Honors

Seniors: Caroline Acrey, Blake Birmingham, PJ Bujdos, Sarah Carson, Guadalupe Cervantes, Meg Cherry, Ava Culpepper, Rita Elmasry, Maggie Holt, Saranda Prickett, Sophia Roberts, Anna Kate Talbot

 

Juniors: Izzie Playfair, Clara Stefansic, Ellie Schulz, Tessa Stankiewicz, Saba Michael, Maria Placencia, Charlotte Longmuir, Emma Ambarian, Matilda Bennett, Hannah Broderick, Maria Cervantes Bonilla, Claire Claverie, Charlotte Crosslin, Maggie Crosslin, Alle Epstein, Mia Keller, Madeline Nientimp, Annabella Sergio, Aniya Surati, Kirsten Tumanda, Grace Wehby, Mary Nunn, Emily Rodriguez Amaro

 

Sophomores: Mary Cecilia Meier, Romi Kocher, Julia Betbeze, Grace Buckner, Ciara Renaldi, Elsie Betbeze, Maria Wade, Charlotte Hoving, Lilly Anna Cote, Adeline Braul, Georgi Karmo, Mac Miller, Taylor Anne Millican, Bersabell Mikael, Megan Knapp

 

Freshmen: Sarah Bell, Rinny Cioffi, Reese Coster, Sophie Crosslin, Rylan Gibson, Grace Grimes, Margaret Lee, Ania Martinez, Grace Nelley, Sophia Nohrden, Julia Petroni, Eva Stefansic, Althea Stefansic, Caroline Vrettos, Ashley Weber

Alle Epstein and Kirsten Tumanda led their team to raise over $100,000 and named Student Visionaries of the Year. Along with the help of other students, they learned valuable life lessons around leadership, community involvement, and had fun with their friends. Student Visionaries is a philanthropic fundraising campaign where high school students nationwide compete to raise funds for the mission of LLS. This program provides supporters with real-world experience and creates real change!

Eva Stefansic has volunteered close to 200 hours, largely giving that time to her SCA community as a St. Cecilia Dance Academy instructor and a Camp St. Cecilia volunteer, along with volunteering with Christ the King's Vacation Bible School Program and with her alma mater, St. Bernard Academy.

Congratulations, Eva!

Elsie Betbeze, Julia Betbeze, and Georgi Karmo all spent two weeks of their summer volunteering at Camp Sycamore Hills, the largest Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee residential summer camp. They generously gave 90 hours of their summer serving as camp counselors, helping young campers enter the overnight camp experience and facilitating a variety of activities, such as conquering the high ropes course, swimming, engaging in arts and crafts, and more.

Congratulations, Elsie, Julia, and Georgi!

Grace Wehby has volunteered almost 200 hours, serving at Christ the King's Vacation Bible School, Camp St. Cecilia, and Preston Taylor Ministries.

Congratulations, Grace!

Maggie Holt has volunteered over 200 hours, largely giving that time to the many programs facilitated by the Diocese of Nashville, volunteering as a small group leader at two SEARCH retreats, a counselor at Youth Leadership Workshop, and a speaker at the Holy Fire Retreat.

Congratulations, Maggie!

This award honors an outstanding sophomore student who exhibits a special commitment to service in school and the community.

This year’s 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year is a member of multiple academic departments. She received her undergraduate degree from Providence College and began a masters program at the University of Connecticut before she entered the convent. Here she has completed her Masters in teaching from Aquinas College and is also finishing her masters in Thomistic Studies at the Pontifical Institute of the Immaculate Conception. This teacher is a true team player, who is a part of the SCA community both in and out of the building. She helps with Sodality, liturgies, as well as many other school events.  She enjoys spending time helping students whether it be to understand their faith, complete an anatomy lab, or to find their voice.

Please join me in congratulating our 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year: Sister Cecilia Marie.

The High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year is a junior or senior leader in varsity athletics and the classroom. The HS Scholar Athlete of the Year is given to the Junior or Senior with the highest GPA through the first semester of her junior and senior year. This athlete must have played at least two sports to be eligible for the award.

This year’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year is Mia Keller.

Awarded to the junior high athletes that participated in all four seasons of the Harpeth Valley Athletic Conference, they are:

Jacqueline Donahue (volleyball, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, bowling)

Maddie Grover (soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field)

Amelia Hood (cross country, swimming, track & field, soccer)

Rita Mae Krog (cross country, soccer, swimming, track & field)

Jameison Reising (soccer, basketball, volleyball, bowling)

Amelia Sims (volleyball, swimming, lacrosse, soccer)

Rebecca Terry (swimming, diving, lacrosse, volleyball

Ansley Towns (swimming, soccer, lacrosse, tennis)

Jezabelle Wiest (swimming, track & field, soccer, cross country)

This year’s recipient of the Megan Whaley Athlete Award is a two-time honoree: Dalton Vaughn.

