Oksana Nagornuka ’10 was the sole SG winner of
‘My mom saying, ‘I love you’’
a gold Latin Exam award following national testing An essay by West Resendes ’08 about his journey from a hearing-
earlier this year. Nagornuka impaired child to admittance to Harvard University was published by
missed only three items out of the Providence Journal on June 18. Resendes, the first hearing-impaired
40 in the Latin 1 exam, scoring student to graduate from St. George’s, received two cochlear implants in
a 37. The national average was his youth—one at age 6 that failed, and one at age 9 that succeeded,
28. Twenty-four other SG allowing him to “hear” for the first time.
students took multilevel “In 1999 I heard successfully when my speech processor was acti-
exams, with 12 others receiv- vated,” Resendes, of Middletown, R.I., wrote. “My mom saying, ‘I love
ing awards. Jennifer Noesen you,’ was the first thing that came into my once-silent ears. I wept
Oxy Nagornuka ’10
received a magna cum laude because of the pain of the sound flooding the previously unused ears
award for answering 31 questions correctly on the and, simultaneously, because of the joy that I had finally succeeded in
Latin 1 exam. Hannah Greenwood ’11, Sam my dream.”
Livingston ’10, Sarah Harrison ’09, Jenny Chung ’09, He will attend Harvard University this fall where he hopes to
Diatre Padilla ’09, Maria Gebelein ’10, and Vianca research the possible application of stem cells in regenerating malfunc-
Masucci ’09, received silver maxima cum laude tioning ear tissue in deaf people.
awards; and Esi Ozemebhoya ’11, Katherine Harris Resendes was also the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the
’11, Leiter Colburn ’11 and Jake Riiska ’10 received Seven Castles Club, an organization started in the 1930s by Portuguese
cum laude awards. businessmen on Aquidneck Island. Now 28 members strong, the club
organized a spaghetti dinner at the Middletown Knights of Columbus
Thirteen students competed in the Rhode Island Hall and an auction that raised $3,000, then doled out three $1,000
Academic Decathlon, which celebrated its 25th awards to local students of Portuguese descent who wrote inspiring
anniversary with a day-long competition among 21 essays. “The committee was quite impressed with his letter,” club direc-
public and private high schools on the Knight Cam- tor Alfred Alneida said of West’s application.
pus of the Community College of Rhode Island on For more on West’s journey, see his chapel talk published on page 14.
March 9. The SG team came in eighth overall in
Rhode Island. The players in the group included
Leigh Archer ’09, Jenny Chung ’09, Eliza Foster ’08,
Juan Flores ’08, Sarah Harrison ’09, Justin Hoffmann
’09, Logan Hoover ’09, Brian Lowry ’08, Ellie Myers
’08, Johnny Norfleet ’09, Diatre Padilla ’09, Laney
Yang ’10 and Si Min Yun ’09. History Department
Chair Deb Foppert served as advisor.
The library terrace on a mid-spring evening
’08
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provided the backdrop for students in Betsy Durn-
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ing’s Acting Craft class as they staged public perform-
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ances for their final exam on May 19. Seniors Alia
THR
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Eads, Hailey Feldman and Will Mason performed OF
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selections from Christopher Durang’s “Canker Sores
And Other Distractions.” Magdalena Franze-Soeln
COURTES
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’11 and Jake Shimmel ’10 showed off their talents in a
PHOT
portion of William Borden’s “Jumping” and Allie
Izzy Evans ’09, Molly Boyd ’10, Kathryn Connor ’08, Allie Boynton ’08, Alia
Barrows ’10 and Oxy Nagornuka ’10 performed a
Eads ’08, Tori Hensel ’08 and Ping Praneeprachachon ’10 got to meet U.S. Sen.
portion of Wendy Maclaughlin’s “Watermelon Boats.” Hillary Rodham Clinton during a presidential campaign stop in Rhode Island.
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