Graduation 2016

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

Graduation 2016

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

– Christopher Columbus

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More than 380 members of the Cheshire High School Class of 2016 made their way to their seats at Maclary Athletic Complex, as “Pomp and Circumstance” played in the background.

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Dutchyshyn, Peter Earley, Kari May Eisenberg, Ledia Fazo, Benjamin Tian Fei, Andrew Evan Feinberg, Zachary Wade Feldman, Jeffrey Fell, Aufy Fernandez, Timothy Allen Fiedler, John Jerald Finkle, III, Andrew Fiocco, Daniel Stephen Fisher, Sean Brendan Fitzgerald, Katherine Grace Flight, Pablo Flores, Maddisen Katline Fostyni, Alec Jacob Fowler, Kendal Webb Frazier, Clare Margaret French, Stephen Joseph Friedler, Lawrence Arthur Fritz, Kacie Gagner, Ryan Michael Gomes Gallagher, Alexandra Lauren Galullo, John Peter Gaudio, Luciano Giovanni Gaudio, Hannah Bess Zima Gelmetti, Isabella Gessman, Robert Charles Gieseler, Megan Claire Giles, Harrison Blake Ginsberg, Alexis Lynn Giosa, Andrew Joseph Goggin, Jacob Rikio Goldstein, Marissa Lynn Gonzalez, Michael Ryan Goodrich, Elijah Marquise Goodwin, Patrick Michael Gorman, Emily Jean Gotowala, Trai Van Gozzi, Lillian Marie Graham, Marli Elise Green, Jasmine Alexa Greene, Danielle Elizabeth Grenon, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Gribko, Jennifer Grubov, Katelyn Ashley Gutierrez, Hannah Hackett, Ciara Ashley Haensel, Lauren Ashley Hajjar, Kendra Laurice Hall, Olivia Marie Hally, Micah S. Hannon-Caponigro, CarsonLee Harper, Ariana Rose Harris, Malkolm Vaughn Harris, Garrison Charles Harte, Kristina Marie Haskell, Jarod Havriliak, Megan Rebecca Heidgerd, Devin Wesley Hick, Christopher Hillburn, Nathaniel Hillburn, John Jarrett Hissick, Megan Elizabeth Hodgdon, Noah Ryan Hollmann, Christocontinued to page 15

Special Section Index

List of Graduates Class Valedictorian Speech Class Salutatorian Speech Class Commencement Speech Destination Scenes From CHS Athletics Scenes From Graduation Scenes From All-Night Grad Party Scholarship Recipients Honor Cord Recipients

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

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Valedictorian Speech

Xu Urges Classmates To Not Become Complacent In Life

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ello everyone! My name is Shangda, and before I start … thank you to Durga for throwing me under the bus while still making your speech longer than mine.

Anyways, as your valedictorian, I am here to celebrate all of your achievements by giving you another few minutes of wisdom to sleep through. But first, I would like to deliver a few shoutouts.

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Shatter a couple of frontiers. Leave behind a couple of ideas.

Never stop moving. Never stop innovating.”

None of us would be here today without the support of our teachers and administrators, so thank you guys so much for having no problem with taking bribes. But really, though, we know our teachers aren’t in it for the money, because they’re all too smart to be here. No, they're here because of their love for education and their desire to see all of us grow into who we are today, and I think all of them deserve our utmost respect.

And as for our parents, I ap-

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Shangda Xu plaud you all as well. As the old saying goes, young men and women step forth today to receive their diplomas and return as young men and women, who are broke and need to spend signifi-

On The Cover

Janine Zumerchik was one of more than 380 seniors to receive a diploma during the Cheshire High School Class of 2016 graduation ceremony on Friday, June 10.

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cantly more than before. I thank you once again for your continued support for your local broke Millennials.

And to my fellow graduates, congratulations once again!.

You’re one valedictory address

away from receiving your diplomas, so allow me to tell you about some perks of graduating. I’ve been told that, as a high school graduate, you can give condescending advice to anyone who hasn’t gotten a diploma yet.

I believe I’m one of the first to get one so, clearly, I’m qualified to lecture you. I think I’m supposed to say to “follow your dreams” or something, but my advice? Run while you can. Otherwise, before you know it, we’ll all be boring adults living in a rich suburban bubble and we might even have kids … bleh.

Today, we’re finishing a chapter in our lives, so I do want to say something other than terrible jokes. So here it is—don’t get too comfortable. Complacency is our worst enemy. Remember Goldilocks? Her search for what she thought was just right didn’t end up so well for her. Now, I don’t know about any of you, but I’m not really interested in getting chased by a family of bears anytime soon. So don't settle.

Shatter a couple of frontiers.

Leave behind a couple of ideas.

Never stop moving. Never stop innovating. And to close out my speech, an obligatory cliché from Ellen—“Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path … unless you’re in the woods and you're lost (or, for that matter, being chased by bears) and you see a path, then by all means, you should follow that.”

