Through volunteering, Holy Child’s Abby Sullivan continued family legacy, made friends and learned value of compassion
When Abby Sullivan graduates as a top student in the class of 2026 at Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, Maryland, she will have completed 11 Advanced Placement courses, nine honors courses and one dual credit college course.
But she considers her most important accomplishment there to be her community service, volunteering and becoming friends with young people with intellectual and developmental differences.
And Sullivan said along with her faith and academic background at Holy Child, those volunteer experiences will help her as she goes on to study at the University of Notre Dame, majoring in political science and possibly preparing for law school and a career in law.
Serving others taught her the importance of “the compassion you have for people. You never know what someone is going through,” she said.