Compass Points: News and updates from Xaverian

Sticker Famous

Project raises funds for Art Program

Amanda Driscoll ’23, who designed the sticker, top right. Lauren Mendoza ’22 created the bottom right sticker. “Seeing others take notice of my piece of Xaverian Art was one of the best moments.” Ninth grader Amanda Driscoll was all smiles as she spoke of the sticker project she participated in with 10 other members of the Art Club last spring with moderator and art teacher Mr. John Hendrick. In order to raise money for the Art Program at Xaverian, Driscoll and her peers designed stickers to sell at the Seventh Annual Student Art Show, held last May 28. The results were a success, as Amanda was able to showcase her artistic talent on one of the stickers chosen to go to print. In total, the stickers raised more than $1,000 for the Art Program at Xaverian, along with the fame of being “sticker famous” — as Amanda has noted that she has “seen them on laptops and iPads throughout the building, which is pretty cool.”

Mr. Hendrick remarked that the project was one that “helped promote student artwork in a cool and collectible way. Stickers and pins are all the rage amongst teens today — take one look at an iPad and it’s covered in these kinds of stickers. I hope to include more students and more stickers this upcoming year!”

LOCAL LIVE PARTNERSHIP

Xaverian is happy to announce the free live streaming of many sports, music and arts events this year. If you are unable to join us in person, you may watch live online or access the recording on-demand, anytime. Show your colors no matter where you are!

It’s easy.

Just go to https://locallive.tv/xaverianhs Click on your event, and enjoy.

Enjoy the Action No Matter Where You Are

• Games/events are streamed live and for free. • Everything is recorded and available for replay. • Watch on laptops, tablets and smartphones.

Help: If you have questions or need assistance with video streaming, please contact LocalLive at (877) 355-6225 or support@locallive.tv.

cheerleading

by the numbers

1st Place

for our Varsity Cheerleaders among Brooklyn/Queens schools.

$10,000

Amount of money raised to date.

3Cheerleaders,

Lauren Savelli ’20, Mia Sanabria ’20 and Veronica McNally ’21 (pictured right) and 1 Coach, Erin Fitzgerald, cut their hair to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital during last year’s Clip The Clippers.

10 Charities

The squad donates to in 10 months a specific charity each month, and sets its monthly bake sales on raising money and awareness for each cause.

30

girls, combined between JV and Varsity, are in the honors program!

10 graduating Cheerleaders, 9 Originals

with the exception of Amayah Domingue ’20, who joined in sophomore year, the graduating Cheerleaders have paved the way. They are the Originals! (Not pictured: Kinga Lewandowska ’20)

SPANISH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

This past fall, more than 60 students were inducted into Xaverian’s first Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, a globally recognized Spanish Honor Society. For the Clippers inducted, it meant more than just receiving a certificate or being able to enhance a college resume. “A society such as this will open up doors for those students to actually have reallife experiences,” said faculty member, foreign language department member and moderator of the Society, Ms. Nancy Hilbert.

Mrs. Hilbert remarked that through volunteer projects, her students will be able to engage in the language through the eyes of service. As such, students in the Honor Society have dedicated their time and efforts to the Centro Paso organization, a non-profit that directly gives aid to the people of Puerto Rico.

Senior Kene Nzelu ’20 stated that the best part about being a member of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica was “having the ability to raise money for those in need while learning even more about the language and culture that we have studied in school.”

Class of 2019

Congratulations!

With over $50 million in scholarships and more than 38,000 hours of service, the Class of 2019 proved itself to be rich in the Xaverian hallmarks of excellence, compassion and zeal. Congratulations to the Class of 2019! While they may be away from 7100 Shore Road, let them always know that they have a home at Xaverian.

A Partial List of COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES:

Boston University Davidson College Emory University Georgetown University Johns Hopkins University Lafayette College Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Marquette University New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin Conservatory of Music Princeton University Purdue University Rensselaer Polytechnic University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Miami University of Notre Dame University of Southern California Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic and

State University Yale University

SHAPING A NEW XAVERIAN

“As a class, the last of its kind, we have helped redefine the standards of this family, standards that now require more determination, more prestige, and more resilience from every person. We helped shape a new Xaverian by persisting to be the best version of ourselves in everything we do: in our relentless studying through those sleepless nights of stress, in the sweat and pain of those grueling and exhausting practices under the blazing sun, in those long, nerve-wracking hours anticipating performance in concerts and tournaments, and in every other act inherent in all the talents of everyone in this room. As we approach the end of an era, we’ve not only left our mark on the Xaverian legacy, but we created our own. We built ourselves into the best and last brotherhood that will ever pass through Xaverian. We’ve accomplished this because we refused to become complacent, because we did not break in the midst of discouragement, because we always strived to be more, despite the obstacles of adversity that we all carry, every day in our lives. Xaverian has been and will always be an invitation to rise, to rise beyond the limitations of our situations, and beyond the limitations we put on ourselves.“ — Adam Bruzzese ’19, New York University Presidential Scholar, Farewell Address

Lawrence Chen ’19, Valedictorian. Lawrence is a National Merit Scholarship Winner, as well as a Gates Scholar. He is attending Princeton University this fall.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

SENIOR BBQ

Two new senior traditions were born with the Class of 2019: a special pancake breakfast (served by the administration) on Spirit Day, and a Senior Farewell BBQ on their last day of Graduation Practice, held at our home field, Aviator.