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Salutatorian Speech

Graduation 2016

High School Was A Big, Delicious Sandwich For Rathi

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ello! Thank you to everyone here today who’s been a part of the success of our graduating class. You’re the reason we’ve been able to go as far as we have.

And a huge “thank you” to the Cheshire High School faculty and adminstration for your relentless support.

I like metaphors, and I also like sandwiches. If you have ever tried to take a bite out of a towering, messy sandwich, trying your best to keep all the different parts from falling out while also trying to savor each bite, then you know exactly what high school is.

There’s so many experiences to enjoy and take part in, but sometimes it can be hard to manage them all. And I mean that in the best way possible.

So if high school was a sand-

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For me, these past four years have been filled with the best kind of people. I really couldn't have gotten much luckier.” wich, it would be pretty fair to say that the actual meat would be everything we’ve learned at Cheshire High, in terms of academics. We don’t usually eat a sandwich for the lettuce or bread or mustard. The primary goal is walking away from school with a greater sense of the little pockets of information this world has to offer.

But the reason why one genius of a man decided to put meat between two pieces of bread and then add things like tomato and lettuce and what not—I’m not really sure how the first sandwich actually came to be, so this is a solid guess—anyway the reason is that he thought that meat shouldn't have to stand alone. It’s just way more fun when there's a bunch of other ingredients that you get to eat at the same time. And also,

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nobody wants to see someone just sitting around eating slabs of meat with their hands.

That’s weird. And I’m sorry to all the vegetarians out there; I hope this metaphor finds you well.

Days like graduation, awards ceremonies, the big fancy days, are just part of the bread that holds the whole sum of our experiences together. But if I had to think about the good stuff in the middle—the cheese and relish and onion— it all would have to do with the people that I’ve been around during these four years.

That’s what makes the sandwich a really good sandwich—the talking in between classes, the goofing around, the getting to know people just because they sat near you or needed a highlighter. The cool thing is that, depending on who we lent highlighters to, who we were forced to spend this defined amount of time with, the cheese and lettuce and what not are different for all of us.

For me, it’s been listening to Meghan Diamond talk about Kayne West not being a Gov

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It’s been watching people like Adam Majeski and Hannah Hackett talk about Best Buddies, and hearing Sydney Korman and Owen Kennelly talk about politics. It has been sitting down and listening to a few of the thousands of stories that Captain is ready and willing to tell, or watching Mr. Bertenshaw soulfully dance to Pink before a big chem test, and never really knowing how to feel about it.

It’s been listening to Mr. Ket talk about Jamaica, or getting this big smile from Alaina Cappasso each and every time I’ve passed her in the hallways. It’s been understanding the power behind Jake Goldstein’s silence, and the emotion he communicates with only his eyes.

It's been trying to touch LaRae Maes-Hardy’s hair for the thrill of it, getting physically threatened, and not wanting it any other way. Or getting a nod from Mr. Lee and feeling a new sense of confidence about the day ahead.

It’s been coming up with nicknames for Shadid Khan, or being intrigued with Karl Bishop for making it to Olympics trials, but blown away by his breakdancing videos on Facebook.

I could obviously keep going, but Shangda made me promise not to speak longer than he planned on speaking. I’ve encountered so many ridiculous and See RAHTI, page 5

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Commencement Speech

Torok Recalls Educational Journey Taken With Classmates

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ood evening to Mr. Detrick, Mr. Solan, teachers, and my fellow CHS graduates. Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.

That might be the most famous cliché—you’ve heard it a million times, and maybe you never stopped to think about what it actually means. When I really thought about this cliché, I discovered exactly how much I disagree with it.

Today isn’t the first day. We had our first day already.

Don’t you remember all of the princess backpacks, the superhero lunch boxes, those lightup sneakers that, at one point, we all thought made us the coolest kids on the playground? Don’t you remember when school supply shopping meant the 64 pack of crayons and a couple of glue sticks? Each of our stories started the second we climbed onto that big yellow bus and stumbled into a classroom for the very first time. Since that day, the real first day, we’ve learned how to read and write and calculate angle degrees, and speak foreign languages. We have stuffed out minds full of so many facts and skills and lessons, and maybe at some point we wondered why.

We wondered, why do I need to know how to solve for “X” or how to say “animal skins” in French? It’s les peaux de betes, by the way. We ask, what is the point of learning all of these things I’ll never need to know outside of the classroom?

Let today be the day we realize that we’ve been learning something much greater and much more significant all along.

Sure, we went to class and learned all of the subjects and concepts that we were supposed to. During these last four years, we’ve learned about derivatives and sound waves and MLA citations, but we’ve also learned how to love, how to listen, how to take criticism, how to rise above challenges. We’ve learned how to be kind, how to fail, how to forgive, how to break, and how to build ourselves back up again afterwards. In these last four years, we have learned how to frame our humanity in the much grander context of society. We have

learned how to take the person that we are and develop ourselves into the person that we dream of being.

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So take what you've learned and allow it to carry you forward.

