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Class of Resilience Pandemic leads to many teaching moments for 2020 graduates BY EMMALEE ITALIA Contributing Editor
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hen students of the Class of 2020 pictured their graduation year, it included class trips, traditional senior proms, and final sports seasons. Eighth-graders looked forward to school dances, play performances and saying goodbye to teachers they’ve known for nine “If any group of years or more – anything but people could tackle what has transpired since March. a chaotic future Though none would have elected for
with optimism … it’s the Class of 2020.” Notre Dame High School senior Quentin Autry found graduating during COVID-19 to be “a period of self-reflection.” Mike Ehrmann photo
social isolation during this milestone year, many have grown and met challenges of school during COVID-19 in unexpected ways.
LESSONS FROM HOME Forced to adjust to a new way of learning and interacting in a virtual environment, high school seniors and eighth-graders faced an additional challenge: to make the best of a year that should have been filled with memory-making outings and traditions. Senior Quentin Autry, student government president of Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, found that the past few Continued on 22
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A salute to the graduates of the Class of 2020
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t is a pleasure to celebrate and salute the graduating Class of 2020!
This school year has been filled with unanticipated experiences and a discontinuation of all that was routine. Many milestones that define the rites of passage of A Message from senior year were not to JOANN TIER materialize. Superintendent Yet as students, you of Catholic Schools relied on your faith, personal grit, persistence and self-discipline as the future became apparent month by month. We live in a complex world that needs healing on many levels. Health issues dominate the world as we search for a cure for COVID-19. Racism, rebellions, refugees and starving children across the globe are becoming commonplace. Our environment has been abused and stripped of natural resources. Threats appear to our economy and to national security. How will these problems be addressed? Who will be called to solve them? With graduation, it is likely that you look to the future and ponder questions such as: “What will be my path in life? How will I contribute?” “What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?” As you reflect, consider these aspects: Realize that we cannot improve and still stay the same. Growth means change. Change requires challenging the status quo. If we want greater possibilities, we can’t settle for what we have now. We must become a possibility thinker. Your generation is called to think differently, to explore your creativity, to work in concert with others to find solutions to problems that cannot be resolved by the same minds that created them. Use your knowledge, your
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education, your resolve to direct change to benefit our world. Reflect on the wisdom of St. John Henry Newman: “God has created me to do him some definite service; he has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another. I have my mission – I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I have a part in a great work; I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons.” As you graduate, I wish you wisdom that transcends knowledge. Growth Wisdom to know that you matter as a fellow traveler on this journey on means change. planet earth – a journey filled with life experiences of joy and disappointChange ments; of failure and regret; of exhilrequires aration and confusion. Through it all, you matter, because you are a miracle challenging the created by God. In his infinite wisdom, he knew that you are integral in status quo. the lives of others. You have a purpose in this world that only you can fulfill. As you graduate, enjoy being you – find joy in each day of your life. Work as part of a team. View challenges and disappointments as part of living – like breathing – all part of the experience. May your life be guided by faith. May it be lived with respect for all, recognizing the dignity of your own being and the dignity of others. May it be lived in such a way that you use your talents to benefit our world. We are proud of our graduates, young men and women. Congratulations and God’s blessings, graduates of the Class of 2020. A look at JoAnn Tier’s legacy as she prepares to retire from the Diocese. Page 31
On behalf of our Publisher, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., and the Diocese’s Department of Catholic Schools, The Monitor Magazine asks for God’s blessings upon this year’s graduating seniors and eighth-graders from the following schools:
BURLINGTON COUNTY Our Lady of Good Counsel • Moorestown Our Lady of Perpetual Help • Maple Shade Pope John Paul II Regional School • Willingboro Sacred Heart • Mount Holly St. Charles Borromeo • Cinnaminson St. Joan of Arc • Marlton St. Mary of the Lakes • Medford St. Paul • Burlington
MERCER COUNTY Notre Dame High School • Lawrenceville Our Lady of Sorrows • Hamilton St. Ann • Lawrenceville St. Gregory the Great Academy • Hamilton Square St. Paul • Princeton St. Raphael • Hamilton Trenton Catholic Academy • Hamilton
MONMOUTH COUNTY
May you always rise above adversity and challenge, supported by God’s grace and the knowledge that you are beloved! Be sure to visit TrentonMonitor.com for a special tribute from many of our schools to the Class of 2020!
