted in the the prestigious United States Coast Guard Academy where he will study cyber-security. Upon completion of the program at the USCG Academy, Nicolas will enter the United States Coast Guard as a commissioned officer.

Elizabeth Gacek ’15, Divya Madhava iya ’ 15 and Leah Papageorgiou ’15, were awarded the John & Abigail Adams Scholarship based on their performance on the MCAS exam. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must have: MCAS scores of Advanced and Proficient on grade 10 tests in English Language Arts and Mathematics, and at least one score must be Advanced; and combined s c o r e s o n M C A S E L A a n d Mathematics tests that place them in the top 25 percent of students in the graduating class.

Dylan Goulas ’18 was chosen by the Windam High School faculty to receive the Renaissance Award. This award recognizes a student for their commit-ment as a “purposeful, respectful, involved, dedicated student.”

Caleb Craig ’15 of Lowell Catholic High School earned the distinction of being names Salutatorian of the Class of 2019.

Dylan Goulas photo courtesy of L. Goulas

Nicolas Fisher photo courtesy of the Greater

Lowell Tech

Dean’s List & Honor Roll

Joseph Tivey ’11 – Champlain College

Rianna Tamulynas ’13 – Bridgewater State University

Joseph Schnackertz ’13 – Wentworth Institute of Technology

Academy of Notre Dame Principal’s List - Liya Mooradian ’17

Greater Lowell Technical High School

High Honors – Nicolas Fisher ’15

Honors – Diana Mix ’17

Margaret McGovern

r e c e i v e d t h e

Principal’s Award at

the Lowell Catholic

Baccalaureate.

Maggie McGovern photo

courtesy of Lowell Catholic

Prom 2019

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(Left) Ben Asselin ’15, Owen Goulette ’16. Olivia Cassella ’15, Hannah

Erickson ’15, and Matt Asselin ’16- photo courtesy of C. Asselin

Olyvia Cassella ’15, Kelly Montgomery ’15, Courtney

Clark ’15 and Hannah Erickson ’15

Sydney Blades ’15 - photo courtesy of

B. Lyons

Erin Millette ’16 and Samantha Millette

’15 - photo courtesy of S. Millette

Jack Oakes ’15 and Kelly Montgomery ’15

photo courtesy of K. Montgomery

Alumni Spotlights

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Max Barton ’15 is a member of the varsity football and wrestling teams and the junior varsity lacrosse team at Belmont Hill School. He is ranked as one of the top students in his class of 100 boys (4.15 GPA and a 35 ACT), and in addition to sports he is class representative to the Disciplinary Committee, Executive Editor of the School Historical Journal (the Podium), President of the Chinese Club, President of SADD, a Peer Leader, a Peer Tutor, and a member of the B-Flats, the school a cappella group. Max has done some international travel in the past few years to Germany and China. This summer Max and his family will be traveling to Australia and New Zealand.

After graduating from John Hopkins University in 2018, Suryateja Rao ’11 returned to work at the Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Lab under Dr. Jordan Green to continue his work on novel nanoparticles drug delivery for cancer medicine. He is currently working on a novel DNA labeling technique that could be used to track nanoparticle localization, and a solution to a sedimentation problem affecting nanoparticle clusters. ( s o u r c e : https://www.linkedin.com/in/

suryatejadrao19941217/))

SJA alumni, Morgan ’09 and Joseph ’13 Schnackertz and team Pink Flamingos participated in the 20th Annual Lowell General Hospital TeamWalk for CancerCare on May 19th. Along with fellow team members, Susan Millette, Lorraine Corbeil, Brenda Lyons, Ted & Jacqueline Schnackertz, the team raised almost $1,500 to help support cancer patients going through treatment at LGH. Andre Simard ’67 moved to Canada in 1972

and ran a family run grocery with his mother, father and his brothers for 25 years. Subsequently, Andre began a wholesale distribution that specialized in goat milk, yogurt and cheeses with 3 of his brothers. He acted as sales agent for a large manufacturer of cow milk cheeses particularly in brie and cheddar cheese. In his final year at the business sales were up to $1.5 million dollars. After selling that company Andre started working for a manufacturer in the city he lived in. After 25 years the company was sold to Stanley Black and Decker/Dewalt.

Andre and his wife, Manon, have been married for 43 years. They have three children, Phillippe, Caroline and François. Their family has grown to include four grandchildren, two girls who are 3 and 5 and twin boys who are now 11 years old.

Donald Lampron ’66 and his son Derik were named Alumni Walker of the Year by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. About ten years ago when Derik was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Don and Derik established Team Pepere with a group of family and friends to raise money for Dana-Farber’s Jimmy Fund. They have since been strongly committed to fundraising for Dana-Farber’s research.