Choose a path and run as fast and as far as you can.”

None of us went through high school perfectly. We aren’t standing here today because we’re perfect people or because we did all of the right things all of the time.

We are here today because we made mistakes. We are here because we put ourselves out there and made ourselves vulnerable to the unknown. We are here because, when we failed, we stood up, brushed the dirt off our knees, and tried again. There is not a textbook in the world that contains the lessons we have learned from each other here in this school. The greatest lessons were taught to us by time, experience, and the people that we love.

Graduation isn’t just a celebration of everything that we’ve accomplished. It’s a promise, a promise that we make to everything who loved us and rooted for us and helped us get to where we are. By accepting that diploma and walking across this stage, we are promising tomorrow. We promise that today is not the last time we fight for our futures, not the last time we rage against ignorance, or believe in dreams we have not yet realized. We promise to build upon the foundation we’ve created here, and to construct a legacy for ourselves, one that we can be proud of.

Each of us is lucky enough to be able to choose our next step, whether it be college, the military, or a career. No matter what we choose, we promise to give it 110 percent, because that’s just what Cheshire High School students do. It’s who we are.

As nice as it would be to take full credit for getting ourselves to this point, we all know that simply isn’t the case. Each of our lives has been touched, shaped, or influenced in some way. Each of us had someone who believe in

our potential. So make sure you take a moment to thank the people in your life for everything they've contributed to your success.

Thank your teachers for everything they’ve done to ensure that you leave here today with a strong, well-rounded education. Thank your family for their endless support and for being your biggest cheerleaders. Thank your parents for, well, everything.

And finally, don’t forget to thank the young men and women sitting around you this very second.

Take a look around.

These people have been your friends, classmates, and teammates for the last 14 years.

We’ve shared our childhoods with each other.

We’ve watched each other transform from baby-faced children into ambitious and capable young adults.

Side by side, we learned how to ride bikes, we shot our first baskets or performed our first dance recitals. We attended our first school dance, we got our driver's licenses and applied to college. We experienced all of the unique facets of our youth together. It makes me proud to see the mature and compassionate individuals you have all become over the years. I knew most of you before I knew how to tie my shoes, and it has been a pleasure to grow up with you.

So, to conclude, today is most definitely not the first day. But it is certainly not the last, either.

So take what you’ve learned and allow it to carry you forward.

Choose a path and run as fast and as far as you can. If you hit a dead end, change directions and try again. Be fearless, but be humble.

Face your tomorrows with love in your heart and courage in your eyes, and remember that the only failure that exists is the failure to try.

Thank you and congratulations to the Class of 2016.

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This speech got a little weird because I’m metaphorically eating people in my grade, and I’d like to thank everyone in the audience for bearing with me.

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

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Destinations

Graduation 2016

“Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him .”

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

Cheshire Athletics At A Glance Graduation

Several Cheshire High School athletes excelled on the field, court, and ice this past season.

Some of them included (top left) Mairead Peters - volleyball; (top right) Gabby Batista - softball; (center left) Brandon Clark - baseball; (center right) Jared Dennehy - track and field; (above) Alyssa Addesson - soccer; (above right) Dylan D’Addio - basketball; (right) Meghan Dutchyshyn - lacrosse; and (far right) Nick Sansone - football.

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Scenes From Cheshire High School Graduation

Top: (from left) Meghan Diamond, Katie Caldwell, Kelli Doheny, Billy Ratchelous, Katelyn Morley and Gabby Batista were celebrating even before ceremonies began.

Above left: Katherine Flight spotted someone in the crowd after receiving her diploma. Above: (from left) Courtney Turner, Jacob Beloin, and Savannah DeBauche were ready to start a new chapter after graduation. Left: (from left) Isabel Peck, Emily Peck, Jeremy Bennett and Durga Rathi couldn’t contain their excitement.

Bottom left: Senior members of VIPs and Chromatix Ensembles sang “I’ll Be Seeing You.” Bottom right: Graduate Elijah Goodwin celebrated with Alex Bruno after receiving his diploma.

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Scenes From Cheshire High School Graduation Graduation 2016

Above: (from left) Eric Brouette, Kailey Dion and Katie Gutierrez struck a pose.

Above right: Devin Savold was thrilled to be graduating. Right: Taylor Monti kept her eyes on her diploma while shaking hands. Middle right: Graduate Aidan Murray was joined by his brother Brendan Murray after the ceremony. Bottom: It was time to celebrate for (from left) Joshua Perlroth, Sean Fitzgerald, Daniel Light, Evan Perlroth and Noah Perlroth.

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

Grad Party Graduation 2016 At A Glance

After receiving their diplomas, several members of the Class of 2016 headed back to Cheshire High School in order to celebrate with friends during the annual All Night Grad Party. Students played games, enjoyed snacks, and spent the night telling stories.

Photos courtesy of Diane Taylor

THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

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Scholarships

Graduation 2016

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. .”