Holy Cross • Rumson Mother Seton Academy • Howell Our Lady of Mt. Carmel • Asbury Park Red Bank Catholic High School • Red Bank St. Benedict • Holmdel St. Catharine • Spring Lake St. James • Red Bank St. Jerome • West Long Branch St. John Vianney High School • Holmdel St. Leo the Great • Lincroft St. Mary • Middletown St. Rose • Belmar St. Rose High School • Belmar St. Rose of Lima • Freehold
OCEAN COUNTY Donovan Catholic High School • Toms River St. Dominic • Brick St. Joseph • Toms River St. Mary Academy • Manahawkin St. Peter • Pt. Pleasant Beach June 2020 THE MONITOR MAGAZINE 9
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A Graduation Like No Other
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s graduation for the Class of 2020 neared, educators and administrators planning farewells for Catholic school students around the Diocese had much to consider, with COVID-19 restrictions still in place. It didn’t take long for a variety of graduation scenarios to emerge in schools throughout the four-county system. Spurred by technology and ingenuity, virtual baccalaureate, graduation and award ceremonies began taking shape. Drive-by parades were held, billboards were displayed in the state capital, videos and social media shout-outs were posted online, and congratulatory lawn signs were delivered by the hundreds, marking a year for the Diocese’s graduating 1,411 high-schoolers and 1,105 eighth-graders like no other. VIRTUALLY INCREDIBLE
Class of 2020 departs with creativity, faith BY LOIS ROGERS Correspondent
Graduates’ photos line the parking lot at Trenton Catholic Academy, Hamilton, during a drive-through ceremony. Rose O’Connor photo
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“Even though the graduates had to wear face masks, you could tell they were smiling,” Michael Knowles, Trenton Catholic Academy president, said of the Hamilton school graduates who received diplomas during drive-through festivities May 27 and 28. Students were applauded by faculty and staff, all of whom wore masks and practiced social distancing. TCA aired virtual graduations for seniors and eighth-graders both days as well – the dates and times the ceremonies would have been
held in person. As at many of the schools, lawn signs were handed out so TCA students could post them in their yards, and graduation billboards were posted throughout Trenton and Hamilton. These were the gift of TCA alumni Paul Pennacchi and Vincent Cuilule. Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, and Ewing’s Villa Victoria Academy released videos May 21 and May 31, respectively – their originally scheduled in-person commencement dates. CBA honored its 58th graduating class with special commemoration videos that recognized the academic, athletic, service and extracurricular achievements of the students and their “resilience, fortitude and unity” in weathering the circumstances created by the COVID-19 shutdown. The academy plans to hold an in-person ceremony when each student will be awarded his diploma, but in his salute to the graduates, Principal Ross Fales urged them to focus on the fact that “although we are not able to experience this moment as we traditionally would, remember that CBA is more than just a place; it is a community and a brotherhood you are part of for life.” That sentiment was echoed by senior Jonathan Abadir, who praised the school for making “me the person I am today.” “When something like this happens, a virus practically shutting life as we know it, we have to keep marching forward through life,” he said. “The only thing we can control is our reaction to life’s absurdity. Shakespeare said life is a play, and we all play a part in that. If life is truly a play, then the show must go on.” Villa Victoria Academy posted a teacher sendoff video that included a poem by a Trenton author, a song sung by the teachers, and personal goodbye messages from the teachers to the graduates. The academy’s Facebook page offered a cavalcade of videos and posts about activities, including the “Senior Drive” through the campus which this year, replaced the traditional
Senior Keara Reilly takes part in the Purple Pride Parade, one of the many creative ways St. Rose High School, Belmar, celebrated its graduates. Courtesy photo
“Senior Run” graduation event on school grounds. In Lawrenceville, Notre Dame High School’s virtual graduation ceremony June 7 followed three days of photo-ops May 30-31 and June 1 with seniors and their families. Signed up in groups of 10, the students received their diplomas during the photo sessions at the high school grotto. Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, held a virtual graduation June 6. MEETING THE CHALLENGE When it came to finding new ways to celebrate “all the final things seniors look forward to,” efforts quickly got underway, said Dr. Edward Gere, principal of Donovan Catholic High School, Toms River. He noted that many of the seniors have been part of the school community – which includes St. Joseph School – since kindergarten. “They looked forward to senior prom and graduating in St. Joseph Church,” Gere said. So, for Donovan’s seniors, the buildup to graduation included weeks of video and livestream programs and ceremonies, including an Awards Night and the annual closing Mass, where the class is traditionally blessed by Father G. Scott Shaffer, director of Donovan Catholic and pastor of St. Joseph Parish. These Continued on 12
“We have to keep marching forward through life.”
