CBA celebrated the Class of 2020 recently.

On Thursday, July 30, members of the senior class (five at a time) displayed their college destinations with the traditional chalking the walk in front of the school.

A class-wide graduation ceremony and Founder’s Day recognition took place the next night at Alibrandi Stadium. Joel Gaffney read the senior class graduation poem and Valedictorian Lizzie Lucas, and Salutatorian Thienan Tran delivered their respective speeches. A Founder’s Day talk from President Keough, the singing of the CBA Alma Mater and the dedication of the bench that sits in the hallway outside the front office to the Class of 2020 highlighted the event.

Bishop Lucia was the celebrant at a virtual Baccalaureate Mass on Saturday, in which many Peer Ministers participated.

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On Sunday, the five senior homerooms celebrated graduation with individual ceremonies at Alibrandi Stadium Each student received their diplomas and individual award winners were announced. President Matt Keough and Brother Joseph Jozwiak, FSC, Special Advisor to the President, both spoke and congratulated members of the Class of 2020.

Class of 2020 Award Winners Included:

General Excellence (In Memory of Frank J. Spina ’47)

Valedictorian: Elizabeth Lucas

Salutatorian: Thienan Tran

English (In Memory of Louis J. Steigerwald, Sr. ’17)

Awarded To: Joel Gaffney

Next in Merit: Sophia Schultz

Fine Arts (In Memory of Brother Anthony Lamb, FSC)

Awarded To: Michael Hill

Next in Merit: Katherine Purcell

French (In Memory of Eleanor Sullivan Owen)

Awarded To: Chloe Daino

Mathematics (In Memory of Norbert F. Abend, AFSC ’22)

Awarded to: Zachary Medicis

Next in Merit: Samuel Bonacci

Religion (In Memory of Brother B. James Quinn, FSC)

Awarded To: Madeline Tallman

Next in Merit: Julyna Ho

Science (In Memory of Leonard P. Markert AFSC ’18)

Awarded To: Lea Kyle

Next in Merit: Michael Fallon

Social Studies (In Memory of Leo D. Kelley ’17)

Awarded To: Garrett Bowman

Next in Merit: Derek Jann

Spanish (In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. T. Frank Dolan)

Awarded To: Shruti Zirath

Next in Merit: Janelle Little

President’s De La Salle Award: Matthew Doane, Roene Nasr

Principal’s Student Recognition Award: Christopher Catalano, Janelle Little

New York State Senate Citizen’s Award: Shivam Nanavati, Alexandra Howard

Syracuse Rotary Award: Aiden Schmipff, Madeline Tallman

Semper Fidelis Music Award: Chloe Daino

Civic Morning Music Award: Patrick Kraft

Marine Corps Scholastic Academic Excellence Award: Derek Jann, Lauren Mucher

Air Force Math And Science Award: Isaiah Lerch, Lea Kyle

Air Force Scholar Athlete Award: Ryan MacKenzie, Olivia Morganti

Attorney General’s Triple “C” Award: Preston Taylor, Chloe McIntrye

Alumni Association Distinguished Senior Award

Donated by the Alumni Association in Memory of Dr. Samuel Uva ’57: Elizabeth Lucas

“Oh How Upstate” Award

Donated by Francis Rivette ’70 and Judith LaManna Rivette: Sophia Schultz

Cheryl Anderson Memorial Science Award: Julyna Ho

New York State Comptroller’s Achievement Award: Garrett Bowman, Saranya Dadi

Brother Edmund Dwyer Award: Ana Brickner

Brother Gabriel Fiumano Award: Adam DeFrancisco

Brother Stephen McCabe And Brother Jerome Stevens Award: Shruti Zirath

Brother Mutien Marie Creative Arts Award: Lydia Hill

Community Service Award: Quinn Horan, Mia Cannizzo

Brother Basilian O’Connell Award: Zachary Medicis

Bishop Frank J. Harrison Award (In Memory of Margaret Owen by her children Richard, Dennis and Maureen): Colin Kelly, Grace del Pino

Bishop Joseph O’Keefe Award: Jason Boule, Mary Grace Oliva

DeFrancisco Family Award: Rocco DeLorenzo, Kaitlyn Bushnell

La Salle Medal (In Memory of Joseph J. Sindoni & Mrs. Angela M. Sindoni): Joshua Hulslander, Avery Penoyer

National Merit Finalist: Elizabeth Lucas

National Merit Commended Students: Lea Kyle, Isiah Lerch, Thienan Tran

Perfect Attendance (4 Years): Jake Carbone, Thienan Tran

2020 Graduation Photos: https://wainwrightphoto.dphoto.com/album/b1921x?fbclid=IwAR0xv7kTi2sJ5Z1cIii7E-T0MiECuHD9K6_kpif45Y_JIrwhnBIKVbe7z4Y

2020 Graduation Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEfXTL4jN3c

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