– Alice Walker

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lyssa Addesso — Cheshire High School Girls Soccer Parents’ Association Scholarship; Cheshire Soccer Club Scholarship; Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship; Rotary Club of Cheshire Scholarship David Amann — Mark S. Jardim Memorial Scholarship; Parent Teacher Organization Scholarship; Rotary Club of Cheshire Scholarship Darren Barile — Rotary Club of Cheshire Scholarship Zachary Barlok — Baseball Parents’ Association of Cheshire Scholarship; Cheshire Youth Baseball & Cheshire Youth Softball Scholarship Anne Bartram — Cheshire High School Band Parents’ Association, Pete Gode Memorial Scholarship; Edward R. Aston Memorial S c h o l a rship Fund Averye Bassett — Cheshire High School Band Parents' Association Scholarship Gabriela Batista — Cheshire Wildcat Softball Scholarship; Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship Ian Beling — Kathy Mordente Solli Foundation Scholarship Samantha Bellina — Booster Club Athletic Scholarship Jacob Beloin — Kathy Mordente Solli Foundation Scholarship; Lois Rho Memorial Scholarship Karl Bishop — Highland School PTO Scholarship Allyson Braun — Cheshire Wildcat Softball Scholarship; Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship; St. Thomas Becket Men's Club Scholarship Vivian Bronson — Cheshire Junior Women's Club, Jeannette Richardson Memorial Scholarship; Deacon Scholarship of The First Congregational Church of Cheshire Owen Brown — Calcagni Associates Scholarship; Cheshire Garden Club Scholarship; Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship Kelly Byrd — Mark S. Jardim Memorial Scholarship; Meaghan Welch Memorial Artistic Scholarship; Michael Pulisciano, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Joseph Cashore — Douglas Chase Memorial Scholarship Joshua Chen — BALSO Foundation Scholarship Thomas Conlon — Booster Club Athletic Scholarship Andrew Criscuolo — Greg Schena Memorial Scholarship; Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship; Michael Pulisciano, Sr. Me-

morial Scholarship Griffin Cunningham — Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' Association Scholarship Dylan D'Addio — John E. Delane Memorial Scholarship Matthew D'Andrea — John E. Delane Memorial Scholarship; Lois Rho Memorial Scholarship Gianna Davino — Chapman School Scholarship Alexa Dayton — Cheshire Wildcat Softball Scholarship; Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship Michael DeFrancesco — Cheshire High School Band Parents' Association Scholarship; Douglas Chase Memorial Scholarship Meghan Diamond — Alphonse M. Grasso Memorial Scholarship Kailey Dion — Church of the Epiphany Scholarship Eric Dishnica — Cheshire High School Boys Soccer Parents' Association Scholarship; Cheshire Soccer Club Scholarship - Jay Roczynski Memorial Renée Donna — Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship in Memory of Richard W. Conrad - Gold Recipient Timothy Fiedler — John P. O'Reilly Memorial Scholarship Clare French — Cheshire Lions Club Scholarship Hannah Gelmetti — Cheshire Art League Scholarship Isabella Gessman — Greg J. Florio, ED.D Scholarship Robert Gieseler — Cheshire High School Band Parents' Association Scholarship

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After walking off the stage with his diploma, Arman Cabral gave a thumbs up to some of his family and friends cheering in the audience.

Megan Giles — Alexion Chemistry Scholarship Alexis Giosa — Deacon Scholarship of The First Congregational Church of Cheshire Trai Gozzi — Cheshire High School Band Parents' Association Scholarship; Deacon Scholarship of The First Congregational Church of Cheshire Ciara Haensel — Booster Club Athletic Scholarship; Cheshire High School Girls Soccer Parents’ Association Scholarship; Church of the Epiphany Scholarship Carson Lee Harper — BALSO Foundation Scholarship; Cheshire Women's Club High School Scholarship; Education Association of Cheshire Scholar-

ship; Kiwanis Club of Cheshire Scholarship Ariana Harris — Cheshire Community Chorus Scholarship; Parent Teacher Organization Scholarship Jarod Havriliak — Michael J. Pintek, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Megan Hodgdon — Cheshire Wildcat Softball Scholarship; Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship Christopher Horowitz — Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' Association Scholarship Ashley Hunt — BALSO Foundation Scholarship; Cheshire Fire Department, William M. Grove

II Memorial Scholarship; Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship; Lombardo Family Scholarship; Osterman Community Foundation Scholarship; Parent Teacher Organization Scholarship Brianna Hunt — BALSO Foundation Scholarship; Cheshire Fire Department, William M. Grove II Memorial Scholarship; Doolittle School Scholarship; Education Association of Cheshire Scholarship; Henry E. (Hank) Carson V.F.W. Memorial Scholarship; Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship; Lombardo Family Scholarship; Maureen C. Hall continued to page 17

