Page 128 - Carrollton 2017

For the very first time since its inception in 1922, a Carrollton
senior, Gabriela Lee, was selected as the winner of the
2017 Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart
high school student essay contest. This year, Carrollton
was among 17 other Network schools who participated.
The topic was: How has your participation in Sacred Heart
education, a global network spanning from 1800 to the
present, affected your vision of the world and future? As one
will read in Gabfs essay, she writes on the important role of
silent reflection, also known as Espacio, in her daily life. It is
a practice, which although it took some time getting used to,
she has come to embrace and cherish. She recognizes that
without contemplation and reflection, the daily "hustle and
bustle makes it impossible to piece together the events and
people we experience.. our actions border on meaningless,
our hopes can go unrealized, our world seems pure chaos."
These moments of sacred silence allow her, for a brief time,
to breathe, reflect, and connect with God. Gabi read her
essay at the Cor Unum Liturgy of the AASH Conference-
one of the Conference’s most poignant and meaningful
events. The liturgy honors four extraordinary Sacred Heart
alumnae from around the country along with one Religious of
the Sacred Heart. As many may remember, Miami hosted the
AASH National Conference in 2011.

Gabi was awarded $500, airfare to San Francisco and
lodging with a Sacred Heart family in San Francisco, along
with the honor of reading the essay at the Cor Unum liturgy
in front of hundreds of attendees. She will be attending the
University of Miami Stamps Scholar Program in the fall.

More than 40 Carrollton students participated in the 10th Annual Florida International Chinese Speech and Skit
Contest held on the FIU Maidique Campus competing against 27 other schools and winning many prizes. Level I
Speech: Sienna Orjuela Miranda (3rd grade) won First Place and Nami Chung Vastine (3rd grade) won Third Place. |
Level II Speech: Sabrina Andreu Gonzalez (3rd grade) won First Place; Natalia Cordero (4th grade) won Second
Place and Kaysi Crook (5th grade) and Frances Amat (4th grade) won Third Place. Level III Speech: Serena Collarte
(I I th grade) won Third Place. Level IV Speech: Gabriella Garity (9th grade) won Second Place. Level I Skit: Scarlett;
Lie-Nielsen, Allegra Morales, and Carolina Kadre (2nd grade) won First Place; Valeria Jimenez-Maydon and Isabel
Rodriguez (3rd grade) won Second Place; Emma Filippi and Daniela Hernandez (2nd grade) won Third Place. Level 1
2 Skit: Clarissa Choissone and Sabrina Andrew Gonzalez (3rd grade) won First Place and Natalia Garcia-Hanna,
Alessia Garcia-Amandi and Kaitlin Johnson (5th grade) won Second Place.