In December, Academy junior SydneyWynne lost her
hard-fought battlewith cancer. At theAcademy,Wynne
will be remembered most for her tenacious spirit. She
maintained a 3.88 grade point average and served 181
community service hours, a testament to her love for
theAcademy. Thosewhoknewher say anyonewhomet
Wynnewill never forget her. Below are tributes fromher
friends and classmates.
SydneyWynne
aTENACIOUS
Spirit
Just off Bayshore is a structure that holds
hundreds of girls trying to achieve one
thing: a religious education with a gratifying
experience, known as the sisterhood.
The sisterhood is a special bond between
classmates formed throughout our four years
of high school. The bond is similar to this
beautifulstructure thatwasbuilt in1928.Each
ivorybrick represents anAcademygirl united
by thecement of theunbreakablesisterhood.
I am one out of 101 girls that belong to the
Class of 2016. Our class did not experience
the complete sisterhood bond without
the indirect help of one girl in particular,
Sydney Wynne. Christmas morning 2014,
Sydney joined God and his angels in peace
and harmony. Even though most of us had
Christmas break plans, we put them aside to
attend Syd’s funeral to praise and honor her
life. When we all linked arms and sang the
“Alma Mater” in honor of Sydney that day,
I saw and fully understood the real meaning
of the sisterhood. We were all united as one
on that day, and we will always unite as one
forevermore. Even thoughSydney isnotwith
usnow, shewill alwaysbepart of theClassof
2016 asour special guardian angel watching,
smilingand laughingat all of her sillysisters.
–ChristinaThompson (A’16)
Christmas morning I lost my best friend,
andwe all lost themost amazingAHN sister.
She was honest, kind, loving, sensitive and
an amazing listener. Sydney embodied the
meaning of our school motto, “Esse Quam
Videri.”She livedeverydayas thebestperson
she could possibly be. Any time you asked
Sydney how shewas feeling, shewould look
at you and say, “I’m fine,” with the sweetest
smile, even thoughyouknewshewas inpain.
Sydney would not want us to remember her
because of her cancer; shewouldwant us to
remember her for her strength and radiant
smile. Let thewaySydney livedher life be an
inspiration to us all. She will forever be our
Christmasangel.
–BryannaLaRussa (A’16)
I knewSydney for 14 years. During that time,
I never heard her complain, I never saw her
stop trying, I never her saw her fail to put
others before herself. Syd was the definition
of a strong, independent young woman. Her
momonce toldme thatamongher firstwords
was the phrase, “I do itmyself!” I thought to
myself, howappropriate. Itwashard tonotice
Syd. She was always that person sneaking
around, doing anonymous good things
for others and never failing to remember
everyone’s birthdays. She did things for the
sakeofdoing them,notbecausesheexpected
anything in return. Syddidn’t saymuch—she
was more of a listener. She was the perfect
person with whom one could talk or simply
watch “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”
There is undoubtedly an empty space in
each of the hearts Syd managed to touch.
Shewill be forevermissed, but we know our
Christmasangelwill alwaysbewithus.
–CarolineLamoutte (A’16)
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