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Honor Cords

Graduation 2016

“ Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

– Pablo Picaso

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Art addisen Fostyni, Devin Hick, Margaret Hoynes, Emily Inzero, Joseph McCarthy, Daniel Miller, Sarah Thompson, Jennifer Vignola, Samantha Vitale, Karalyn Wright Business Colin Albrecht, Christos Bagtzoglou, Darren Barile, Robert Bartlett, Gabriela Batista, Peter Bellantonio, Esha Bhandari, Alexzandra Bradley, Niletta Burton, Kelly Byrd, Alaina Capasso, Thomas Conlon, Andrew Criscuolo, Sabrina Cuda, Griffin Cunningham, Meghan Diamond, Eric Dishnica, Paul Dumaine, Peter Earley, Zachary Feldman, Kendal Frazier, Ryan Gallagher, Alexis Giosa, Emily Gotowala, Marli Green, Jasmine Greene, Danielle Grenon, Jennifer Grubov, Megan Hodgdon, Madison Hunt, Leah Kaczmarek, Alexa Kareco, Owen Kennelly, Madison Manware, Taylor McKinley, Jake Miller, Taylor Monti, Aidan Murray, Marisa Nazzaro, Richard Novia, Robert Oris, Christopher Papa, Sonja Pejovic, Jack Pepper, Alexander Pierce, Matthew Pinciaro, Heath Post, James Robitaille, Jeffrey Russitano, Nicole Salamone, Bradley Sherman, Janaia Skibitcky, Emily Sparago, Sidharth Subramani, Peter Thomas, Sarah Thompson, Olivia Valente, Stephanie Villecco, Christina Wu, Sarah Zarra, Evan Zovas Career and Tech Ed Colin Albrecht, Christos Bagtzoglou, Samantha Bellina, Phillip Bodurtha, Tyler Brabant, Vivian Bronson, Melody

Bryden, Samantha Calabrese, Katie Caldwell, Xavier Celestino, Sabrina Cuda, Savannah DeBauche, Carter DeFigueiredo, Michael DeFrancesco, Meghan Dutchyshyn, Timothy Fiedler, Daniel Fisher, Clare French, Lillian Graham, Jennifer Grubov, Hannah Hackett, Kendra Hall, Megan Heidgerd, Charles Housemann, Madison Hunt, Russell Jasman, Adam Kaszas, Alexander Kavadas, Andrew Levy, Taylor McKinley, Justin Mercugliano, Jonathan Meyers, Aidan Murray, Owen Murray, Jonathan Neely, Benjamin Palmieri, Ariana Pepper, Evan Perlroth, Joshua Perlroth, Noah Perlroth, Laura Romaniello, Devin Savold, Matthew Schock, Emily Sparago, Erich Strunk, Olivia Valente, Jennifer Vignola, Christina Withstandley, Christina Wu Drama LaRae Mays-Hardy, Marisa Nazzaro, Mairead Peters, Sydney Taylor, Liam Thomas, Julia Torok English Alyssa Addesso, David Amann, Gabriella Amodei, Natalie Anastasio, Anne Bartram, Gabriela Batista, Samantha Bellina, Esha Bhandari, Phillip Bodurtha, Allyson Braun, Melody Bryden, Nora Burner, Joseph Cashore, Julia Champagne, Joshua Chen, Thomas Conlon, Gianna Davino, Savannah DeBauche, Carter DeFigueiredo, Michael DeFrancesco, Meghan Diamond, Timothy Fiedler, Daniel Fisher, Maddisen Fostyni, Kendal Frazier, Clare French, Ryan Gallagher, Isabella Gessman, Megan Giles, Alexis Giosa, Kendra Hall, Olivia Hally, CarsonLee Harper, Ariana Harris,

