Sacred Heart Preparatory Graduates Its 120th Class

5/29/2018

All 148 of our graduates are headed to colleges in California and across the country, including two U.S. Service Academies.

On May 25th, Sacred Heart Preparatory graduated 148 students at its 120th commencement ceremony. Graduates from the Class of 2018 will attend 72 institutions: 54 students will study in California, 94 will study out of state. Thirteen students earned recognition by the National Merit Scholarship program and the class was awarded over $8.6 million in merit scholarships. Nineteen have committed to play intercollegiate athletics, and two will attend U.S. military academies (Air Force Academy and West Point). Twenty-eight members of the graduating class have been on the preschool – grade 12 Sacred Heart campus for 13 or more years.

At the ceremony, diplomas were presented by Richard A. Dioli, Director of Schools; Jennie Whitcomb, Principal; Anna McDonald, Assistant Principal for Academic Life; and Shami Ravi, incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Following a century-old school tradition, “Blue Ribbons” were awarded to select students, nominated and elected by the faculty and ratified by the administration. Blue Ribbons are the highest honor given by Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton to graduating seniors, and reflect outstanding achievement in academics and standards of character in the fulfilment of one or more of the school’s guiding Goals & Criteria.

Graduates receiving a Light Blue Ribbon, for embodiment of a particular Goal and its criteria, were awarded to:

Emma Connors, Clairesina Fifita, and Luke Lenhart, for Goal I: A personal and active faith in God;
Fernanda Gutiérrez, Madeline Ho, and Brooke Whitcomb for Goal II: A deep respect for intellectual values;
Lizbeth Aguilar, Anaí Gómez, and Evelia Zarate for Goal III: A social awareness which impels to action;
Zachary Abuel-Saud, John Carroll, and Claire Stalder for Goal IV: The building of community as a Christian value; and
Maia Granoski, Kelly Moreno, and Corey Tanis for Goal V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

Graduates Mirian Melendez and Luke Rohlen each received a Dark Blue Ribbon, for embodiment of all five Goals and their criteria.

For over a decade, Sacred Heart Preparatory athletics program has consecutively had 12 or more students recruited and signed to play at the intercollegiate level. The Class of 2018 will send 19 athletes in nine different sports. Of that number, more than half will compete for NCAA Division I teams.

The full list encompasses:

Tatum Angotti, who will play basketball for Bowdoin College (ME)
Dominic Cacchione, who will play baseball for Arizona State University (AZ)
Sara Choy, who will play tennis for Stanford University (CA)
Jack Crockett, who will play lacrosse for Princeton University (NJ)
Eric Debrine, who will play basketball for Tufts University (MA)
Cate Desler, who will play volleyball for Tufts University (MA)
Addi Duvall, who will play water polo for Claremont McKenna College (CA)
Rory Hocker, who will play water polo for California Lutheran College (CA)
Alexander Nemeth, who will play water polo for University of California, San Diego (CA)
Nadia Paquin, who will play water polo for Pomona College (CA)
Luke Rohlen, who will swim for Dartmouth College (NH)
Mia Shenk, who will play soccer for University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Matte Snow, who will swim for New York University (NY)
Michael Sonsini, who will play water polo for Harvard University (MA)
Melina Stavropoulos, who will play tennis for Vassar College (NY)
Corey Tanis, who will play water polo for the United States Air Force Academy (CO)
Angelo Tonas, who will play baseball for Georgetown University (DC)
Alex Tsotadze, who will play water polo for Harvard University (MA)
Brad Yaffe, who will play football for University of Oregon (OR)

With the class of 2018’s college choices ranging from public and private institutions large and small, with sectarian and non-sectarian among the mix, the student body shows a similar breadth of interests in their future academic goals. Students plan to pursue educational programs as wide ranging as STEM, visual and performing arts, humanities, social studies, and more.

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