Sixty-six students received their red cord during the April 9 Mass, which is over a third of the senior class. Seniors Thien-An Nguyen and Ella Feliciano both submitted over 700 hours of service in their four years of high school. Senior Austin Shumsky also broke 600 hours submitted, reaching slightly less than 700 hours of service.
The red cord is a symbol of achievement, worn over a senior’s robes at graduation, given to students who performed more than 300 hours of Christian service during high school.
Campus Minister Kelly Allen said she was impressed by this year’s number of seniors receiving their cord.
“Twenty more students got their red cord than last year, and this class is so much smaller than previous classes, so that’s part of why I am super impressed,” Allen said. “This class got significantly more than the last years, with a smaller group.”
Allen also hopes to one day see an entire graduating class with red cords.
“It would be something that would be amazing to see,” Allen said. “It would probably require spending part of your summer doing work, spending a lot of time on your weekends, like it does for the people who got this.”
The senior class submitted over 34,000 hours of Christian service over their four years, with more still being input. With the minimum required service hours to graduate being 90, the average service hours gotten by a senior was much higher than the minimum.
Although the deadline for seniors submitting service hours has passed, the portal for other grades to view or submit their service hours can be found here.