Brianna Hunt, Emily Inzero, Alexa Kareco, Adam Kaszas, Olivea Kieffer, Juliana Kuss, Maria Latta, Jessica Li, Heng Liu, Adam Majeski, Julie Marino, LaRae Mays-Hardy, Taylor McKinley, Justin Mercugliano, Katelyn Morley, Amanda Murray, Marisa Nazzaro, Nicole Neely, Cameron O’Connor, Robert Oris, Emily Peck, Isabel Peck, Ariana Pepper, Elizabeth Perry, Mairead Peters, Durga Rathi, Brenna Reach, Nicholas Roche, Nicole Salamone, Bradley Sherman, Janaia Skibitcky, Sidharth Subramani, Sydney Taylor, Liam Thomas, Julia Torok, Courtney Turner, Karalyn Wright, Katharine Wu, Shangda Xu, LiuXin Yan, Janine Zumerchik French Michael Torelli/Cheshire Herald Natalie AnastaGraduate Kelly Byrd, shown moments after receiving her diploma. sio, Melody Bryden, Nora Burner, Gianna Davino, Isabella Gessman, Maria Latta, Jessica Li, Isabel Peck, Ju- Emily Inzero, Leah Kaczmarek, na, Melody Bryden, Nora Burner, lia Torok, Courtney Turner, Kath- Heng Liu, Katelyn Morley, Owen Joseph Cashore, Joshua Chen, arine Wu Murray, Robert Oris, Emily Peck, Thomas Conlon, Gianna Davino, German Isabel Peck, Ariana Pepper, Heath Michael DeFrancesco, Timothy Joey Amato, Darren Barile, Al- Post, Nicole Salamone, Devin Fiedler, Daniel Fisher, Isabella exander Cheruk, Daniel Fisher, Savold, Janaia Skibitcky, Sid- Gessman, Megan Giles, CarsonMaddisen Fostyni, Adam Majeski harth Subramani, Evan Zovas, Lee Harper, Ariana Harris, AlHealth/PE Janine Zumerchik exa Kareco, Alexander Kavadas, Alyssa Addesso, Yiannis BagtLatin Maria Latta, Heng Liu, David zoglou, Zachary Barlok, Gabriela Alyssa Addesso, Joshua Chen, Merola, Katelyn Morley, Amanda Batista, Peter Bellantonio, Phil- Thomas Conlon, Ariana Harris, Murray, Nicole Neely, Cameron lip Bodurtha, Vivian Bronson, Owen Kennelly, Heng Liu, Nich- O’Connor, Robert Oris, EmKelly Byrd, Alaina Capasso, olas Roche, Shangda Xu ily Peck, Isabel Peck, Elizabeth Thomas Conlon, Alec Fowler, Math Perry, Alexander Pierce, Durga Clare French, Megan Giles, LilAlyssa Addesso, David Amann, Rathi, Nicholas Roche, Nicholas lian Graham, Marli Green, Han- Gabriela Batista, Samantha Bellicontinued to page 18 nah Hackett, Margaret Hoynes,

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Graduates

“We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”

– Marie Curie continued from page 2

pher C. Horowitz, Charles Alexander Housemann, Margaret Josephine Hoynes, Brooke M. Hulteen, Ashley Nicole Hunt, Brianna Alissa Hunt, Madison Brooke Hunt, Carly Elizabeth Hunter, Austin James Ingarra, Connor Ingmanson, Emily Rose Inzero, Marissa Leigh Jamele, Russell James Jasman, Brianna Marie Justice, Altrin Kabashi, Leah Jan Kaczmarek, Yuriy R. Kaklyugin, Brennan M. Kane, Alexa Kareco, Carl Kasperson, Adam R. Kaszas, Alexander James Kavadas, Zachary M. Kelleher, Natalya Caroline Kelly, Owen John Kennelly, Christian Phillip Kenny, Shadid Khan, Sumaina Khan, Olivea M. Kieffer, John William Klaas, Jordan Joseph Kolpak, Sydney Lee Korman, Rachel Nina Kozak, Morgan Kranyak, Alexander Raymond Kratzert, Patrycja Kruszewski, Juliana Raye Kuss, Ethan LaChance, Victoria Frances Lahey, Brandon Laires, Christopher LaPrade, Devin Todd Lasher, Maria Esther Latta, Jordan LeClaire, Emily Rose Lessard, Paul Lessard, Brenden Charles Leventhal, Andrew M. Levy, Jessica Yuwan Li, Daniel Light, Yannik Lind, Heng Liu, Thomas James Lochowski, Nicole Erin Lopes, Brooklynn Mary Magda, Andrew Mahan, Adam Robert Majeski, Illya M. Makarkin, Madison Sandra Manware, Brianna Nicole Mariano, James Michael Marinaccio, Julie Rosalind-Jean Marino, Michael Vincent Marotta, Marcello Massaro, Georgianna Scarlett Matcheson, Joshua Morgan Mayer, LaRae Joelle Mays – Hardy, Joseph Peter McCarthy, III, Chaya Jordan McDonald, Conor Laurence McEvoy, Tyler Rose McEvoy, Alexa DyAnne McIntosh, Adam James McKenzie, Taylor McKinley, Robert A. McMullin, Duncan Andrew Provost McNeil, Michael L. Melillo, Erin Helen Mellitt, Justin David Mercugliano, David Christopher Merola, Alex Gabriel Messina, Jonathan Martin Meyers, Qursum Arif Mian, Daniel C. Miller, Jake Andrew Miller, Joshua Robert Mills, Sanjay Frank Montagna, Taylor Nicole Monti, David C. Moran, Shannon Walsh Moran, Katelyn Jean Morley, Shoshana Fé Moskowitz, George Joseph Mott, Sean Patrick Mulligan, Aiden Timothy Murphy, Aidan Peter Murray, Amanda Nicole Murray, Owen Andrew Murray, Jane Rose Musgrove, Merna Naguib, Marisa Elise Nazzaro, Jonathan Dale Neely, Nicole Evelyn Neely, Dylan John Neff, Kayla Danielle Nixon, Richard Jeffry Novia, Mikaela Jean O’Brien, Cameron Edward O’Connor, Kaley Rose O’Connor, Amanda Sarah Offerdahl, Robert

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(Above, from left) Friends Brian Ahmadi-Tabatabaie and Christopher LaPrade posed for pictures after graduation ceremonies had concluded. Before the festivities even began, (below, from left) classmates Kristina Haskell, William Ratchelous, and Lauren Hajjar shared a few memories of the last four years they’d spent together.

