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CATHOLIC NEW YORK: HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE PROFILES, CROTON/ST. AUGUSTINE/CATHERINE SUTTERLIN
Dominican Academy Grad’s Plans Include Pursuits in Navy, Engineering By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE
"I never really thought I would miss Metro-North so much.”
That was one of the assessments of how the global coronavirus pandemic has impacted Catherine Sutterlin, a graduate of Dominican Academy on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, who commuted one hour to school and another hour back home to Croton-on-Hudson before home-based, distance learning became the routine for her and her peers.
“Freshman year, all the way until junior year, we would see the seniors running through the school on their last day of classes, and decorating their blue skirts with their college logos and such. Not experiencing that was definitely not expected.”
Catherine conceded that “at first, it was really difficult, just the thought of missing out on all of that.” Yet, “how many other senior classes can say that they went through a pandemic? It’s something that we’ll definitely have forever. The things that we’ve learned throughout this have been pretty valuable.”
Catherine, the second of four children of James and Mary Ann Sutterlin, said remote learning gave her more time at home with her family, who belong to St. Augustine parish in Ossining. “I’ve gotten to know them a lot better.” READ MORE AT https://www.cny.org/stories/high-school-graduate-profiles,21098
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