"School is a profound part of life, not merely a prelude to it, it gives the students ideal opportunities to live normal, healthy, intellectual lives in social conditions equally ideal... we will not promise you happiness. We will not wish you security. For we remember that 'security is mortal's chiefest enemy'. And we know that you can be secure only when you can stand everything that can happen to you. If your school has prepared for this, it has been a good school." -Sister M. Madeleva (Wolff), CSC
On Wednesday, April 4, the Academy recognized the 37 girls in the Class of 2017 who completed the Madeleva Scholars Program during a special evening reception. The students have been working towards the achievement since their Freshman year.
The Madeleva Scholars Program provides a structure enabling students to achieve most fully those qualities articulated in the Mission Statement of The Academy of the Holy Cross: courage, compassion, and scholarship. The program is named in honor and recognition of Sister Mary Madeleva, CSC, a noted member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, and is unique to the Academy. In addition to maintaining at least a 3.0 grade point average, students must follow criteria for academics, service, leadership, athletics or activities, and enrichment. These requirements include additional service hours performed; enrichment learning activities taken in the summer; and a 10-page research paper written on a topic of the student's choosing.
During the reception, six of the seniors spoke about their experience in the program and discussed their papers—Belane Ayelework, Yvette Kiptoo, Leah McNamara, Emily Orem, Cecilia Rogers, and Lucy Young. Following the presentations, the Madeleva Scholars received their certificate and a ribbon that they will wear with their caps and gowns at the commencement activities.
Abigail Elizabeth Akers
Lourdes Amaro
Belane Ayelework
Lauren Elizabeth Barclay
Katherine Ellen Beall
Arianna Josephine Checchia
Claire Elizabeth Anne Coyle
Nicole Cac-Loan Dao
Maria Vitoria Da Silva
Josephine Victoria De La Oliva
Mary Rose DePont
Emily Jane Dimond
Madeline Hope Doukouris
Leslie Annetta Fontaine
Caroline Anne Howley
Mairead Elizabeth James
Julie Marguerite Joseph
Clare Elizabeth Kimiecik
Yvette Jepkonga Kiptoo
Haley Corinne Krause
Maria Agnes Maloney
Victoria Martinez
Leah Marie McNamara
Sara Marie Melley
Elizabeth Hellen Myers
Munachiso Ifunanya Nwokike
Grace Darcy O'Connor
Emily Rose Orem
Katherine Sofia Pawlowski
Martha Philipos
Dulmi Kalara Ratnasiri
Cecilia Ellen Rogers
Camille Patricia Schmidt
Mira Alexandra Comilang Varghese
Eleasa Ilene Woodson
Lucy DuZhen Young
Olivia May Young