John Oris, III, Dario Osmanlli, Matthew Timothy Palma, Benjamin S. Palmieri, Christopher Michael Papa, Lauren Victoria Pasinski, Emily Laura Peck, Isabel Hannah Peck, Sonja Pejovic, Eric Joseph Penner, Ariana Jessica Pepper, Jack E. Pepper, Evan Michael Perlroth, Joshua Brian Perlroth, Noah Matthew Perlroth, Elizabeth C. Perry, Mairead Elizabeth Peters, Alexander Scott Pierce, Matthew John Pinciaro, Nicholas Matteo Pisani, Heath Evan Lake Post, Jake Pritchard, Shemuel Ray Prudhomme, Pe-

SEAN! You Have a Bright Future Ahead – We Are Proud of You. Love, Grandma & Grandpa

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Love, Mom, Dad, & Jacob

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 23, 2016

Destinations

Graduation 2016

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”

– Amelia Earnhart

Photos by Allen Paul and Michael Torelli

Cheshire graduate Karam Toor (pictured above, to the left) took his place among his fellow classmates after being one of the last members of the Class of 2016 to receive a diploma. During the ceremony, a group of students (pictured above, to the right) performed sign language to help those who are hearing impaired enjoy some of the music that kicked off graduation continued from page 6 burn, Western New England University; John Hissick, Siena College; Megan Hodgdon, Eastern Connecticut State University; Christopher Horowitz, University of Maine; Charles Housemann, University of Rhode Island; Margaret Hoynes, University of Connecticut; Brooke Hulteen, St. John's University – Queens Campus; Ashley Hunt, Mount Saint Mary College; Brianna Hunt, Iona College; Madison Hunt, North Carolina State University; Carly Hunter, University of Rhode Island; Austin Ingarra, The College of Saint Rose; Connor Ingmanson, Tunxis Community College; Emily Inzero, St. John's University – Queens Campus;

Marissa Jamele, Qunnipiac University; Russell Jasman, Central Connecticut State University; Brianna Justice, Southern Connecticut State University; Altrin Kabashi, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth; Leah Kaczmarek, University of South Carolina; Brennan Kane, University of Connecticut; Alexa Kareco, Northeastern University; Carl Kasperson, Point Park University; Adam Kaszas, Skidmore College; Alexander Kavadas, Central Connecticut State University; Natalya Kelly, Southern Connecticut State University; Owen Kennelly, University of Connecticut; Christian Kenny, Southern Connecticut State University; Shadid Khan, University of Connecticut; Sumaina

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Love, Mom, Dad, Walter & Theresa

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Scholarships

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe continued from page 13 Memorial Scholarship; Osterman Community Foundation Scholarship; Parent Teacher Organization Scholarship; Victoria D'Addio Memorial Scholarship Russell Jasman — Cheshire Education Foundation General Scholarship; Cheshire Garden Club Scholarship; Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship; Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire Scholarship Alexa Kareco — Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Educational Assistance Grant, Sponsored by MidState Medical Center Shadid Khan — Kiwanis Club of Cheshire Scholarship Olivea Kieffer — Dr. Lois M. Bernier Memorial Scholarship Rachel Kozak — Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship in Memory of Richard W. Conrad - Silver Recipient; Greg Schena Memorial Scholarship Alexander Kratzert — Nathaniel Redden Art Scholarship Maria Latta — Alexion Life Sciences Scholarship; Cheshire Newcomers & Neighbors Club Scholarship; Don Wailonis Dodd PTA Scholarship Jessica Li — Lois Rho Memorial Scholarship; Parent Teacher Organization Student Spirit Award Adam Majeski — One-Acts Scholarship; Parent Teacher Organization Scholarship Michael Marotta — Church of the Epiphany Scholarship Adam McKenzie — Lois Rho Memorial Scholarship Robert McMullin — Cheshire High School Band Parents' Association Scholarship; Class of 1996 Scholarship in Memory of Melissa Buono Duncan McNeil — St. Thomas Becket Women's Club Scholarship Justin Mercugliano — Cheshire Junior Women's Club, Jeannette Richardson Memorial Scholarship; Cheshire's Lights of Hope Scholarship David Merola — Cheshire High School Band Parents' Association, Ray Mancinelli Scholarship; Cheshire High School Band Parents’ Association Jazz Studies Scholarship Daniel Miller — Lois Rho Memorial Scholarship Jake Miller — Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Educational Assistance Grant, Sponsored by MidState Medical Center Shoshana Moskowitz — Daniel P. Martinook Memorial Scholarship Amanda Murray — Booster Club Athletic Scholarship; Douglas Chase Memorial Scholarship

