Page 24 - Paduan Fall 17

Juniors & Seniors Receive Italian Awards For many years the Italian American Cultural Foundation, the Southwest Italian American Club, the Italian American Brotherhood Club and the Sante Catholic Union have sought to promote the Italian language program at Padua Franciscan by sponsoring a number of awards for students taking Italian. Te following four students are the winners of an essay contest in which students read one of the books donated by these organizations and wrote an essay on the Italian-American experience: Olivia Manocchio ’17 – $1,000 award ($500 for the top prize at Padua and $500 for top student among all students/schools participating.)Hanna Ross ’17 - $300 awardLynsey Wallace ’17 - $200 awardJoseph Diliberto ’17 - $100 awardReceiving this year’s Italian Language Awards: Bianca Frech ’17 - $250 award Zachary Litwinowicz ’17 - $250 awardOlivia Manocchio ’17 - $250 awardHanna Ross ’17 - $250 awardTe recipient of the Brigida Bianco Award (given by the Noi Foundation in Detroit):Alexandra DiPaolo ’17 First Place recipient: Miranda Dorsey ’18 - $300 award Honorable Mention recipient:Shauna Connelly ’18 - $100 awardStudents Travel to GermanyEight students, Frau Kuvin, and Mrs. Remington spent six days in Osnabruck, Germany with the students from our sister school, Ursulaschule. Tey even went to their Prom (called Abiball). Tey travelled to Hamburg, Bremen, Munich, Salzburg, Bavaria, Heidelberg and Frankfurt. Te students visited Dachau, a former concentration camp; Neuschwanstein (Disney Castle); and went up into the Alps. Te next opportunity to travel to Germany will be in June 2019. 24