Mrs Sullivan I am still thinking of you I hope you’re at peace wherever you are my friend you are always in my heart..

-Riyana

I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful wife and daughter. My prayers are with you. Kimberly Platt

Daniella laughed at all my silly jokes.  You are in my heart forever.  John

She always saw right through my bs. Yet, she always provided me and the gang with great advice. I always respected her, and will always remember the times we all shared.

Daniella - You have touched so many. You always made yourself available to listen and help everyone. I am at a loss for words (which you know is highly unusual ). 
Bless You.
Kate

June 2023 - GPA Staff and Students take a moment to celebrate the conclusion of a  successful student career prep program.

Ugh Mrs Sullivan, you broke my heart with this one. At first you and I bumped heads for a lil bit during freshman year and sophomore year but after I graduated from your class sophomore year we became close. I never understood why you were always on my case during school but now I realize you wanted me to be the best I could be you would call my mom and say “Riyana can do better” and for that  I thank you   I wish I can go back in time and apologize for giving you a hard time at first it never made you look at me differently, I remember every morning you would always drink a chocolate shake I could hear you shaking it throughout the class or you would step out to check your blood sugar so we won’t get distracted during test time you hated when I called you “captain sully” but after a while you gave up and let me call you that. one time you gave lunch detention because you wanted me to stop fooling around and take the classwork serious and I did. One day you were joking around with my friends and I when we found your facebook secretly lol you said “you guys can’t follow me until you graduate!”. Mrs Sullivan I’m so glad we crossed paths and I got to experience you the best you and your teaching you will be missed by myself and so many others I’ll carry everything you said to me and taught me close to my heart…until we meet again my friend. May you rest peacefully.

To The Sullivan Family,
Please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of Mrs. Sullivan.  Mrs. Sullivan was a great teacher at Great Path Academy.  The students enjoyed her class and trusted her.  Mrs. Sullivan was a dedicated teacher.  I'm sure there were days when she wasn't feeling good, but still came to school to teach her students.  She will be deeply missed at GPA.  We will see you again in Heaven.

I am so saddened to hear about the loss of Daniella and wanted to send my condolences to all of her family and friends. Daniella was my roommate freshman year of college at SUNY Albany. I have many fond memories! We used to go get personal pan pizzas at Pizza Hut and then lay in bed and watch DVDs on my tiny little TV. The outpouring of love and stories that I have seen for Daniella is a testament to how wonderful she was. I wish for comfort for her family and friends in the days ahead.

I am so saddened by your loss Tony. Lala was a brightness in the neighborhood from  the first time I met her at the block party

My condolences.

It was a joy to have worked with Daniella at Great Path.  Her laugh and genuineness made a great impact on her students.  She will surely be missed.

It really doesn’t feel real that you’re gone and this still doesn’t feel real to me. Thank you for always believing that I can do better and pushing me to do better. Thank you for also reminding me to not let things get to me. You were one of the only teachers I trusted with telling things to and we would talk about anything even if it was gossip you janelys and me. Or when you would always see me and ask me why I was never in class or called for me because I was missing from class sorry I would give you a hard time maybe ones and a while. But I’m truly going to miss you calling for me or just telling me to go to class. That never changed that you was one of my favorites and that I wanted to make you proud because you actually believed in me. I appreciate how caring you was with all of us no matter who the student was you just loved your job and helped anyone in any way. This year won’t be the same and we all know that. We miss you already and I will make you proud walking that stage this year🩷 rest in peace.

Mrs. Sullivan. Although you rest peacefully you will continue to live on through your family and through your students. I’ve known you since my sophomore year and really got the opportunity to experience having you as a Junior. We’ve had our ups and downs and I truly regret being such a pain to you whenever I had your class. Truth be told, you’ve always been so patient with me as well as many others and it takes a big heart to do that. You were one of the first teachers who willingly listened to me blab about my job, how crazy I was about my boss (which you fully understood) and how sick I was of working there too! You always made time to listen to us and I wish I had returned the favor instead of selfishly brushing school off and not taking the classes seriously. I wish I could tell you how sorry I am. You believed in me and many others and always worried. I still have the video of you singing with some of the teachers during Christmas time which you agreed to do with no hesitation because you knew it’d make us happy. I’ll never forget when you saw how sad I was to say goodbye at graduation and you were one of the teachers that told me “Everything’s going to be okay.” It was nice to hear that. To say you are selfless and caring is an understatement. I won’t sit here and say I was close with you but I will say that you certainly fit in with the group of teachers with kind souls we happened to be blessed with at GPA. Rest Easy<3

It still hurts knowing your gone. Mrs Sullivan you always showed me and so many others nothing but pure kindness. You impacted the lives of so many people that will carry your lessons and memories. Thank you for being the best teacher I could ask for. Rest in peace🤍

Left to right are:
Tyrone Walker, Hartford Board of Education Member, Francoise Deristel-Leger
Board of Education Vice-Chairperson, Reverend A.J. Johnson past Board of Education Vice Chair, Superintendent Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, Daniella, Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam, Carol Gale, President of the Hartford Federation of Teachers teachers’ union, and Philip Rigueur, past Chair of the Hartford Board of Education

Mrs. Sullivan, I still can’t believe that you’re gone. You were an amazing teacher and such a good friend all in one and I will truly miss you. I love and miss you so much and it will be very difficult not seeing you this upcoming school year. Rest easy, Mrs Sullivan.🕊️
💗🩷

Thank you so much for making my highschool years the best 4 years of my life, i will forever carry and cherish everything you have taught me, until we meet again, love you Sully 💕

This hits so hard. I only had the pleasure of knowing you for two years, but the impact you had on my life will last a lifetime. Daniella you were such a beautiful soul and bright light. The way you helped me so many times and made me feel so loved will never be forgotten. You were the mama bear of our group and you really were the glue that held us together. Mourning this loss is something I wish I never had to do. I love you so much. Too bad we didn’t get around to you and Tony adopting me, haha. I’m sorry I never got out to CT to see you, I will forever regret that. Rest in paradise, my love. Until we meet again.

