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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9L1KIXRfwo
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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