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Alverno Students Honor 26 at 'Girls Lead' Awards
"Recognizing young women who are already making their mark in middle school" - Ann Gillick, Alverno Head of School
Alverno High School honored middle school women leaders at the Sierra Madre-based, private girls’ school for the third year in April.
“When we are reviewing applicants for 9th grade, we are frequently amazed by the leadership girls have shown in middle school," Admissions Director Candace Siegle said. "We decided that it fit our mission perfectly to recognize these girls and encourage them to continue the positive roles they are taking in their schools.”
Public, independent, and Catholic middle school administrators from the surrounding area in San Gabriel Valley are asked to nominate a 6th and 7th grade girl for the awards each year.
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“We ask for girls who are making a difference through leadership in the community or their schools,” Siegle said.
This year, twenty six young women were recognized at the school’s award ceremonies on April 19th at the school, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 201-11 school year.
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Keynote speaker Sierra Madre Police Chief Marilyn Diaz has indeed made her mark and inspired other women when she made national news in 2006 as the first female police chief in Los Angeles County.
Siegle quoted Diaz’s address: “I’m inspired by you. The values instilled by your parents and your teachers are the values that will be with you for a lifetime."
Alverno’s own school leaders, 2010-11 Alverno Student Union (ASU) president, Julia Morreale, 2011-12 ASU president Yasmine Ibrahim joined in the award ceremony as announcers, offering their own insights on school leadership to the day’s honorees.
The middle school girls honored and their schools are:
7th Grade: Anora Denison (Assumption of the BVM School), Lindsey Pierson (Barnhart School), Katie Taix (Holy Redeemer Middle School), Sharmin Shanur (New Horizon School), Sabrina Park and Sophia Patino (Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal), Stephany Haro (Sts. Felicitas & Perpetua School), Isabel Diaz (St. Elizabeth of Hungary School),
Jennifer Albino and Marissa Dickey (St. Philip the Apostle School), Jacqueline Hischier (), Natasha Arief (St. Therese School) and Barbara Jimenez (St. Thomas More School)
6th Grade Dominique Pittman (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School), Eleni Daughters (Barnhart School), Monique Geronimo (Holy Angels School), Shelby Rief (Holy Redeemer Middle School), Andrea Acosta and Alysa Cuevas (Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal School), Nicole Lianto (Sts. Felicitas & Perpetua School, Alyson Hartman (St. Luke School), Sarah Bloss and Isabella Salvatierra (St. Philip the Apostle School), Emily Johnson (), Arianna Muñoz (St. Therese School), Rachel Schmidt, (St. Thomas More School).