Andre and Manon photo courtesy of A. Simard

Susan Millette, Brenda Lyons, Lorraine Corbeil, Jacqueline, Morgan ’09,

Joseph ’13 and Ted Schnackertz photo courtesy of TeamWalk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suryatejadrao19941217/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suryatejadrao19941217/

Class of 2011 College Graduates

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John Bigelow Clarkson University

Craig Bursey Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Aideen Chapman Purdue University

Giovanni Chiesa Emerson College

Taylor DePalo Colby College

Mikayla Elliott Simmons College

Courtney Flynn MCPHS University Boston

Patrick Ghadban UMass Lowell

Charles Gualtieri Jr UMass Amherst

Michael Guay UMass Lowell

Alexander Hebert Worcester Polytechnic Intstitute

Sreeja Keesara Boston University

Alyssa LaPorte Middlesex Community College

Rebecca Legro Merrimack College

Joshua Lowe Middlesex Community College

Shelbie McCormack Bates University

Tristyn Mitchell UMass Lowell

Suryateja Rao John Hopkins University

Vikrant Rao UMass Lowell

Jack Silk Virginia Polytechnic & State

Alexis Silvar Middlesex Community College

Jillian Spatola University of Tampa

Alexis Sprowl UMass Amherst

Magdalene Stathas UMass Lowell

Joseph Tivey Champlain College

Deena Tsaousis Stonehill College

SJA Class of 2019

Photo courtesy of O’Connor Studios

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In Memoriam

Pauline (Ste Marie) Tremblay ’32

Cecile (Brouillard) Marchand ’36

Joanne (Daigle) Gilbert ’46

Kenneth A.R. Nutt, Sr. ’51

Constance (Couture) Wiese ’51

Irene (Bernier) Frechette ’52

Elaine Morrissette ’72

Thank you to all of the families who have established funds in the names of loved

ones to be used for scholarships for our students. These scholarships were

distributed at the end of the year Mass on June 12th.

Did you know that Ste Jeanne d’Arc school has a Tribute and Memorial Gift

program?

Memorial gifts in memory of a loved one serve as thoughtful and meaningful

expressions of sympathy. You may also name Ste Jeanne d’Arc School as the

beneficiary of donations made in memory of your loved one.

Tribute gifts are a wonderful way to celebrate a special occasion, extend

congratulations, express love or gratitude. Tribute gifts are especially appropriate

for thank you gifts, anniversaries, get well, birthdays, holidays, Confirmations,

Christmas and teacher/coach gifts.

Your thoughtful gift is truly appreciated. Gifts made as part of this program help

students by providing scholarships, tuition assistance and by supporting the

improvement of educational programs necessary to provide a strong academic

foundation essential to success in high school and beyond.

To make a memorial or tribute gift donation visit www.sjdarc.org.

Sacraments

Members of the SJA Class of 2017, Julia Ciccolo , Eleni Clermont, Arianna Concepcion, Mitchel Craven, Samantha Fisher, Corey St. Louis and Dominic Valente were confirmed in our faith on May 3, 2019.

Student Walk

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www.sjdarc.org/walk

BIG CHANGES ARE COMING TO BOX TOPS IN THE SUMMER OF 2019!

Are Box Top clips going away?

Eventually, yes, the physical clips are going away, and the Box Tops program will become digital-only.

Over the summer you’ll see some participating brands begin to change their packaging from a physical Box

Tops clip to the new Box Tops icon you saw on Blueberry Cheerios. With thousands of products and

hundreds of brands, this will take some time, but that will be the eventual direction of the program. We’ll

continue to honor all physical clips until they reach their expiration dates.

How does the new program work?

At its core, the Box Tops for Education program structure and purpose remain the same – to help schools

get what they need. The main difference is how schools will earn – instead of clipping, checking expirations

dates, bundling and submitting, all Box Tops will be earned digitally via receipt scan. You’ll now download

the new and improved, user-friendly Box Tops app, register and select a school, and then scan an eligible

receipt containing Box Tops products. We’ll continue to earn 10 cents for each Box Tops product

purchased plus extra earnings for any Bonus Box Tops opportunities. The app will automatically add Box

Tops to your school’s earnings online, giving users access to see how you are supporting your school in

real-time.

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Graduations and Baccalaureates

Ben Asselin photo courtesy of C.

