May 2020
A CLOSER LOOK
Carroll Educators Find Creative Ways to
Engage Lions Through Distance Learning
As we navigate this public health crisis together, our faculty and administration
continues to demonstrate our culture of pride and academic excellence through distance learning. We find strength in our commitment to continue providing quality education to young people. Principal É lana Gilmore shares her insights as she guides educators and the student body. Click here to read the article.
Student Spotlight
Meet the Valedictorian and Salutatorian
for the Graduating Class of 2020!
Our Valedictorian, Paula Valenzuela , leads the class with a quiet intensity. Never one to say much, she has been an excellent student since arriving on campus. A member of the Archbishop Carroll High School Chapter of the National Honor Society, graduating with a 4.30 GPA, Paula is more than a great student. She loves to write and values her time on the ACHS softball team as her greatest Carroll memory. She regularly helps students with their coursework and they consider her to be nurturing and empathetic. 

Upon enlisting in the United States Air Force, Paula will pursue a career in intelligence.
Our Salutatorian, Angel Bilal, bleeds Carroll Green and Gold. A second-generation Lion, Angel graduates having touched each aspect of our community: she is a top scholar, an accomplished athlete, and a vital contributor to our music department. Angel is well-loved by both faculty and her fellow students, leading with boundless positivity and an endless commitment to excellence. 

Graduating with a cumulative 4.12 GPA, Angel will attend Elon University and major in Astronomy. She has plans for a career at NASA.
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY
ACHS & Catholic Charities aired on Fox5DC
to help with food distributions.
The pandemic has caused many to go hungry in our area, and that is why we were out in full force today, not only providing meals but food for the soul.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Thank you for an incredible day of generosity, Lions. Your support on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 for GivingTuesdayNOW will help to provide for our students and move Archbishop Carroll High School forward during this challenging time.

We truly are stronger together.
ATHLETICS
ACHS eSports Team Leads the Way to Victory
Congratulations to our eSports Team for winning the Fall 2019 DC Rocket League Championship!
IN THE NEWS
In President Larry Savoy's closing remarks to the members of Archbishop Carroll’s class of 2020, he noted the tradition of graduates receiving a cross from the school.

“It’s a symbol to everyone that shows you are a child of God, and that you are working to make sure you are a beacon of hope that this world needs,” he said.

Savoy expressed appreciation to the Catholic high school’s faculty and staff for their efforts to continue providing an education to the school’s students this spring while campuses were closed due to the coronavirus restrictions.

Noting Archbishop Carroll’s mission statement which emphasizes providing students with a college preparatory education and also fostering the growth of their faith so they can love and serve God and others, Savoy said, “We completed that mission for the class of 2020. We told those families as they entered for their 9th grade year that we will prepare your young people for college and the world after, and we have done that.”

Savoy noted that 100 percent of the 77 graduating seniors in Archbishop Carroll High School’s class of 2020 have been accepted into college.

“We are continuing to change the trajectory of young people’s lives,” he said.

Carroll’s president emphasized that even though they couldn’t be together with students due to the coronavirus preventive measures, “We want you to understand we’re wrapping our arms around you because we care.”

Moments earlier Savoy had noted, “You may be a little down, and I totally understand that feeling because I would have loved to have been with you,” but he added, “the love of God fills this room.”

As he closed his remarks, Savoy offered a challenge for Archbishop Carroll High School’s graduating seniors. “Class of 2020, I challenge you to go out and serve God with a purpose,” Savoy said. “Make sure you are advocating for the one who doesn’t have a voice. Make sure you are changing the world for good.”
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