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During Spring 2025, Cathedralites participated in courses, clubs, competitions, speaker events, and hands-on field trips related to careers in business, finance, and law.

Dancing through the Decades, our 120th anniversary celebration, was an unforgettable display of sisterhood across generations of Cathedralites, thanks to our talented student performers and wonderful alumnae and guests!

When Cathedralites come together, neither graduating year nor branch can keep them from sharing fond memories and making special new ones! We especially honored the Classes of 1970 and 1975 on their 50th (and belated 50th) anniversary years.

Enjoy reading a few class notes from CHS almunae of many generations, then submit your own for the chance to be featured on our website!

Talent and creativity have remained quintessential characteristics of Cathedralites throughout our school’s long history. In honor of this, current students collected and compiled the following articles, poems, and more from our archives!

On June 4th, the CHS community gathered in St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor the Class of 2025, to celebrate their academic and extracurricular achievements, and to recognize their growth into young women of faith and character.

Leah V. and Karis L. are the Class of 2025 Valedictorian and Salutatorian! Both are daughters of immigrants, and both will pursue studies in healthcare and medicine this coming fall.

Bishop Joseph Espaillat, a Dominican-American Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, recently received a warm welcome at Cathedral High School! He shared a powerful message with the Enliven Club, encouraging students to “enliven the body of Christ and the world.”

Students, faculty, and staff gathered together with joy and enthusiasm to celebrate a very successful school year and honor student achievements. The joyful celebration ended our year with the same excitement and optimism that it began with!

As a Cathedralite, Amanda Mercado ’22 was a co-moderator of the World Youth Alliance Club for three years. Recently, she was awarded the prestigious Viktor Frankl Award by the World Youth Alliance as the North American recipient!

Last month, we were deeply honored to welcome esteemed guests Dean G. Marcus Cole of the University of Notre Dame Law School and Dean Martijn Cremers of the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. Deans Cole and Cremers shared their personal stories of perseverance and trust in God’s long term plans for their lives and emphasized the value of Catholic education.

We were so blessed to welcome Dr. Felicia Snead ’86 to Cathedral this week to speak to Health classes about her experience studying medicine to become a radiation oncologist! Dr. Snead’s story is an outstanding example of faith, grit, resilience, and determination. She shares that “anything hard is worth working hard for.”

Airman Sharon Villacres-Baracaldo ’18 competed against 11 other competitors from Air Force bases across the U.S. in the Salute Hospitality Epicurean Faceoff (SHEF). Her Salmon Chorizo Medley with a Creamy Chorizo Tomato Sauce wowed the judges, and she was awarded the first place prize! 

We are so delighted to celebrate Cathedral High School alumna and benefactor, Ursula Burns ’76! Ursula was featured in the Wall Street Journal in an article highlighting CEOs who "start[ed] at the bottom of a company and climb[ed] to the very top.”

Many people spend a lifetime trying to discover what they’re passionate about; Akaysha Palmer ’18 found her love for public service and passion for diplomacy as a Cathedralite! Akaysha’s story can inspire current students to set out boldly into their next adventures.

Seniors cheered on the freshman class on Welcome Day as they walked up the stairs for the first time as Cathedralites. The day ended with a special bonding activity in each of the freshman homeroom groups.

Ms. Aybar, our new Principal, hosted a Meet and Mingle event a couple of weeks ago to connect with the Cathedral community; it was a sweet success!

We were honored to welcome His Eminence Cardinal Dolan for a blessing of our new school home!

Mock Trial Update / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Classroom Visit / Association of Latino Professionals for America Career Day / Junior Achievement Job Shadow Day and Women Professionals Forum