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KMHS 2011 CLASSMATES, JAMES CORINO (USMA - WEST POINT) AND THEO MILLER (USNA - ANNAPOLIS) CAUGHT UP AT THE ARMY-NAVY GAME IN DECEMBER 2014.
LAURA HAMMOND ‘04 AND STEPHEN BONVENTRE CHS ‘02 GATHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM KELLENBERG FOR A GROUP PICTURE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.
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MARK DIAZ is a stage carpenter on Broadway for the Shubert Organization.
currently Chief Resident of Orthopedic Surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.
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LYGIA DAY (PEÑAFLOR) SZELWACH is a young adult author and teacher to child actors on television and movie sets. Her debut novel, FILMING THE LOCALS, about a young actress struggling with her mother’s expectations and her ambitious director’s edgy script, will be published by Macmillan/Roaring Brook in spring 2016.
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ERIN (BATES) ROPELEWSKI is married to Major Adam Ropelewski of 3DCAV Regiment at Fort Hood. They have 3 girls: Brynn 7, Jillian 3, Emmelyn, 1. Erin is working on her masters in nursing education from Georgetown University.
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MARC IALENTI is engaged to Lauren Prestianni. He is
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LAURA HAMMOND married Stephen Bonventre CHS ‘02 on September 28, 2013. Both originally from Massapequa Park, they met at the College of the Holy Cross in 2004 and currently live in Chatham, New Jersey. Laura teaches fifth grade at Holy Family School in Florham Park, New Jersey.
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ADRIANA ESTEVEZ graduated from George Washington University with a B.S. in Political Science, International Affairs and Philosophy. She graduated from Catholic Law School in 2013 with a Juris Doctor Law degree. She is currently working in a law firm in Virginia where she resides. In April 2015 she married Brian Ceres.
KELLY BOURGAL is getting married in May 2015 and works in Queens as a 6th grade special education teacher.
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MICHAEL BANKS is a video editor in the sports division of NeuLion in Plainview.
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MICHAEL ADAMO is a co-founder and COO of Three Piece Suit Productions, a design service company that specializes in animation and motion graphics, graphic design and post-productions.
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DAN ZIDER was featured on the cover of Adelphi University’s magazine for the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.
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NICHOLAS ADAMO is currently in his junior year at Manhattan College as a Civil Engineering Major. He has been on the Dean’s Honor List every semester.
He is a 2nd year team member of the Division 1 Cross Country and Track & Field Teams. He was recently the recipient of the Metro NY/NJ Chapter of Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) 2014 Scholarship. He made the MAAC All-Academic Team for Manhattan College Division 1. NICHOLAS COPOULUS is currently in his junior year at SUNY Maritime College studying to become a 3rd Mat Merchant Mariner. ERIC DITTMEIER was selected to the All Conference 2nd team for the 2014 Lacrosse season at Misericordia University and named co-captain for the 2015 season. KIRAN SWAMY was unanimously elected President of Kappa Sigma at Sacred Heart University.
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