Mount Saint Dominic Academy Student Receives SFIC Academic Excellence Award

Mount St. Dominic Academy Senior, Emily O’Connor ‘15, received the The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) Investors Bank Academic Excellence Award, Head of School, Sr. Fran Sullivan, O.P. ‘60 announced.

Miss O’Connor was awarded the SFIC Investors Bank Academic Excellence Award at the SFIC High School Basketball Festival at Kean University that took place January 2, 2015. The award was presented to one student-athlete from each team who has achieved academic excellence in the classroom as a member of the Varsity basketball team.

Pictured L to R: Gerry O’Connor, SFIC Executive Director

Jerry Aquino, Mount St. Dominic Academy Coach

Emily O’Connor, Mount St. Dominic Academy senior

Casey McIntyre, St. Dominic Academy senior

John Hester, St. Dominic Coach

Bill Fitzpatrick, SFIC Trustee 

Mount Saint Dominic Academy, established by the Sisters of St. Dominic in Caldwell, New Jersey, is a Catholic college preparatory school, dedicated to the education of young women from a variety of ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds. Since 1892, The Mount has been empowering young women in the Dominican tradition. For more information about Mount Saint Dominic Academy, visit www.msdacademy.org.

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