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Saint Dominic Academy Holds
National Honor Society Induction
April 27, Jersey City – Seventeen Saint Dominic Academy students were recently inducted into the Siena Chapter of the National Honor Society. NHS officers President Naiya Patel, from North Bergen, Vice President Jeselle Padilla, of Jersey City, Secretary Kathryn Zubicki, of Kearny, and Treasurer Sarah Sisk from Bayonne presided over the Induction ceremony which was held at the Academy on April 24, 2012.
Ms. Patricia Criaris, a 1972 graduate of the Academy and also the NHS Advisor, introduced the new inductees following the Invocation, Salute to the Flag and an address by SDA principal, Mr. Thomas Corbo. The entire National Honor Society membership recited the NHS Pledge after each inductee received her NHS pin. Saint Dominic Academy Head of School, Mrs. Barbara Griffin, made the closing remarks.
The newly inducted members include juniors Andrea Marie Cadenilla, Madeleine Farley, Marylin Gomes, Miranda Revilla, Elle Rose, Dania Santer and Isabel Tamayo all of Jersey City, as well as Joyce DeLeon of New York City and Tara Descalzi of Secaucus. Sophomore inductees included Jersey City residents Roxanne Casio, Enakshi Das, Nikita Pandya and Victoria Rediger. Other sophomores inducted were Briana Encarnacion of Bayonne, Cara Keating of Weehawken, Genesis Sanchez of Belleville and Marta Suazo of Union City.
Saint Dominic Academy Students
Win at Poetry Contest
Jersey City, May 15 – Seven Saint Dominic Academy, Jersey City students participated at the William Paterson University 23rd Annual International Poetry Recitation Contest held at the University, in Wayne, on Monday, May 14. Close to 1,000 students from middle schools and high schools in northern and central New Jersey participated in the event by reciting, from memory, poetry in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, and English as a second language.
Two of the Academy’s seven students were awarded recognition. Kara Whelply, a junior from Bayonne and Kaelyn Grado, a sophomore from Jersey City competed in the Chinese language division. Whelply competed at the advanced level and won third prize. Grado competed at the intermediate level and was awarded honorable mention.
Participants in the Spanish language division included Jersey City residents, Nikita Pandya, a sophomore, who competed at the beginner level and Elle Rose, a junior, who competed at the intermediate level.
Issabela Tulalian, a freshman from Jersey City, Enaskshi Das, a sophomore from Jersey City, and Carly Heard, a junior from Hoboken, competed in the French language division at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, respectively.
The students were accompanied by French teacher, Ms.Dorothy Ivey.
Saint Dominic Academy
Saint Dominic Academy Holds
World Language Honor Society Inductions
Jersey City, May 14 – Twenty-five Saint Dominic Academy, Jersey City, students were recently inducted into the following World Language Honor Societies: Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, Societe Honoraire de Francais and Chinese Honor Society.
The ceremony, held at the Academy on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 was presided over by Head of School Mrs. Barbara Griffin, who also serves as thechair of the World Language Department.
The new members of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica include seniors Kelly Garcia of Teaneck, Mariliana Martinez of Hoboken and Jendelly Veloz of Bayonne. Andrea Marie Cadenilla and Raygine Crespo-Peralia, both of Jersey City, Tara Descalzi of Secaucus and Nicole Domenech of Union are inductees from the junior class.
The Societe Honoraire de Francais inducted fourteen new members, thirteen of whom are in the junior class. They are Jersey City residents Maria Miralles, Tiffany Morales, Miranda Revilla, Camille Santos and Isabel Tamayo, as well as Danica Cordon of Union, Sarah Gaddis of Lyndhurst, Camila Garcia of Union City, Erika Gomez, a resident of Secaucus, Carly Heard of Hoboken, Sarah Kelly of Clifton, Courtney Major of Bayonne and Emily Whelan who lives in Passaic. Shivangi Patel of North Bergen is the only sophomore inducted into the society.
Three seniors and one junior are new members of the Chinese Honor Society. They are Cristina Belino of Union, Khadijah Danielian of Jersey City, Yoo Lee of Fairview and Kara Whelply of Bayonne, respectively.
Students studying a world language at the third level are eligible for induction into the honor societies provided they have a GPA of at least 3.5.
SDA Students Host
French Exchange
Jersey City, May 3 – In late April, 17 Saint Dominic Academy, Jersey City students had the opportunity to share some traditional American hospitality with students visiting the United States from France. Every other year, students studying French at the Academy are invited to participate in the French Exchange program with Lycee Sainte Marie, a private high school located in the south of France. Students from St. Peter’s Prep also participate in this biennial event.
Families from the Saint Dominic Academy community who volunteered, participated by welcoming a French student into their homes for ten days. On each of those days, while the SDA students were attending classes, the French students were touring New York City with their chaperones. In the evenings, the students experienced what life is like for a typical teenager from each of their respective cultures.
In a typical French exchange year, the students from Saint Dominic Academy would travel back to France to be hosted by the same family with whom each girl had just fostered a relationship. Unfortunately, this year, the SDA students were unable to travel abroad. However, as a whole, the experience was incredibly enriching. For freshman Shannon DeLuco of Jersey City, it was an overwhelming experience. She said, “The French Exchange was one of the best experiences of my life because I formed an incredible bond with someone I had only known for ten days. It is one of the reasons why this entire experience is so special and something that I will remember and treasure for the rest of my life.”
Along with DeLuco, the Saint Dominic Academy students whose families served as hosts included senior Megan Sisk of Bayonne, juniors Carly Heard of Hoboken, Annice Brookins of Jersey City and Courtney Major of Bayonne. Catherine Banach of Nutley, Naima Gustafsson and Michaela Felix of Jersey City, and Bayonne’s Taylor Siebel and Arianna Taite were the sophomore hostesses along with freshmen Sarah Scalia, Jazmine Piperato, and Vanessa Esposito of Bayonne, Issabela Tulalian and Ashley Nally-Nagel of Jersey City, Emily Lugo of Fairview, and Mariana Gomez of North Bergen.
“For the 17 SDA students involved, it cultivated maturity, self-confidence and a deeper appreciation for a culture different from their own,” said Ms. Dorothy Ivey, SDA French teacher and coordinator of the French Exchange program.
Saint Dominic Academy hosted the welcome party for the students and their chaperones on Wednesday, April 18. The group was given a send-off at St. Peter’s Prep on Friday, April 27.
