Holy Angels recognizes scholarship recipients and National Merit® Honorees

The Academy of the Holy Angels recognized multiple scholarship recipients during the Oct. 24 Foundation Day celebration.

Senior Grace Cuttita of Glen Rock received the Lorna Ciccarelli and David Cahn Leadership Scholarship for modeling leadership at Holy Angels and within the greater community. Cuttita is a member of the National Honor Society Executive Council and recently became a Eucharistic Minister. She has examined immigration issues on AHA Mission Awareness Process trips to Arizona and southern Texas. Moved by the great needs the witnessed in Texas, Cuttita and her peers organized a successful school-wide footwear collection for the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen.

In keeping with tradition, the finalists and semifinalists for the 2023-24 Sister Mary Nonna Dunphy Scholarships were also announced on Foundation Day.

Nonna Dunphy Scholarship finalists include seniors Olivia Papp of Hawthorne and Elise Tao of Upper Saddle River; juniors Julianna Dail of Saddle River and Taylor Glynn of Hoboken; and sophomores Caitlin Liau of Tenafly and Norah Park of Cresskill. Each finalist received $2,500.

This year’s semifinalists are seniors Mia “Aiko” Chang of Valley Cottage (New York), Hyerin “Ella” Eom of Palisades Park, and Beatrice Gee of Englewood; juniors Sharanya Agarwal of West New York, Alessandra Boncaldo of Stony Point (New York), and Margaret “Molly” Doherty of New City (New York); and sophomores Samantha Dipad of New Milford, Lucia McClure of Wyckoff, and Mina Puma of Fort Lee.

The Academy of the Holy Angels is also pleased to announce this year’s National Merit® Scholarship Program honorees, who include several Commended Students and Angels who received honors in national recognition programs administered by The College Board®.  Each student’s achievement was based on her excellent performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit® Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Commended Students include seniors Aiko Chang of Valley Cottage, New York; Sidney Chung of Cresskill; Emily H. Kim and Natalie Yoo of Englewood Cliffs; Georgette “Gigi” Ochs of Fair Lawn; Olivia Papp of Hawthorne; Elise Tao of Upper Saddle River; and Lauren Tong of Old Tappan.

AHA’s National Indigenous Recognition Program honoree is Genevieve Tuohy (’25) of Cresskill.

Olivia Leys (’24) of Tappan, New York; Ava Taylor (’24) of Cresskill; and Alexandra Fontana (’25) of Nanuet, New York, were honored in the National African-American Recognition Program.

This year’s National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees include seniors Elena Fiorentinos of Cresskill; Sarah Machado of Tappan, New York; Marina Poire of Dumont; Valerie Rey of River Vale; Natalia Ruiz of Fairview; and Victoria Velasco of Woodcliff Lake. Juniors who received NHRP honors include Lily Cossio of Tenafly, Xenaya Medina of Clifton, and Sienna Pacione of Old Tappan.

Featured image: The Academy of the Holy Angels recognized multiple scholarship recipients.