I’m going to miss you so much . I will never forget the impact you had in making sure I had a place where I can feel comfortable and learn at the same time. Gave students a place to have privacy and talk , worked with kids during lunch , after school, and your free periods. You are without a doubt one of the major reasons I was able to graduate high school. Thank you , you were more than just a teacher to me. I miss the times you used to yell at me that I was distracting your class come back later, helping me revise my work, making sure I was caught up in other classes, the jokes and stories . Thank you for believing in me and telling me that you were proud of me I will hold that forever I never forgot .

Mrs. Sullivan fostered my love for education and reading by allowing me to borrow books from her personal library whenever I wanted. She always cared about her students. She treated us like her own. I will miss you always but I will carry what you have taught me with me throughout my life. 🤍

I pray for everyone who has to suffer from the loss of such a great person & teacher.
I didn’t know she was sick, I wish I went and visited after I graduated may her soul rest in piece
Alecia alayon ( class of 2022)

Sending so much love and comfort to my uncle, aunt and cousins and Tony during this difficult time. I am forever grateful that mine and Daniella’s paths crossed again when I was living in CT.  She supported my hair business  and helped me navigate through the military life since I was new to it and  was always checking in on me especially if my husband was away. It meant the world to me! You will forever be missed, Daniella. Give Gram a hug for me 🩷

Thank you for being our mama bear ♥️
You were the one who kept us together ♥️

Daniella, I will remember you always for your help and support through the worst time in my life. Turns out you did that for many!
Enjoyed sharing tales of Oscar Wilde and Poe. Had a great time in Zumba class way back when. Oh, that time we spent at our Appalachian neighbors house and the culture shock , not to mention the freezing water and moonshine lol.  
That deployment return when I knew you would forever be the first hug from now on, was a happy moment because I knew you loved my son . Forever my heart!

My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Daniella.  She was a wonderful teacher, colleague and mentor and all of Great Path was so so proud of her and celebrated her as the 2024 GPA Teacher of the Year in May 2024.  She made a great impact on the lives of students and their families and we will always hold a special place for Mrs. Sullivan at GPA.

You were the best Sully, I hope you’re resting at ease. You were such an inspiration, every student who was blessed to know you is changed because of you. Thank you for dedicating your life to our futures. We will make you proud! 🫶🏻

Love you, Sully.  The world is dimmer without your beautiful light.  Thank you for being such a wonderful friend and colleague.  We were all so very blessed to know you in our shared time together. You will always be our teacher of the year, our head of House Incendio, the one we could all go to...  missing you so much.

I'm going to miss you so much. My colleague - my sister from another mister.

Mrs. Sullivan thank you for always being there for me no matter what. I know when first meeting me I seem to be just an angry kid, but you saw deeper than that and saw that I was really just hurt inside. Every day you would allow me to sit in your classroom and cry until the pain of what was going on at home got a bit better. Your love for me didn’t stop when I graduated a few months after graduation. my father passed and you were still there. Caring for me even though I wasn’t in your class anymore and I wanted to thank you for that. You will truly be missed.

My deepest condolences to Daniella’s family. I worked with her only one year, but she made an impact on me . She was funny and kind. She made teaching look easy.  She never lost her cool , she respected her students. Her talent will be greatly missed. 

In peace,
Jacquelyn Carta

Mrs Sullivan, you were a great teacher and I’m honestly still in disbelief that you’re no longer here. but you’ve made a good impact on me and other people, so for that I will never forget. and I’m really sorry you had to suffer with cancer for so long, but just know that you are in a better place now and we will all miss you dearly. sending all my love and support to you and your family, love Aniya. <3

Rest in peace, Daniellea Sullivan, but I’ll always remember you as Mrs Sullivan. I remember the first day I was introduced to you, just like many other students, as the wonderful 10th-grade English teacher at Great Path Academy back in 2022-2023. I’ll never forget the lessons you taught us, the stories you read to us, the wisdom you shared with us, and the laughs you gave us. Even through all the ups, we had some lows. There were times when the class wasn’t going as smoothly as you hoped, but you always got things right back on track. That’s why you won Teacher of the Year and many other amazing awards—because you were an amazing individual. I know you’re in a better and safer place in God’s hands. May you rest in peace, my beloved teacher.

- James H.

she was so real too!! Like I remember walking past her in the hallway saying "I hate this school" but I didn't think she heard me😭 so she ended up saying "me too"

We would look at each other and laugh when we would see students being stupid and making jokes we would shake our heads and laugh

I wanna start off by saying, thank you for always being the best. Thank you for encouraging me to never give up thank you for listening to me whenever I needed you, thank you for being such a big impact in my life. Thank you for always having that big welcoming smile on your face whenever you would see me every morning. I’m so lost for words & can’t bare my head around the fact that i’ll never get to see you again or walk into your class without feeling so empty. I love you so much Mrs.Sullivan. I promise this year I will cross that stage for you. I will have a picture of you walking and I know you’ll be up in heaven smiling at me for accomplishing the biggest thing you were so excited for. I’ll always remember you so full of life & happy. You’re so beautiful. May you rest in piece my beautiful angel. 🪽🩷

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Daniella Sullivan

December 29, 1987 – July 19, 2024

Swan Funeral Home

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