Gianna Graczyk

Gianna, the daughter of Jeff and Carolyn (Tinneny) Graczyk of Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, was a member of the 2019 graduation class at Saint Francis Academy, Bally, Pennsylvania. She was named the Class Valedictorian. She also received the President’s Award for Academic Excellence and the Esprit De Corp Award by the Reading Musical Foundation. This award is given to students who serve as a role model for other musicians. The graduation ceremony was June 4, 2019. The Academy is the oldest Catholic school in the original 13 colonies of the United States.

Gianna and her grandfather James Tinneny.	Gianna with her parents and brothers Matthew and Andrew.

Gianna is the great-great granddaughter of Patrick “Yankee Pat” Tinneny of Goladuff, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; Greenock, Scotland and Philadelphia and his wife Margaret Malloy. 

Photos courtesy of Carolyn Tinneny Graczak.