RBC seniors Robert Gonzalez and Brayden Kiel, pictured pre-COVID, are seen in this congratulatory slideshow created by the high school. Courtesy photo
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In Focus DYLAN OSWICK, Monmouth County Caring Award recipient, St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel • “It took a global pandemic to show us it’s good to take time and slow down. We go through years of education sometimes wishing for school days to end, yet once we were all given a few months off … seniors wanted just one more day to see everything one last time.” ISABELLA VILARELLE, Eighth Grade, St. Paul School, Princeton • “This quarantine has really brought my family and I closer than ever. Before, because of work, school and sports occupying us, we barely got to see each other. But with this quarantine and all it has taken from us, it also gave us the luxury of family time.”
MARK FINNEGAN, Salutatorian, Donovan Catholic High School, Toms River “Since I’ve been home the past few months … I’ve especially spent time immersing myself in nature, appreciating God’s beautiful earth even more than ever. I don’t take the small things in life for granted anymore. You don’t realize how enjoyable those small things are, like getting food with a friend or two after school, until they are gone.”
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on their unconventional grad year MARISSA VIZZONI, valedictorian, Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville • “[Prayer] helped me cope with the fact that senior year was suddenly cut short, and that I didn’t even know my last day of high school was my last day until after it happened.” CHRISTOPHER PFIRRMAN, Mater Dei Prep, Middletown • “My faith in God has helped me during this difficult time. My senior year was taken by the coronavirus, but I am happy everyone I know is healthy.”
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were set to culminate June 15. PLANS IN MOTION When Gov. Phil Murphy announced May 22 that schools could begin holding outside graduations in July, a number of school administrators crossed their fingers and began planning. Margaret Kane, vice principal of St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, said the school is determining the date for an in-person ceremony. The school did record a Baccalaureate Mass and is streaming it with a Senior Awards Ceremony. “We want to do as much as we can to celebrate our seniors and all of their achievements over the past four years. … They have left their mark on our community, and we look forward to celebrating them in July,” she said. Following suit was Holy Cross Preparatory Academy, Delran, which postponed its graduation ceremony until Aug. 1, when it plans to hold commencement on campus. Middletown’s Mater Dei Prep also plans to hold its graduation on the school campus July 24. The school was scheduled to celebrate with a caravan drive-by June 12, where seniors and their families could receive the applause of faculty and staff, who had dropped off Class of 2020 lawn signs for the seniors and snapped their photos at the time for a commemorative video. The Red Bank Catholic High School community was carefully monitoring Gov. Murphy’s statements on graduations, too. “Our virtual graduation was taped and ready to go and aired on June 1,” said Principal Robert Abatemarco. A drive-by-diploma pickup and photo event is planned for July 8. “Hopefully, the students will be able to see each other and celebrate.” That’s a hope shared by the community of St. Rose High School, Belmar, where the virtual graduation scheduled for June 2 is now scheduled in-person July 6 with keynote speaker St. Rose alumni James Murray, director of the U.S. Secret Service. Senior Christian Riozzi-Bodine hopes he will be able to attend with his class before leaving July 8 for the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. “Having a pandemic in your senior year is not what you imagine. My expectations of senior year were just enjoying a normal sendoff and closure with my class. The school tried its best in this very challenging time to do that.”
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CONGRATULATIONS,
Dominic!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Ethan Brandt on your graduation from
We are so proud of all you have accomplished and the incredible young man you have become!
St. Dominic School, Brick.
Through the milestones of life, you are about to embark on the next journey through high school. We are here to guide and support you every step through that journey. The future is yours and embrace the experiences you will encounter.
