CLASS OF 2024 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
June 9, 2024
Mehmet Berk Acikel†
Aydan D. Aran
Taner Devrim Aran
Anuj Awasthi†
Justin Christopher Baker†
Larisa Kate Basile
Isabel Becker†
Arsema Berhanu† *
Tyler J. Betlow
James Andrew Bradstock
Wesley Brock†
Henry Castelblanco
Anirudh Chakravarthy† *
Nathanial J. Choi†
Shayne Cleeve
Avery Grace Cohen† *
Damian Westley Correa† *
Andrew Joseph Crawford†
Olivia Riella Croshaw
Katerina Dakos
Andrew Deng† *
Jack Joseph DeVirgilio†
Evan Sebastian Dias-Sotiriou†
Molly Egan†
Noah Bellamy Elwyn
Tiana Evans
Vanessa Simsir Fang† *
Ava Hope Finger*
Chloe Sabrina Flores†
Ethan Freed†
Sean Gilsenan
Kaitlin Goguen-Compagnoni†
Katherine Guo†
Kevin Ha† *
Nicholas Hacking
Shreyas Hariharan†
Reina Hassell
Mia Patricia Heinold
CLASS OF 2024
Abigail Herbert† *
Asher Tobin Herman†
Lavarra Melvin Hines Jr.
Emily Rachel Horowitz†
Logan Frasier Horowitz
Inchara Hosanagar†
Ewan Badridze Jack
Alexa Jacob† *
Andrew David Kapferer†
Jakob M. Kaplan†
Eva Kaykov†
Kieri Keys†
Aanya D. Kothari†
Andrew Michael Kotzen
Meghan Lai†
Alyssa Lee†
Hudson Lee† *
Aaron Li*
Anika Anjali Lippke†
Ada Lu
Aiden J. Lu†
Vincent Luo†
Zinnia Magill
Joshua Mandelbaum
Jean-Luc Marchand
Owen Matthew Markowitz*
Isadora Dianit Martinez Correa
London Victoria McKnight
Julia Emily Miller
Jason Mo
James Robert Morris† *
Svanfridur Mura*
Claire Nowak†
Rounika Nuni†*
Luka Henrique Opačić Rodrigues†
Abigail Pacheco†
Olivia Palker† *
Neil Kamal Pandey† *
Marvin Glenn Peart III
Tomas A. Pesquin
Victoria Pevzner
Julia Mei Polen
Stevie Hannah Raisman*
Sanjana Samyuktha Rajan
Saira Virmani Rajparia†
Zachary Ryan Rosner†
Michael Russo
Lucas D. San Miguel
Jasper Schnieders-Smith
Benjamin Lawrence Schwartz
Jayan Niraj Shah†
Ambika Sharma† *
Cadmus Sheffield
Jamie Joyce Shen†
Jenna Shoman
Nicholas Sikellis† *
David Silliman†
Eva Sirichenko†
Dagny Jade Slomack
Ishaan Solanki
Lily Fox Sternlieb†
Fedila Stith
Sienna Talles
Kathryn Amrta Tipnis
Jacob Tolentino
Anya Vashisht
Suved Wali† *
Evan Wang
Dylan Han Wapner
Marley Weidhorn
Brian Yun†
Vivian Zhang
Julia Zheng† *
Sophie Zhou
† International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate * Cum Laude Society Member
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Gathering and Processional Brass Choir
Welcome Donald M. Austin Head of School
Rochelle Outlaw Edwards Director of Equity and Inclusion
Choral Selection Toward The Light (Alma Mater) Performance by Concert Choir
T.C. Abbey Oration
Introduction of Speaker
Commencement Address
Presentation of the Class
Awarding of Diplomas
Avery Grace Cohen ’24
Lawrence G. Cetrulo ’67
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Clayton S. Rose
Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice
Harvard Business School
Donald M. Austin Head of School
Catherine Atwell, Ed.D. Upper School Principal
Traci Osterhagen Brock Dean of Faculty
Pegeen Galvin
Director of Upper School Student Life
Closing Remarks
Tassel Turn & Cap Toss
Pegeen Galvin
Director of Upper School Student Life
Kieri Keys ’24
Senior Class President
Recessional Brass Choir
Following the ceremony, there will be a reception at the Concession Stand for graduates, faculty, families and friends.
THE T . C . ABBEY ORATION
Newark Academy established the T.C. Abbey Oration in 1982 to honor the memory of this beloved teacher, who died on October 22, 1981. Each year at Commencement a senior, chosen by the Cum Laude Society, delivers the oration.
T.C. “Charlie” Abbey devoted more than 50 years of his life to the education of young men and women. He was on the faculty at Newark Academy for 22 years, serving at various times as English Department Chairman, Debate Coach, Director of Admission and Chairman of the Discipline Committee. Prior to coming to Newark Academy, Mr. Abbey taught for 31 years at the Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
OFFICERS OF THE CLASS OF 2024
President, Upper School Council Jamie Shen
Senior Class President Kieri Keys
Senior Class Vice President Suved Wali
Class Representative Shreyas Hariharan
Class Representative Lily Sternlieb
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