BY JENNA BAGCAL
Two students from Douglaston
are headed to prestigious
colleges in the fall after
a less-than-normal senior
year of high school.
Julia Manuali and Jacqueline
Fiechter, both lifelong
Douglaston residents
and graduates of the Loyola
School in Manhattan, accepted
offers to go to Georgetown
University and Boston College,
respectively.
Loyola held a graduation
ceremony for the class of
2021 at St. Ignatius Loyola
Church.
Those who were vaccinated
were permitted to remove
their masks, while students
who weren’t fully vaccinated
wore masks and remained
socially distanced.
Julia Manuali
Prior to attending Loyola,
the lifelong Douglaston resident
went to the Buckley
Country Day School in Roslyn,
New York. Her mother
attended Georgetown and
Manuali said she always
spoke highly about her alma
mater.
“I really wanted to continue
the Jesuit education because
I feel like Loyola gave
me so much through that,”
Manuali said. “I found a love
for doing community service
and volunteering because
of how Loyola is Jesuit and
learning how to be a man or
woman for others.”
Due to her love of both science
and helping others, she
applied and was accepted as
a biology major on the premed
track.
“The reason I want to be
a doctor is because of how I
started to like helping others
and volunteering. So I just
want to be able to help others
throughout whatever I do
in my life or in my job,” she
said.
Throughout her time in
high school, Manuali participated
in volunteer work and
service trips to both domestic
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and international locales.
During her most recent
service trip to Paraguay,
Manuali and other volunteers
worked to build a house
for the locals. In Belize, she
was part of a volunteer team
that built a multipurpose
basketball court. In school,
she was also a member of the
book club and diversity club.
Jacqueline Fiechter
Fiechter also attended
Buckley County Day School
before attending Loyola. At
the beginning of November
2020, she applied early decision
to Boston College and
was accepted on Dec. 5.
She told QNS that she got
an insider look at the school
from her brother who goes to
school there.
“I got to hear a lot about
the different teachers and
courses offered from the
school because my brother
goes there and he got to tell
me a lot about the school that
you would normally be able
Julia Manuali (l.) and Jacqueline Fiechter, are heading to
prestigious colleges in the fall. Courtesy of Loyola School
to hear in meetings that they
would provide,” Fiechter
said.
After interning at TPG
Architecture for three consecutive
summers, she discovered
her love for marketing
and enrolled in Boston
College’s Carroll School of
Management.
“I’m also really good
at math and numbers so I
thought maybe I’d be good at
finance. So once I get to BC,
I’m gonna definitely take
both courses in both of the
topics and see which one I’m
better at,” Fiechter said.
Outside of Loyola, Fiechter
danced ballet three to
four times a week since she
was 4 years old. In school,
she participated in the Amnesty
International Club,
eventually becoming club
leader, became one of 12 peer
leaders in her senior year,
tutored underclassmen and
played volleyball in her first
two years.
Coming from a smaller
student body at Loyola,
Fiechter said she will miss
the teachers who “really do
care for the students.”
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by e-mail at
jbagcal@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260-2583.
Pair of Douglaston students set to
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