Baccalaureate Mass & Awards
Baccalaureate Mass & Awards — 2026
Photos from Graduation Weekend
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Jameson Fitzpatrick
Baccalaureate Speaker
Jameson Fitzpatrick is the vice president of the Class of 2026. While at Cheverus, he was a three-year member of Key Club and Best Buddies. He is a member of the National Honor Society. He was a three-year retreat leader, including Kairos.
Fitzpatrick was a four-year member of the varsity basketball team. He was named to the All-State Rookie Team his sophomore year and SMAA All-Second Team his junior year. He was a three-year member of the golf team and won a state championship his senior year. He was a two-year member of the outdoor track team.
Outside of school, Fitzpatrick served as a camp counselor at the Cheverus basketball camp each summer of high school.
Fitzpatrick is the son of Marsha and Christopher Fitzpatrick of Cumberland. He will attend University of Maine at Farmington, where he will play basketball.
Lainey Trieu
Salutatorian
Lainey Trieu is a member of the National Honor Society, an AP Scholar, a National Merit Finalist, and a U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist. She received the Harvard Book Award junior year.
While at Cheverus, Trieu was a four-year member of the Math Team, serving as captain her senior year. She was the president of her class her sophomore and junior year.
The summer before her senior year, conducted research and wrote a research paper as part of the High School Summer Internship, UC Davis Young Scholars Program.
She is a violinist and was recognized with the Maine Music Educators Association District 2 Orchestra her freshman, sophomore, and junior years and was accepted into the All-State Orchestra her freshman and senior years. In the tenth grade, she was 2nd chair in Portland Youth Junior Orchestra.
Trieu was a four-year member of the varsity cross country team. Outside of school, Trieu is a member of the North Atlantic Figure Skating Club where she skates and serves as an instructor. She is also a member of the Corps de Ballet in the Company and a teacher at Maine State Ballet.
Trieu is the daughter of Jackie Nguyen and Huy Trieu of Freeport. She will attend Johns Hopkins University in the fall..
Baccalaureate Awards:
- Abraham S. and Fannie B. Levey Award: Brian Kubwimana
- Adam Worth Sherlock Memorial Award: Grace Beeler
- Amable A. Caron and Vivian Caron Scholarship: Connor St. George
- Baccalaureate Speaker: Jameson Fitzpatrick
- Carrol M. Rines Sportsperson of the Year Award: Anna Goodman, Joseph Adams
- Cheverus Athletic Achievement Award: Anna Kennedy-Jenson, Rachel LaSalle
- Cheverus High School Female Athlete of the Year Award: Kylie Lamson
- Cheverus High School Male Athlete of the Year Award: Evan Metivier
- Elizabeth Gillis Ahern and Leonard F. Ahern Memorial Fund Scholarship: Miguel Rucogoza
- Fr. Joseph Devlin, S.J. Award: Ellie Skolnekovich
- Service in Liturgical Music: Christian Corcoran
- Jeffrey Smith Memorial Scholarship: Rocco Deschambault
- Jimmy Tetrault Award: Isaac Horler
- Lila Grace Sullivan Amirault Scholarship: Christian Corcoran
- Maine Community Foundation Woman's Literary Union Scholarship: Teta Imfura
- Maine Principals' Association Award: Jackson Kayne (Cheverus), Joseph Adams (St. Dom's)
- Maine Seal of Biliteracy: Teta Imfura, Immaculata Liwanga, Ethan Nguyen, Michel Rucogoza
- Maine Seal of Climate Literacy: Phoebe Kibler
- MELMAC Education Foundation Maine Principal's Scholarship: Isaac Horler
- National Merit Finalist: Lainey Trieu
- New England Mathematics League — Certificate of Merit: Ambrose McCullough
- Pierre A. Harnois Outstanding Athletes: Hailey Lamontagne, Matthew Reed
- Police Athletic League Scholarship: Ellie Skolnekovich
- Purple & Gold Performance Award: Joey Pompeo, Stella Hang
- Rev. C. Martin O'Toole Scholarship: Emmerson Peters
- Rev. Philip C. Welch, S.J. Award: Briella Doherty, Benjamin Dumais
- Richard G. Piacentini Scholarship: Hailey Lamontagne
- Robert S. and Elizabeth E. Nanovic Scholarship: Benjamin Dumais, Matthew Reed
- Scarborough Rotary Club Scholarship: Grace Beeler
- Southwestern Maine Swim Officials Association Scholarship: Peter Jones
- Stag Athletic Achievement Awards: Ellie Skolnekovich, Jameson Fitzpatrick
- St. Francis Xavier, S.J. Campus Ministry Award: Jameson Fitzpatrick, Isaac Horler, Teta Imfura, Immaculata Liwanga
- Timothy and Cynthia O'Neil Scholarship: Ian Kubwimana
- William P. Flaherty Scholarship: Emmerson Peters
- Zeb Leavitt Scholarship Award: Evan Metivier
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards
Gold, silver, and bronze awards are based on each teacher's assessment of the student who has performed best and contributed the most to the class. Graduates received their certificates during the Conferral of Diplomas. Congratulations to the students for their hard work.
Gold Awards
Students who achieve academic distinction in three or more classes earn a gold award.
- Anna Goodman — AP English Language , Maine Studies, Statistics
- Alexander Royle — Physics Honors, Strings Honors Independent Study, Theology 12
- Jocelyn Tyler — AP Computer Science Principles, English IV, Pre-Calculus
- Ellia Dick — AP Calc AB, AP Statistics, Introduction to Coding, Marine Biology
- Lainey Trieu — AP Biology, AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, AP Music Theory
Silver Awards
Students who achieve academic distinction in two classes earn a silver award.
- Josephine Dowling–Ingraham — Introduction to Coding and Marine Biology
- Miles Foster — Music Technology and Pre-Calculus
- Dmitri Keene — French 301 and Modern American History
- Anna Kennedy-Jensen — AP Environmental Science and Theology 12
- Meg Kingsley — AP Psychology and Theology 12
- Emme Peters — AP English Language and Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Ellie Skolnekovich — Choir Honors and English IV
Bronze Awards
Students who achieve academic distinction in one class earn a bronze award.
- Joseph Adams — Music and Sound in Film
- Grace Beeler — Theology 12
- Nina Brown — Statistics
- Avery Campbell — Stained Glass Workshop
- Daniel Canas — Introduction to Art
- Leo Chege — Guitar
- Christian Corcoran — AP English Language
- Stella Cowan — Stained Glass Workshop II Honors
- Jordan Drouin — Studio Art I Honors
- Jameson Fitzpatrick — Hispanic Culture and Society
- Olivia Galli — Introduction to Psychology
- Stella Hang — French 301 Honors
- Teta Imfura — Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Jackson Kayne — Digital Photography
- Rowan Keller — Economic Forces in US History
- Phoebe Kibler — Ceramics
- Mick Madden — Guitar
- Alex Nguyen — Ceramics
- Mallorie Petit — Drawing I
- Andrew Pollini — AP English Literature
- Kate Prestes — Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Miguel Rucogoza — French 401 Honors
- Ael Shimirwa — AP Comparative Government & Politics
- Alex Tower — Stained Glass II Independent Study