(Oneida Castle, NY – June 2015) Fourteen students graduated from Holy Cross Academy in Oneida on Friday June 19. They will go on to colleges as close as SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica and as far away as Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale, Ariz. Salutatorian Aaron Dostie will attend the seminary for the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter in Nebraska.
Valedictorian Jessica van Lieshout, who will attend Morrisville State College to study agricultural business, said in her speech, “At the apex of our lessons learned is the undying truth to always keep God as the leading light in our lives. Throughout our journey at Holy Cross, we have come to possess the knowledge that when we pray, God hears more than what we say.
He answers more than we ask. He gives more than we imagine.”