Marisa Nazzaro — One-Acts Lights of Hope Scholarship; Scholarship Cheshire Police Benevolent AsCameron O'Connor — Nor- sociation Community Foundaton School PTA Scholarship tion - Chief's Memorial ScholarBenjamin Palmieri — Bren- ship; Parent Teacher Organization dan McQuade Memorial Scholar- Scholarship ship, Sponsored by the Dodd PTA Julia Torok — Cheshire High Christopher Papa — Chris- School Friends of Choral Music topher Wilby Memorial Fund for Scholarship the Arts Scholarship Alexandra Vazquez — FredIsabel Peck — Ryan Farley erick A. DeLuca Foundation Memorial Student Senate Schol- Scholarship arship Jennifer Vignola — Cheshire Mairead Peters — BALSO Youth Baseball & Cheshire Youth Foundation Scholarship Softball Scholarship; ChristoAlexander Pierce pher Wilby Memorial Fund for — Booster Club Ath- the Arts Scholarship; Ray Delouletic Scholarship ise Friends of Softball ScholarHeath Post — ship Booster Club Athletic Samantha Vitale — Cheshire Scholarship High School Hockey Parents' AsIsabella Riccio — sociation Scholarship; Friends of Cheshire Communi- Field Hockey Scholarship ty Theater, Alvah I. Root Lauren Votto — Delta Kappa Memorial Scholarship; Cheshire Gamma Society Lambda Chapter High School Band Parents' Asso- Scholarship; Mary S. Bates Meciation Jazz Studies Scholarship morial Scholarship Matthew Robidoux — Henry Karalyn Wright — Damian T. E. (Hank) Carson V.F.W. Memo- Romano Memorial Scholarship rial Scholarship; John E. Delane Shangda Xu — Cheshire Memorial Scholarship; Jon Rodg- Chamber of Commerce Educaers Memorial Scholarship tional Assistance Grant, SponMackenzie Rossi — Lois Rho sored by MidState Medical CenMemorial Scholarship ter; Phyllis K. Clouse Memorial Nicholas Sansone — Baseball Scholarship, Sponsored by the Parents’ Association of Cheshire Cheshire Democratic Women’s Scholarship Club (CDWC) Veronica Schaefer — Parent Evan Zovas — Alphonse M. Teacher Organization Scholar- Grasso Memorial Scholarship; ship Cheshire High School Hockey Kaylee Scinto — One-Acts Parents' Association Scholarship.

Scholarship Bradley Sherman — John E. Delane Memorial Scholarship; Michael J. MacCallum Class of 2002 Memorial Scholarship Christopher Stasiak — William A. Frei Memorial Scholarship Sidharth Subramani — Cheshire High School Boys Soccer Parents' Association Scholarship S y d n e y Taylor — Parent Teacher Organization Scholarship L i a m Thomas — Dr. Lois M. Bernier Memorial Scholarship Uncle Kevin, P e t e r Aunt Lacy, Kevin III Thomas — Cheshire's and Cordelia

Congrats Noah, best wishes for the future.

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Destinations

Graduation 2016

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“You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.”

– Erica Jong continued from page 16 University of Massachusetts Amherst; Richard Novia, Providence College; Mikaela O'Brien, University of Connecticut; Cameron O'Connor, University of Connecticut; Kaley O'Connor, Quinnipiac University; Robert Oris, III, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Matthew Palma, Plymouth State University; Benjamin Palmieri, Southern Connecticut State University; Christopher Papa, Bentley University; Emily Peck, Colgate University; Isabel Peck, Boston University; Sonja Pejovic, University of Vermont; Eric Penner, University of New Hampshire at Durham; Ariana Pepper, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth Perry, University of Connecticut; Mairead Peters, University of South Carolina; Alexander Pierce, Syracuse University; Matthew Pinciaro, Quinnipiac University; Heath Post, Springfield College; Shemuel Prudhomme, University of Connecticut; Peter Purcell, IV, University of Connecticut; Valentina Ramirez, Quinnipiac University; William Ratchelous, James Madison University; Durga Rathi, Yale University; Brenna Reach, The George Washington University; Isabella Riccio, Berklee College of Music; Samantha Richard, Academy di Capelli; Troy Richmond, Central Connecticut State University; Ross Roberts, Quinnipiac University; Matthew Robidoux, American Internationa College; Nicholas Roche, University of Connecticut; Michael Roke, Southern Connecticut State University; Laura Romaniello, Keene State College; Mackenzie Rossi, Central Connecticut State University; Jeffrey Russitano, Jr., Quinnipiac University; Ni-

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The Class of 2016 was ready to party as graduation came to a close. cole Salamone, Colgate University; Collin Salatto, Quinnipiac University; Nicholas Sansone, Boston College; Devin Savold, Auburn University; Veronica Schaefer, Roger Williams University; Matthew Schock, University of New Haven; Kaylee Scinto, New York University; Lauren Segal, Southern Connecticut State University; Kyle Shadeck, Keene State College; Michael Shalagan, University of Connecticut; Bradley Sherman, Western New England University; Janaia Skibitcky, Northeastern University; Emily Sparago, Quinnipiac

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