Thamara Aridou, Lyris Downie and Farrah Aridou are inducted into the third class of
Peter S. Lynch Scholars by the Catholic Schools Foundation

On Friday, November 9th,  at a breakfast held at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Newton, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston inducted the third class of Peter S. Lynch Scholars to the Inner City Scholarship Fund of Boston.Thamara Aridou, Lyris Downie and Farrah Aridou of St Agatha School were among approximately 159 students from across the Greater Boston area that was selected for this program.

Cardinal O’Malley was accompanied by Mike Reardon, Executive Director of the Catholic Schools Foundation; Mary Grassa O’Neill,  Superintendent of Boston’s Catholic Schools; and Joan Brown, Tuition Co-ordinator of St. Agatha School..
Mr. Lynch, known for his successful career as a money manager at Fidelity Investments, is a longtime supporter of Boston’s Catholic Schools and serves as chairman emeritus for the Catholic Schools Foundation. In his honor, The Foundation has named students at each of their funded Catholic elementary schools to hold the honor of being a Peter Lynch scholar. The distinction pays tribute to Mr. Lynch’s commitment to Catholic education in Boston.
The Catholic Schools Foundation distributed nearly 5,000 scholarships last school year, totaling more than $6 million dollars in tuition support.

The Catholic Schools Foundation, Inc. (CSF) supports the educational mission of the Church while helping to provide programs and services that insure optimal educational opportunities for all students regardless of race, religion, national origin, or gender attending Roman Catholic primary and secondary schools located in the Archdiocese of Boston.