Good luck at SJV! DOMINIC LAMBUSTA St. Benedict School, Holmdel
We love you, Mom and Dad
Love Always, Mom, Dad and Ava CONGRATULATIONS
CONGRATULATIONS
Ali (Nooks)
Eugenia Isabella Craggan
Let your unique awesomeness and positive energy inspire confidence in others. Wherever you go always bring your own sunshine. If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shinning.
on your graduation from St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel
Mommy & Daddy are proud of you and we love you very much... CONGRATULATION
Emil Jagielski on your graduation from Trenton Catholic Academy We are always so proud of you, We love you and wish you all the best.
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Ali Xavier Pompey Trenton Catholic Academy
Love Mom CONGRATULATIONS
Caitlin Clayton
Brick Memorial High School Parish of Saint Martha
We are so proud of you! May God give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Love, Mom, Dad and Kristen
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CONGRATULATIONS
Vanessa Nicole Rose Dix
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as you graduate from Delran Middle School.
We are so very proud of your Confirmation at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish and all your accomplishments in eighth grade!
Love, Nana and the Dix Family CONGRATULATIONS
Jordan Lynn Katharine Dix as you graduate from Marlton Middle School.
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We are so very proud of your Confirmation at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish and all your accomplishments in eighth grade!
Love, Nana and the Dix Family CONGRATULATIONS
Samantha Ryan Charlotte Dix as you graduate from Delran Middle School.
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We are so very proud of your Confirmation at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish and all your accomplishments in eighth grade!
Love, Nana and the Dix Family CONGRATULATIONS
Brian Jason Stuart
on your graduation from Saint John Vianney High School.
We are so proud of you and can’t wait for you to start the next chapter of your life at High Point U. Remember you can’t miss a shot you don’t take!
Love Mom & Dad
Ali Xavier Pompey Trenton Catholic Academy
Congratulations!! Never a doubt, go hard or go home!
Love Dad and Takeisha CONGRATULATIONS
Timothy James Skelton on your graduation from Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville Go IRISH! Love, Dad, Mom, Kenny, Christopher & Ella
Logan Prussack St. Rose Grammar School
We are so proud of you and your accomplishments.
Soar high and follow your dreams on your next successful journey.
We love you to the moon and back, Mommy, Billy, Yiayia, Crystal & Tigger. Daddy, Kim, Grandpa and Uncle Jay
CONGRATULATIONS
Giavanna Rose Caltabilota on your graduation from St. Rose Grammar School! We are so proud of you and love you very much! From your loving family June 2020 THE MONITOR MAGAZINE 15
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CONGRATULATIONS
Isabelle Cattelona
on your graduation from St. Rose Grammar School, Belmar!
We are so very proud of you and all of your accomplishments.
We love you so much. Mom and Dad CONGRATULATIONS
Zarrin Stephens on your graduation from St.John Vianney High School, Holmdel.
We are so proud of your accomplishments. Good luck with your future endeavors. Keep God first in your life!
Love Mom, Jevin and the entire family! XOXO
Congratulations
Manuel Montero, III
on your graduation from Trenton Catholic Academy-Upper School. We are so proud of you and all your accomplishments. May God continue to bless and guide you on this new chapter.
Love you, Mom, George and Daniel Congratulations
Keara Barkalow on your graduation form St. John Vianney High School.
We are so proud of you!! Love Always, Mom, Kayley, and Ashlyn
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Matthew Kerins
on your graduation from Our Lady of Sorrows School. Your achievements have only just begun ... Wishing you all the best of success and the happiest of times in High School.
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on your graduation from St. Rose Grammar School, Belmar! We are so proud of you and love you so much!!
So happy to share in the excitement of your graduation day, and so very proud of you, too!
Samantha Lewis!
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Ali Xavier Pompey
Trenton Catholic Academy
Congrats we love you, Nana, PopPop, Andrea and Smooth
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Maximilian John Lindung St. Rose Grammar School
Congratulations Max! We are so proud of you. Best of luck at St. Rose High School.
Karly Rae Walsh
on your graduation from 8th Grade from Thorne School.
Love, Mom, Dad and Nicholas
Love, Grandma & Grandpa
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
Daniel L. Montero
on your graduation from Trenton Catholic Academy-Lower School. We are so proud of you. May God bless and protect you.