The Tri-Sport Athlete Award is given to seniors who have played the same three sports for all four years. We would like to recognize students for their dedication, leadership, and school spirit.

The following Seniors have served for three years and have earned our Harp Pin Award: Adriana Asencio, Blake Birmingham, Sarah Carson, Mae Crowell, Eve Finley, Emma Gaffney, Mia Galassini, Marla Kosinski, Mehetabel Mikael, Isabel Mzumara, Sage Patterson, Cece Phillips, Saranda Prickett, Anna Kate Talbot, Didi Umeukeje, Dalton Vaughn, Rachel Vi, Brooke Wrubel

To be selected Best All-Around, members of the Freshman Class must meet certain criteria. One so honored must, of course, be a good student, not only in grade achieved, but she must also make noteworthy contributions to her classroom atmosphere.

 

Beyond her studies, this freshman must be well involved in some of the many extracurricular activities available at St. Cecilia.

 

In both areas, curricular and extracurricular, our celebrant’s conduct, reinforced by her overall positive attitude, must exemplify honesty, courtesy, helpfulness, and good manners.

 

This year’s celebrant, the faculty say, is an honor to have in class. She is diligent in her work, prepared to take questions, and insightful in her responses!

 

Outside the classroom, this young lady is busy, busy! She is a member of the Student Council, the Chess Club, and has just been elected parliamentarian of Sodality!

That’s not all! She played soccer last fall, basketball this winter, is playing lacrosse currently, and puts in time in the off season improving her skills. Her coaches say that her leadership and maturity are invaluable, and that she is a pleasure to coach!

 

Best All-Around Freshman: Amy Weber.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award is presented each year to the student who has best demonstrated a love of country and good citizenship. She has been selected because she has demonstrated the initiative required for leadership, an attitude of helpfulness and cooperation to serve others and her community, and the characteristics of dependability and patriotism. Her exceptional engagement and coursework in AP Government and AP US History, along with her commitment to the Mock Trial team, cultivating her political knowledge, make her an ideal recipient of this award.

Congratulations, Meg Cherry.

Servant leadership in the community is sometimes referred to as “good citizenship.” The Nashville Civitans are proud to honor some of this area’s most outstanding high school students with their Honor Key Award. The students who receive this award have already excelled as leaders in their high schools and show great potential for doing the same in their adult communities.

 

Girls State is a leadership and citizenship training program the American Legion Auxiliary offers. This year, three of our students have been selected to represent St. Cecilia Academy at Volunteer Girls State this summer.
     

The Daughters of the American Revolution sponsor the Patriots of the American Revolution Essay Contest. In preparation for the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, the DAR contest focuses on the men and women who figured in the events of the American Revolution. Students will find Patriots to write about who will interest and inspire them.

A winner in this year’s essay contest is: Caroline Vrettos.

This year’s Seventh grade Leadership Award goes to Emerson Rose Duke. Emerson Rose is always eager to help and give to her classmates and community any way she can. She is willing to stay after school and lend a helping hand with any task. She is exceptionally respectful, responsible, hardworking, and kind.

The recipient of the Eighth grade Leadership Award is Rita Mae Krog. Rita Mae served as 8th grade representative of student council, participated in the athletics program, and is a leader in the classroom and in cross country and track.  She is an example of academic excellence and virtue.

This year’s Outstanding Freshman Leadership Award goes to Sophie Crosslin. Sophie serves as the freshman class president. Freshman class president can be seen as difficult role; planning the class's first high school spirit week and learning how to lead class meetings can be daunting. However, Sophie's creativity and enthusiasm enabled her to lead her class well with help from her fellow officers. Sophie has been re-elected class president next year and is grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve her peers. 

The recipient of the Sophomore Leadership Award is Gabby Fagin. Gabby is an active member of the Ambassador Board and serves as the secretary of the sophomore class and the secretary of the Baking Club. Teachers and coaches have noted Gabby’s team-player attitude, always stepping up when a hand is needed and being a true ambassador of the school, going so far as to open her home for this year’s French exchange program. Gabby has been re-elected class secretary next year and is looking forward to working alongside her classmates. 

Receiving the Junior Leadership Award is Clara Stefansic. Clara is an active member of the Ambassador Board and serves as the president of the junior class and vice president of the Dance Company. She has been re-elected to these positions for the next school year as well. Clara’s organizational skills, drive, and love for SCA have enabled her to effectively lead her classmates and provide an authentically friendly and reliable sense of support to them throughout the many challenges of junior year. 

The recipient of the Leadership Award for the Senior Class is Maggie Holt. Maggie has faithfully served as a leader of the SCA community in some capacity throughout her four years. Whether as team captain and libero on the volleyball court or as Pep Club president in front of the cheering bleachers, Maggie tries to bring a positive spirit to all things she does. Maggie has also served as a spiritual leader of the community in several ways, representing the school at this summer’s Eucharistic Congress, encouraging participation in Search, and accepting the invitation to share her faith during school events.