tvc.dsj.org | June 20, 2017
CATHOLIC
On May 27, Bellarmine College Prep
graduated 410 students. The following
is the list of the major award recipients
for the Class of 2017:
Cardinal Bellarmine Award: Colin
Denzel
The Cardinal Bellarmine Award is
named for the patron of our school:
Saint Robert Bellarmine. It is the high-
est award that our school gives at
commencement and is presented to
that student who has personally in-
corporated the school’s values of faith,
service, leadership and a passion for
justice in every area of contribution to
the school’s life. The recipient of this
award must be one whose personal
character embodies the ideals and goals
of this school.
Valedictory Award: Peter Boen-
nighausen
The Valedictory Award is given to
that student who has achieved academ-
ic success, demonstrated leadership
qualities and has the ability to express
the values of the school as well as the
spirit of his class. The valedictorian
knows his class and his school and
speaks for both at commencement.
Salutatory Award: Conor Linehan
The Salutatory Award is presented
to that student whose contribution to
Bellarmine’s graduating class has been
visible and manifold. He has repre-
sented the spirit of the class through
his manner of living Christian values,
his consistent expression of personal
Bellarmine College Prep Graduates 410 Students
Bellarmine College Prep’s three top award recipients (l-r) Colin Denzel (Cardinal Bellarmine),
Conor Linehan (salutatorian), Peter Boennighausen (valedictorian).
in tegrity, and the multiple ways that
he has embodied the life and spirit of
this class.
Ignatius Loyola Ministry Award:
Miguel Diaz
The Ignatius Loyola Award is named
for the 16th century founder of the So-
ciety of Jesus and presented to the stu-
dent who has not only internalized his
Christian faith significantly but whose
actions have also given overwhelming
evidence of his relationship with God.
He has distinguished himself in his
contributions to Bellarmine’s Campus
Ministry program.
Pedro Arrupe Service Award: Arya
Adibi
The Pedro Arrupe Service Award is
named after the 28 th General Superior
Presentation High School Sees 100 percent
of Graduates Move on to College
On Saturday, June 3 Presentation
High School’s newest class of alumnae,
the Class of 2017 graduated.
This class has been victorious in
the classroom and on the big stage.
Presentation brought home two CCS
championships this year in soccer and
basketball. The school’s dance team
won its third national championship
and the choir was named the top
in the state. The Speech and Debate
team won several national level titles
and the robotics team won a regional
championship.
Eighteen members of the Class of
2017 achieved California Scholarship
Federation’s highest honors and 390
merit and independent organization
scholarships were awarded to the
Class of 2017.
One hundred percent of the Class
of 2017 will attend college in the fall.
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of the Society of Jesus. It is presented
to those students who have worked
generously and effectively to translate
into action our school’s commitment
to the creation of a society more Godly
and just, both in our own San Jose area
and the world.
Jesuit Schools Network Award:
Kian Blewett
The Jesuit Schools Network Award
is presented to that student who is
well-rounded, intellectually competent,
open to growth, religious, loving and
committed to doing justice in generous
service to the people of God.
Rob Suarez Memorial Award: Joa-
quin Schmidt
The Rob Suarez Award honors
that student who has raised our spir-
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its when we have needed it most–in
classrooms and hallways–but more
importantly, by how he has reached
out in private to individual members
of our community–his humor and
compassion bringing hope and a sense
of freedom into the midst of our own
daily struggles. Each year, instead of
choosing a “winner” of the Rob Suarez
Award, Bellarmine chooses a student
to represent all the nameless and often
unnoticed acts of compassion that have
occurred within our community.
Bellarmine Spirit Award: Paolo
Nguyen
The Bellarmine Spirit Award is
presented to that student who embod-
ies our school’s philosophy of vision,
leadership and service within the broad
spectrum of Bellarmine’s co-curricular
activities.
Matteo Ricci Award: Scott Baker,
Joseph Deck, Dylan Doblar, Keo
Lacebal, Michael LaPierre, Ben Ma,
Connor Mack, Arvind Sridhar, Mihir
Trivedi, Alexander Yoo, Roberto Young
The Matteo Ricci award is named
after the 16th century Jesuit mission-
ary who truly embodied the Jesuit
ideal of finding God in all things. This
award is presented to those students
who have contributed in a significant
way to the entirety of Bellarmine’s life.
They have made lasting contributions
to Bellarmine’s broad spectrum of co-
curricular activities and their engage-
ment in the academic program has been
outstanding.
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