We love you, Mom, George and Manny Congratulations
Sophia Ulrich
on your graduation from St. Benedict School, Holmdel. We’re so proud of your accomplishments & look forward to your bright future at SJV. Always be the amazing girl God made you to be!
We love you, Mom, Dad, Olivia & Sienna
CONGRATULATIONS
Matthew Arnold Paderon
Connor Patrick Walsh
on your graduation from 8th Grade from Thorne School. Love, Grandma & Grandpa
Ali Xavier Pompey Trenton Catholic Academy
To our nephew and cousin Ali, your family is so proud of you and all of your accomplishments through out your 4 years of HS! We love you and know you will continue on to Greatness!
Love Aunnie(Kandy), Uncle Shy, Sharonda, Jessica, Aaliyah, Justin, Ariana
CONGRATULATIONS
Brenna Kiley Borgstede
on your graduation from St. John Vianney High School!
on your graduation from St.John Vianney High School, Holmdel
We love you very much and we are proud of you!
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Elizabeth Italia!
Congratulations on your 8th grade Graduation from St. Paul School, Princeton, and all your accomplishments!
We are so proud of you! Love, Mom & Dad & Thomas Congratulations
Jack MacCutcheon
on your graduation from Saint John Vianney High School, Class of 2020! We are all so proud of you!
Love, Mom, Dad and Family
Ali Xavier Pompey Trenton Catholic Academy
Congratulations!!! We are so proud of everything you have accomplished and wish you the best in the future.
Love, Liyah and Rose
CONGRATULATIONS
Abel A. Reyes on your graduation from Trenton Catholic Academy. We are very proud of you and will always love you. Follow your dreams and keep God in your heart.
Love Mom, Dad, Genesis & Sofia
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CONGRATULATIONS,
Anna Primerano on your graduation from Our Lady of Sorrows School, Hamilton.
We are so proud of you! Mom & Dad CONGRATULATIONS
Isabel Armstrong
on your graduation from St. Benedict School, Holmdel
I’m so proud of you and look forward to all that lies ahead.
Love you most, Mom
Madison Fitzgerald
St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel
What an amazing 4 years at SJV - I am so very proud of you! Take pride in how far you’ve come, and have faith in how far you can go, but don’t forget to enjoy the journey. I can’t wait to see what’s next for you - the best is yet to come!
Love, Mom CONGRATULATIONS
Louis Anthony Cajas
on your graduation from Manasquan High School, Manasquan. We are very proud of you and wish you a successful future as you follow your dreams.
Love, Mom, Dad, Joseph and David
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CONGRATULATIONS
Nico Giovanni Holliday! We are so proud of you today and always!
Our Lady of Sorrows School
We love you!
Mom, Art, Cali, Louie, Grandma & PopPop Rossi and all your Aunt’s, Uncle’s and cousins. CONGRATULATIONS
Melissa Kelly on your graduation from Mater Dei Prep!
We are incredibly proud of you & know you will do great at Worcester Polytechnic Institute! #AerospaceEnginerring
Love, Mom, Dad & Thomas CONGRATULATIONS
Thomas Kelly on your graduation from Saint Mary School!
We are so proud of the person you have become. Keep reaching for the stars and may the next 4 years at St. John Vianney High School be your best years yet!
Love, Mom, Dad & Melissa
Congratulations
Ali Xavier Pompey! Trenton Catholic Academy
Grandma is so very proud of you and your accomplishments. Keep being GREAT!
