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Growing up in Brazil, Stela Ishitani Silva had an early curiosity about exploring the heavens. As a teenager, her interest morphed into how the universe worked and the field of astrophysics.
When: May 27, 10 a.m.
Where: Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Rd., Alexandria
This senior is known for her academic excellence, integrity and having the perfect cookies for every occasion.
Nina Baker, a seventh grader at Our Lady of Hope School in Potomac Falls, holds a sign of thanks after collecting more than 100 pounds of spices to donate to a food bank in Sterling. She worked with diocesan Catholic Charities and the school community to organize the drivers for her confirmation service project.
The end of any academic year comes with accomplishments to look back on, yet for 2020-21 perhaps the most significant feat diocesan schools achieved was turning the extraordinary into the mundane.
WASHINGTON — The same day the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a Mississippi appeal of a lower court's decision to strike down the state's 15-week abortion ban, it dismissed suits against a Trump administration Title X policy.
Pamela Medina co-founded the Daughters of Christ club to help young women get closer to God through community.
A bill that would amend federal civil rights laws to establish a new classification for gay and transgender rights has sparked concern across the diocese over a long-simmering issue, the intersection of religious liberties and gender ideology — the notion that individuals, not biological sex, determine gender.
Closing up at Shake Shack one night, Zakk Beaulieu saw that his boss was about to throw away 20 extra chicken tenders. He asked if he could make sandwiches with them instead.
This senior loves computers but he’s had his hand in much more.


