IHA's 2022 Honors Convocation celebrates students' outstanding scholastic achievements.
Immaculate Heart Academy’s 2022 Honors Convocation was held on the morning of Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Miss Kerry Carroll’04, IHA principal, welcomed the Immaculate Heart community and led the students and faculty in an opening prayer. She was followed by Meghan Minogue’23 (of Hillsdale), IHA’s National Honor Society vice president, who congratulated the student body on their hard work and encouraged them to continue to strive for academic success.
Accompanied by Mr. Jason Schlereth, IHA president, and Mrs. Maureen Layng, assistant principal for academics, Mrs. Alice Rogers P’07, ’09, ’13, assistant principal of students, announced the sophomores, juniors, and seniors who earned Distinguished Honors and Honors for their work during the 2021-22 academic year. Distinguished Honors certificates were presented to 56 students who earned averages of 95% or better in both semesters, and Honors certificates were presented to 208 students who earned averages of 90% or better in both semesters.
Left to right: Lauren Grae’23 of Ridgewood, Meghan Minogue’23 of Hillsdale, Kate Menake’23 of Bloomfield, and Marie Baldwin’23 of Ringwood.
Mrs. Maureen Layng, assistant principal for academics, then presented several collegiate book awards to seniors in addition to The Promising Young Scientist Award and Academic Distinction awards to IHA juniors:
The University of Rochester’s Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award
Meghan Minogue’23 of Hillsdale
The University of Rochester’s Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
Kate Menake’23 of Bloomfield
The University of Rochester’s Xerox Award
Lauren Grae’23 of Ridgewood
University of Rochester’s George Eastman Young Leaders Award
Marie Baldwin’23 of Ringwood
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medalist Award
Emma Dillane’23 of Verona
Adrianna Uykan'24 of Clifton is awarded IHA's 2022 Promising Young Scientist Award.
The Promising Young Scientist Award recognizes an outstanding junior who had the highest cumulative GPA in science and has expressed an interest in continuing her study of science at the university level. Congratulations to this year’s recipient, Adrianna Uykan’24 of Clifton.
In recognition of the extraordinary rigors of the curriculum, IHA believed it was essential to honor the junior students with in-house awards for academic distinction. These awards recognize students who have excelled in the following subject matters through a combination of academic excellence, superior skill, and genuine interest in the subject area. Congratulations to:
Social Studies: Kiera Stevenson’24 of Old Tappan
English: Rose Martin’24 of Woodcliff Lake
Science: Hannah Hart’24 of Upper Saddle River
Communications: Lily Schwedhelm’24 of Little Ferry
Art: Bryana Saenz’24 of Garfield
Performing Arts: Maeve Murray’24 of Pearl River, NY
Physical Education: Meaghan Keating’24 of Montvale
Spanish: Sophie Morales’24 of Little Ferry
French: Elizabeth Ogden’24 of Monroe, NY
Italian: Ella Crane’24 of Wayne
Mathematics: Ellie Kim’24 of Allendale
Theology: Casey McGrath’24 of Park Ridge
Left to right: Katherine Deane’23 of Highland Mills, NY; Emma Dillane’23 of Verona; Lauren Grae’23 of Ridgewood; Noelle Haskell’23 of Oradell; Layla Libanan’23 of New Milford; Kate Menake’23 of Bloomfield; Meghan Minogue’23 of Hillsdale; and Johanna Murphy’23 of Ridgewood
Finally, IHA is proud to have eight seniors who were named Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit® Scholarship Program, who were announced at the 2022 Honors Convocation. Congratulations to:
Katherine Deane’23 of Highland Mills, NY
Emma Dillane’23 of Verona
Lauren Grae’23 of Ridgewood
Noelle Haskell’23 of Oradell
Layla Libanan’23 of New Milford
Kate Menake’23 of Bloomfield
Meghan Minogue’23 of Hillsdale
Johanna Murphy’23 of Ridgewood
Will you be a member of IHA’s Class of 2027?
Sunday, October 23rd
11 a.m.-2 p.m
Thursday, October 27th
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
* Walk-ins are welcome *
Founded in 1960, Immaculate Heart Academy is an all-girls Catholic regional high school of the Archdiocese of Newark presently celebrating its 62nd year. A Blue Ribbon School, IHA enrolls approximately 700 girls in a competitive college preparatory program from more than 100 towns in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Hudson and Essex counties in New Jersey and Rockland and Orange counties in New York. Over the years, IHA has continually grown and evolved, fortifying its academics, activities and facilities to prepare students for further education, and for the enhancement of society through their personal, professional and spiritual gifts. Immaculate Heart Academy is located at 500 Van Emburgh Ave., Township of Washington, NJ.
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