Saint Dominic Academy Dance Team is State Champion

Saint Dominic Academy Dance Team is State Champion

Jersey City, March 13 – On February 25, 2012, the Saint Dominic Academy Dance Team became the New Jersey State Champion when they were victorious in the varsity pom division of the New Jersey State Dance Championships held at Monroe Township High School.  The annual championship is sponsored by the New Jersey Cheerleading and Dance Coaches Association, which is recognized as the official cheerleading and dance association of the state by the NJSIAA.  Saint Dominic Academy bested fifteen other participating dance teams.

            The week following their victory, the team traveled to the National Dance Alliance National Championships in Orlando, Florida, where they were a national finalist.  They finished 10^th out of 30 competing schools in the medium varsity pom division.

            Earlier in the season, SDA seniors Alexandra Marrero of Cliffside Park and Shada Paula of Union City were inducted into the prestigious All State Dance Team.  Both girls are finalists for the NJCDCA Senior Scholarship Award which will be presented in May.

            In addition to Marrero and Paula, other dance team members include Samantha Gonzalez, a senior from Bayonne, junior Marciella Quintanilla of North Bergen, and Taylor Siebel of Bayonne, Taylor Best of Jersey City, and Tori Fortunato of Belleville, who are all sophomores. Freshmen Brittany Angrosina, Monica Feijoo and Gillian Johnson, of Bayonne, Kadira Johnson of Jersey City,  and Francesca Quintanilla and Elizabeth Doody, both of North Bergen are also team members. 

            The dance team is coached by Saint Dominic Academy alumna Marie Pompeo-Maffia, class of 1979.  She is assisted by fellow alumna Amanda Herring, class of 2006.

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.