Five Blessed Sacrament students, including one 8th grader, two seventh graders, and two sixth graders are the winners of the Ann Love Greene $500 awards. The awards are given to 5 students who show promise in the arts, including fine arts, choral and instrumental music, drama, poetry, or literature. These awards were created in 2004 by Mr. Edward Greene and his children, in memory of their wife and mother. Students are nominated by their teachers, and in addition to the monetary awards, their names are inscribed on a plaque which hangs in the school's lobby.
Eighth grade winner Amiel Lumbre was nominated by numerous teachers for his art work, most particularly, "The Hand of Life," which he created as part of the 8th grade English class study of the award winning book Night, by Elie Weisel depicting the author's questions about faith after spending time in a Nazi concentration camp. This piece of art shows a hand created of bodies, stretching to the sky, and upon a closer look, the viewer can see a faint tatoo on the arm, denoting a concentration camp victim.
Other winners included Brendan Egan, Caitlin Donahue, Grace McGill, and Jeffrey Thomas.
$500 was also awarded to John Mullally who won the Monsignor Duffy C.A.R.E Award which is given to the student who best exemplifies Blessed Sacrament School's C.A.R.E. values of courtesy, acceptance, and respect for everyone during their entire tenure at the school. The winner is elected by his peers, and his/her name is inscribed on a plaque which hangs in the lobby next to the Ann Love Greene Award plaque.
The Joan Devine Writing Award was awarded to two eighth graders; Amiel Lumbre, and Camille Bowe. This $100 prize is given to a boy and a girl who best answer a question about their Blessed Sacrament experience in an in-class essay. An outside panel of judges reads the essays and makes a determination about the winners. This prize was created and originally funded by parents of alums from the classes of 2003 and 2004 in honor of Joan Devine upon her retirement as an English teacher. Honorable mentions were awarded to: Ana Hagerup, Claire Donnellan, Emmet Cochetti, and Michael Fernicola.
If anyone has any questions about Blessed Sacrament's awards, or is interested in creating an award, please email Nancy Ryan in the Development Office at
nryan@blessedsacramentdc.org.
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