Scholarship recipients honored at Saint Dominic Academy

Scholarship recipients honored at Saint Dominic Academy

Jersey City, March 5 - Five members of the incoming freshman class at Saint Dominic Academy, Jersey City, were honored at a breakfast on Thursday, February 23, 2012 as the inaugural recipients of academic scholarships in a program based on the Caldwell Dominican tradition.

The Caldwell Dominican Tradition, "To dare, to dream, to envision, to plan and to have the courage to change" is the foundation for the scholarships which are financed by the generosity of donors to the academy's Fund a Scholar program.

An additional benefactor requested that her donation be directed specifically to a qualified student who was hoping to continue her Catholic education in high school.

Alexandra Escobar of Bayonne, a current eighth grader at All Saints Catholic Academy in Bayonne, is the recipient of the Robert James Salmon Continuing Catholic Education Scholarship.

Nita Villas of Jersey City, an eighth grader at the city’s Resurrection School, will receive the "Dare" Leadership Scholarship. Hannah Mercado of Bogota, a student at Woodrow Wilson School in Weehawken, has been awarded the "Courage" Scholarship.

Additional scholarship recipients include Rose Heun of Kearny, an eighth grader at St. Joseph School in Jersey City. After an audition, Heun was chosen to receive the "Dream" Performing Arts Scholarship. Kathryn Marano, a resident of Nutley and a student at the John H. Walker Middle School, has been awarded the "Plan" Math Scholarship. Marano is a legacy; her mother is a 1983 SDA graduate.

The application process was open to any girl who had applied to the Saint Dominic Academy Class of 2016. Along with a good academic record, each scholarship application required that specific criteria be met.

The breakfast in their honor was attended by the scholarship recipients, their families, and honored guests including St. Joseph School principal, Mr. John Richards and Sister Eleanor Uhl, O.P., principal of Resurrection School who had this to say:  “We are honored and thrilled that our Nita, along with these other accomplished young women, received scholarships to Saint Dominic Academy, a faith-filled academic high school.”  SDA Administration was also present and students and their guests were greeted by Saint Dominic Academy Head of School, Mrs. Barbara Griffin. 

Saint Dominic Academy is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory high school for girls, which has been empowering women for leadership in a global society for over 130 years.  Sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Dominic of Caldwell, Saint Dominic Academy is rooted in Christian values and embraces its richly diverse community of learners.  It is located in an historic building at 2572 Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City and on the internet at www.stdominicacad.com.