Nazareth Academy Student of the Week: Katherine Cullinan

Submitted by Nazareth Academy.

La Grange Park, IL - Katherine Cullinan has been named the Nazareth Academy Student of the Week. She is a member of the class of 2015, of Gower Middle School, Woodridge.

“Katherine is an outstanding leader in Youth Initiative, Snowball and Diversity Club. She is smart, responsible, mature and someone I can always count on to step up.” Mrs. Kokontis, Youth Initiative

Q&A with Katherine

Three words that best describe you:
Leader, vibrant, dynamic

How are you involved at Nazareth?
EPICS, Snowball, Freshman Orientation, Youth Initiative, Diversity Club, Roadrunner Club, World Languages Club, NHS, NEHS, Manager of Girls Cross Country and Track teams.

What’s your favorite thing about Nazareth?
I love getting to school at 6:50 a.m. and watching as Naz awakens and slowly fills with energy. The little things make me happy — telling ghost stories in English, meditating in Religion, conversations with teachers. Joining Youth Initiative as a freshman broke me out of my shell and helped me develop a passion for leadership.

What are your post high school plans?
I would like to study psychology and later work in a pediatric psych unit, be a school psychologist or work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.

Please choose one of Nazareth’s Four Pillars (Scholarship, Service, Spirit, Unity) and describe what it means to you
Scholarship means being an engaged and innovative learner, always striving to understand. It means pushing myself beyond my comfort zone and not being afraid of asking questions, being wrong or sounding silly. It means never using fear of failure as an excuse to not try.

What’s one thing people might not know about you?
I am left handed and was born on International Left Handers’ Day.