Love, Grandma
Catherine Carmeen Rowe Brick Memorial High School
Congratulations Catherine we are so proud of you! Love Mom, Dad & Jonathan
Congratulations to all the
2020 Graduates
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Senior service projects
transcend social isolation, pandemic BY CHRISTINA LESLIE Correspondent
T
he long-standing tradition of Catholic school students performing service projects as their school year draws to a close may have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, but resourceful seniors and their teachers didn’t let current circumstances change that expression of faith. “We had to adjust to activities the students could do from the safety of their homes,” said Dina Fisch “We are etti, coordinator of Christian service in Donovan Catholic High School, Toms the future River. “Some of our students were in full isolation but wanted to know they could generation make a difference.” One outreach that gained momen… We have tum was the exchange of handwritten to be used cards and letters. Donovan Catholic’s performing arts club, a mix of seniors to helping and younger, hosted a luncheon for 110 local veterans last November. Realizing others.” the servicemen and women could use another boost, they sent cards or letters of appreciation. Seniors and younger students also pen-paled with Ugandan students, working with the Yamba Uganda nonprofit in Toms River. “One student shared a family recipe and asked the Ugandan student to do the same,” Fischetti said. A group of Villa Victoria Academy graduates brightened up the lives of senior citizens with their “#MyDearFriend” campaign. The 20 girls in the Ewing school’s “GlamourGals” chapter, once dedicated to giving the elderly makeup and manicures,
Annmarie Donachie of Holy Cross Preparatory Academy, Delran, right, pictured with her sister Bridget, was among the seniors who helped feed the hungry during the pandemic. Courtesy photo
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focused their talents on letter-writing during social distancing. “During the pandemic, we all feel powerless and isolated,” said graduating senior and chapter president Skyler Kellers. “It must be worse for seniors in nursing homes.” She contacted the administration of Preferred Care, Hamilton, and learned that upward of 110 residents could benefit. “I told them I missed them ... and that we will visit them as soon as possible,” said Kellers, who plans to attend Cabrini University in Radnor, Pa., in and start a chapter there. Skyler Kellers and fellow gradCommunity service was uates of Villa Victoria Academy, also present in Delran for seEwing, helped keep more than nior Annmarie Donachie and 110 senior citizens company by her fellow Holy Cross Prepawriting letters. Courtesy photo ratory Academy graduates. Donachie, the school’s National Honor Society president, participated with her classmates in numerous service activities, including sandwich-making and delivery to Camden’s Cathedral Kitchen, creating a video thanking local first-responders, and utilizing the school’s new 3D printer to create personal protective equipment for workers at Temple Health, Philadelphia. “When our second blood drive of the year was canceled,” Donachie explained, “we decided to hold a canned food drive. We set up bins in the school’s carport ... then brought it [food] to the St. Vincent de Paul Society Food Pantry in Burlington.” The senior, who is headed to The Catholic University of America, is proud of the Lancers. “We are the future generation who will run the world. We have to be used to helping others.” Mater Dei Prep senior Christopher Pfirrman aided both his birth and faith families, assisting his parish, St. Mary, Middletown, by altar serving during livestreamed Masses. “I also reached out to my grandparents often to check on them and to lift their spirits, and connected often with my friends virtually [to] talk and support each other,” he said. Pfirrman, bound for Steubenville, Ohio, to attend Franciscan University in the fall, continued, “My faith in God has helped me during this difficult time. My senior year was taken by the coronavirus, but I am happy everyone I know is healthy.”
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months were some of the most difficult to date. “I have never experienced so much loss in a short amount of time, and at times, it was difficult to cope,” he admitted. “However … I learned so much about myself and the people around me. The most vital lesson … was the importance of my classmates … I always had the support of my friends, even if it had to be through a computer screen.” “It is still hitting me hard, that I will never return to Holy Cross [Preparatory Academy] as a student,” Matthew Zeimba said of his Delran high school. The school student president said that he has “learned to cherish … the memories I have made at Holy Cross, with my closest friends, my classmates and my teachers … I will remember [them] for the rest of my life.” Marissa Vizzoni, class valedictorian at Notre Dame High School, learned that “patience is truly a virtue, how to stay connected socially and how to learn remotely … everyone was adjusting to the times, and I had to as well … I also learned how to keep myself focused on school while at home with a million distractions.” “Throughout this whole pandemic, I was reminded of the value of family,” noted Paula Narvaez, a senior at Trenton Catholic Academy, Hamilton Township. “Despite the circumstances, the time spent at home allowed us all to grow closer.” Madison York, eighth-grader in Holy Cross Academy, Rumson, found that learning from home stretched her abilities. “I’ve never been great at learning on computers, but I’ve