Asselin

Colin Carmichael, Courtney Clark &

Amelia Lyons photo courtesy of B. Lyons

Alice Zhou and her dad photo courtesy

of Lowell Catholic

SJA Class of 2019 photo courtesy of

B. Lyons

Jatin Bussa & Maggie McGovern

Katelyn Tourigny (far left), Sydney Blades (front) &

Maggie McGovern (far right) photo courtesy of Lowell

Catholic

Jack Oakes & Kelly Montgomery photo

courtesy of K. Montgomery

Sydney Blades, Maeve Fenlon, Katelyn

Tourigney photo courtesy of B. Lyons Samantha Millette photo courtesy of S.

Millette

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Sports

Courtney Clark ’15 and the Central Catholic softball team headed to the State championship tournament on June 6th.

Maggie McGovern ’15 continues to be driving force of the Lowell Catholic Softball team.

Ben Asselin ’15 and the Lowell High School baseball team played in the Super Eight State base-ball tournament on June 6th.

Nathan Jozokos ’16, Owen Goulette ’16, Evan DeFronzo, Hannah Erickson ’15 and Olyvia Cassella ’15 are making a name for themselves on the Lowell High School lacrosse teams.

Elena Valiente ’16 has been dubbed a “mainstay” for the Lowell Catholic Girls Lacrosse team defense.

Jacob Reuling ’18 continues to hone his volleyball skills for Lowell Catholic. Jake has attened volleyball skills camp for the past two years.

Goalie, Kirsten DiCicco ’15 competed in the woman’s ball hockey tournament in March where she played six games and let up no goals. For her efforts Kirsten was awarded the Most Valuable Goalie Award and was picked to keep the team trophy for the year.

Lowell Sun All Stars

Softball

Returning Starters & Letterwinners: Maggie McGovern ’15 - Lowell Catholic

Boys Lacrosse

Promising Newcomers: Matthew Oakes ’16 – Greater Lowell Tech

Captain: Owen Goulette ’16 also sited as a player to watch – Lowell High School

Returning Letterwinners: Evan DeFronzo ’16, Nathan Jozokos ’16 and Michael Oakes ’16 – Lowell High School

Girls Lacrosse

Captains: Hannah Erickson’15, Olyvia Cassella ’15 – Lowell High School

Promising Newcomers: Lillian Cluff ’18 – Lowell High School

Returning Letterwinner: Elena Valiente ’16 – Lowell Catholic

Girls Track and Field

Returning Letterwinners: Elizabeth Gacek ’15 – Dracut High School, Sarah Meehan ’15 – Lowell High School

Baseball

Returning Starters: Ben Asselin ’15 – Lowell High School

Promising Newcomers: Matthew Asselin ’16 – Lowell High School

Swim and Dive Team

Honorable Mention: Nicolas Fisher ’15 – Greater Lowell Tech

Kirsten DiCicco ’15 photo courtesy

of L. DiCicco

The Mission of Ste Jeanne d'Arc School is to

continue the teaching ministry of Jesus by providing

an academically challenging and service-oriented

education within a Catholic faith community.

Ste Jeanne d’Arc School is a Catholic independent

school founded in 1910 by the Oblates of Mary

Immaculate. The school is accredited by the New

England Association of Schools and Colleges.

68 Dracut Street

Lowell, Massachusetts 01854

Visit us on the Web at

www.sjdarc.org

Phone: 978-453--4114

Fax 978-454-8304

Director of Advancement: Jacqueline Schnackertz

E-mail: [email protected]

Ste Jeanne d’Arc School

Here are some simple ways you can continue to help Ste Jeanne d’Arc School:

Collect Box Tops for Education

to earn cash for SJA!

Simply download the Box Top app and scan your receipt

within 14 days. Each Box Top is worth 10¢ for our

school.

Thank You!

My Coke Rewards: Grab your favorite Coca-Cola beverage and get My Coke

Rewards codes and send them to school and help us earn FREE Physical Edu-

cation Equipment. The points are on 12 brands and lots of different sizes,

from single bottles to multi-packs. Codes are easy to find on bottle caps or

inside product cases. Whether you're grabbing a drink with lunch or stocking

up for a party, you'll be able to help us build our balance in no time. Participat-

ing products include: BARQ’S, COKE CLASSIC, COKE ZERO, DASANI,

DIET COKE, FANTA, FRESCA, MINUTE MAID, POWERade, PIBB,

SPRITE, VAULT, CAFFEINE FREE COKE CLASSIC, CHERRY COKE,

VANILLA COKE

For more information please visit http://www.sjdarc.org/Page/SUPPORT-SJA/Shop-and-Earn-Fundraising-Programs

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same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as

on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile

(smile.amazon.com) the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price

of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers. The

next time you make an Amazon purchase and use this link, our school will receive

a donation from the AmazonSmile Foundation. It’s that

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