Boston’s Cathedral High School (CHS) hosted its 17th annual Adopt-A-Student Foundation Partnership for Success Dinner on Oct. 18 at the Seaport Boston Hotel.  Former state Senator Linda Dorcena Forry, Vice President for Diversity Inclusion and Community Relations at Suffolk Construction, was an honoree and keynote speaker. Longtime CHS Director of Guidance Nancy Lane, who has been serving students at the school since 1987, was also recognized.

Cathedral relies on the philanthropic community to provide financial assistance to 100 percent of its students. The Adopt-A-Student Foundation is a charitable non-profit established to ensure that students of all economic, educational and faith backgrounds have access to the quality, values-based education that CHS has provided since 1926. No student is turned away from CHS due to lack of financial means.

Student speakers included three members of the Class of 2019: Mattapan’s Armani Lamin and Dorchester twin sisters Giselina Pena and Lisalina Pena.