learned how to adapt more with virtual learning,” she explained. “The teacher has always helped me more [in person], but being on the computer … I think we’ve done well.” Sacred Heart School eighth-grader James Polashock also found the online format a challenge. The Mount Holly valedictorian said, “I learned to rely on my own thoughts a lot more, because the
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teachers are not right there to answer your question.” At Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, senior Aditi Mehndiratta said the most important lesson she learned was that “I have wasted way too much time fretting about things that truly just have no impact on longterm happiness. At the end of the day, people are all that matter.” Senior Bexy Duarte found that “support from our schools is so important, and my Trenton Catholic Academy family did an amazing job … I believe that without the support of my teachers and school family, I would have struggled a lot more than I actually did during COVID-19.” UPENDED PLANS For many graduates, the coronavirus has altered their college and high school plans for the fall. And it some cases, it has reinforced them – as was the case for Duarte. Though unable to participate in campus summer activities for new incoming students, “COVID-19 and the effects it had on our schools actually increased my desire to become a high “Throughout this whole pandemic, I was reminded of the value of family,” said Paula Narvaez, graduate of Trenton Catholic Academy, Hamilton. Courtesy photo
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James Polashock, eighth-grade graduate of Sacred Heart School, Mount Holly, believes online learning led to more critical thinking. Courtesy photo
school teacher, because I want to be able to help young adults in the future the way that my teachers have helped me.” York had hoped to try out for the cheer team at Red Bank Catholic High School, where she will be a freshman in the fall. In spite of tryouts being postponed, she remains optimistic. She said she’s curious for when she’s older, what she’ll tell people about all she learned during the pandemic. “It’s going to be interesting to tell this story to people who haven’t been through it,” she said. Mehndiratta’s father was one of the earliest serious cases of COVID-19 in New Jersey – and as she watched her father cling to life for two months, the college acceptance letters she had been so eagerly awaiting became secondary. “My dad was rapidly deteriorating at the hospital, and I could not remember what it felt like to care so much about something that mattered so little,” she said. Her father survived, and the entire experience has left her hopeful. “We face even more uncertainty as some of our college campuses may open in the fall while others will not – but … if any group of people could tackle a chaotic future with optimism and resilience, it’s the Class of 2020.” FOCUS ON THE FAITH Along with keeping up with their studies, many in the Class of 2020 used their time in quarantine to deepen their prayer
life and learn more about what it means to have total reliance on God. Vizzoni admitted to questioning her faith after learning about the sudden death of Carolyn Graham, a beloved teacher at Notre Dame. “After many prayers, I was able to accept that I do not know what God has in store, and that I should trust in him,” she recalled. “I had many long talks with my grandmother, who kept reminding me that God was looking out for us and that he listened to our prayers.” Narvaez also used the quarantine time to foster her prayer life. “I was inspired to grow closer to God and to dedicate more time in my relationship with him. Doing so allowed me to find comfort and peace whenever I felt uneasy about something.” She also became more motivated as a student, Narvaez said. “I plan on pursuing a career in nursing, and after seeing how challenging yet incredible it is to be a healthcare provider, I am devoting myself even more.” For Autry, the past few months have been a period of self-reflection in which he “learned a lot about myself and what I am
capable of … I saw a level of resilience in myself I never had to reach before … I’ve also learned how important leadership is during difficult times. Being the president of the school, I focused on relieving the stress my fellow classmates were enduring … As a student government, we dedicated ourselves “After many to bringing joy back into the Notre prayers, I Dame community.” Polashock was able to said that he “grew accept that I spiritually because when I was strugdo not know gling … there was only one person to what God has talk to – God. I also in store ...” grew educationally because I learned to analyze problems more in depth.” Duarte said she aimed to rely on faith “that everything would turn out fine,” and she acknowledged how the Trenton Catholic Academy teachers and counselors played a large role in making themselves available to share comments, questions and concerns, and saying prayers at the beginning of each virtual class. “It set a great mood for the rest of our virtual time together,” Duarte said. “Checking up on one another motivated us all to keep working hard, and to continue to take our classes and education seriously.” “I feel like I have grown a lot because of the [pandemic],” Ziemba reflected. “Being stuck in quarantine, not being able to go places or see friends, has really affected me and others mentally. However, overall I believe … I became more of an optimist. I have grown spiritually as well; I have been praying much more frequently … I pray that we all get through this Madison York of Holy Cross Academy, Rumson, wonders extremely painful and difficult how she will relay graduating during COVID. Courtesy photo time together.” June 2020 THE MONITOR MAGAZINE 23
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