[surepip]

We were kind of hoping someone from SVdP might come on here and put up a post about the 3 recent graduates from Southern Catholic College who grew up together attending St Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Dallas.

Thaddeus Morrison IV, Melissa Pizzolato, and Tyrel Lewis have all attended SVdP since it was a small mission church 15+ years ago. They made their First Communion together. They made their Confirmation together. Thaddeus and Tyrel both graduated from Paulding County High School, and Melissa from East Paulding.

All three of them made the decision to be a part of the first class of students at Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville, Georgia back in August of 2005. None knew in advance that either of the other two were going to attend.

And all three of them hung in there and graduated together weekend before last, May 16, 2009.

The original Freshman class was 72 students. Of those, 38 made it all 4 years.
They graduated a total of 42, ....the rest had transfered in .

I for one am very proud, and pleasantly surprised, that all 3 made it.
Typical batting average, as per West Georgia University in Carrollton is 33% more or less. At orientation, they tell the students to look at the other students on their left and right......and to pay attention because only 1 of the 3 will graduate.

There are several other parishes who have 2 students at SCC, but none with 3 or more in one class.

And SVdP from little old Paulding County had 3, plus another one who will graduate last year. From a Parish with less than 1000 active families no less.

Our congratulations to all 3 of these graduates. The attached photo is Thaddeus, Melissa, and Ty.

[mom2six]

Congrats to them all!!!!

[rockster]

CONGRATS

[SPORTS SOURCE]

AWESOME - Congratulations to them all.

[twelch]

WOW THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!

That is just wonderful....I am in tears over here and so proud of these young people...they will always hold a special place in my heart!!!

Thank you Thad for sharing this with me u don't know what this means to me...I miss all of u guys so much!!!

[crazy4boys]

That is awesome! Congrats to all three and SVdP!

[Genevieve]

That is awesome! Congrats to all three and SVdP!

Awww, I have tears in my eyes, Surepip. They are so beautiful and have their whole lives ahead of them!

I had no idea the class was so well represented at St. Vincent de Paul. That is amazing! Thanks for the info. SCC definitely needs TONS more publicity down here!!

Gen

P.S. I vote that you're an awesome dad, even though you and Mrs. S. read Nietzche behind your DS's back.

This post has been edited by Genevieve: 28 May 2009 - 12:44 PM

[K96W8]

Congrats! Thank for sharing.

That is a great picture.

[surepip]

WOW THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!

That is just wonderful....I am in tears over here and so proud of these young people...they will always hold a special place in my heart!!!

Thank you Thad for sharing this with me u don't know what this means to me...I miss all of u guys so much!!!

For anyone paying attention, twelch was their Religous Education Director for most of thier formative years, including when they made their First Communion and their Confirmation.

To have 3 of her former "students" attend and graduate from the first Graduating Class from the first Catholic College in Georgia is a pretty big deal, to say the least.

We are glad you were there for them Terry!!!

[S~M]

WOW THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!

That is just wonderful....I am in tears over here and so proud of these young people...they will always hold a special place in my heart!!!

Thank you Thad for sharing this with me u don't know what this means to me...I miss all of u guys so much!!!

Miss you too Terry!!...'the old days' were awesome.

Congrats to all the graduates, great job!