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Shaker high School SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE:
It gives me great pleasure to address the graduating Class of 2022. First of all, you did it! My heartfelt congratulations on this important accomplishment. I can say that our graduates continue to impress me - not only each year, but each day. While I do not want this letter to be focused on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, social injustices, or other national/ global events, I must acknowledge that you have persevered through some incredibly challenging times. We must recognize that the last couple of years have been far from easy. Many of us have struggled. Perhaps, at times, graduation felt like it wouldn’t even happen. Yet here we are. Here YOU are. This is a time to both reflect and move forward. I encourage you to take the time to sit and consider the past 13 years of your K-12 education. Remember the good times and the challenging ones. Take what you learned in and outside of the classroom and use those lessons moving forward. Close your eyes, take some deep breaths, and think about what’s next. What do you stand for? What will you do? Who will you become? How can you help make our world better? Having a strong sense of self, knowing your values, and always upholding your integrity will allow you to feel comfortable with yourself and the decisions you make.
No matter where you go, remember to always keep close to your family and friends, for they will be your greatest resource and your strongest supporters, both in good times and bad. I hope that many of the people you have encountered at SHS will continue to play prominent roles in your lives, whether they were your fellow classmates, teachers, administrators, or coaches. I want to thank your families, friends, our faculty, staff, and the entire North Colonie Community for helping you achieve this tremendous accomplishment. We recently inducted five outstanding individuals into the Shaker High School Alumni Hall of Fame. Whether they’ve become an educator, a councilwoman, or a champion for people living with disabilities, they have paved a road to their own success. It was a privilege to hear about their achievements. And now it’s your turn. We can’t wait to hear about your next chapter. Congratulations Shaker High School Class of 2022! Sincerely, D. Joseph Corr Superintendent
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Class of 2022
Shaker high School Wesal Adam
Paul Adams
Vanessa Addo
Zeidane Adjei
Zoha Ahmed
Sumaia Al-Dubais
Fatima Al-Dubais
Ahad Al-Hemyari
Raghd Al-Hemyari
Andrew Alexander
Muhammad Ali
Abdullah Alkabbani
Aiden Allman
Anyelianis Alvarado-Reyes
Sacario Anaya Backman
Luhan Andrade
Jessica Andrews
Joanna Andrews
Jacob Anigian
Gage Antifaiff
Mia Aquino
Mahab Arshad
Robert Arvin
Zaid Ashar
Delanee Ashby
Denislav Atanasov
Gabrielle Audi
Allison August
Estelle Ayotte
Avi Bagchi
Georgeo Balkis
Labesh Baral
Ayan Bargeer
Juan Barrueto-Diaz
Amari Basdeo
Ryan Bates
Kaydance Baumes
Sara Bawla
Lili Bazargan-Lari
Robin Belli
Ali Benkhalifa
Drew Benton
Harry Benton
John Berben
Jessica Black
Andrew Bergeron
Myah Bermudez
Emily Bette
Lucas Betzwieser
Samuel Bevevino
Lucy Beyer
A’Dante Bianchino
Sarah Clare Biazon
Jacob Biel
We are so proud. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for you.
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Class of 2022
Shaker high School Cecilia Boisvert
Timothy Braman
Colin Brant
David Breault Jr.
Mia Brehm
Caleb Brewer
Brianna Brown
Stephen Bruno
Talya Bruso
Aryn Bucci-Mooney
Ciara Bullington
Connor Bunkoff
Joshua Busch
Hannah Byun
Stephen Calderon
Portia Callander
Megan Camilli
Jonathan Candib
Jenna Capasso
Aidan Caplan
Asher Carlin
Tannor Carr
Delaney Carroll
Sydney Carron
Kaelah Carter
Samuel Case
Crystal Castracane
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Shaker high School Karly Cavanaugh
Ariana Cavitt
Esther Chang
Ci’arra Chavers
Hsuan Yi Chen
Minyi Chen
Kyle Chin
Leah Chow
Jack Chudzinski
Adriel Clark
Stephen Coger
Heidy Colon
Adam Comolli
Aidan Condon
Isabella Connell
Mary Contakos
James Cook
Alexis Cornwell
Grant Covington
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Logan Cox
Riley Coyne
Stephen Cozzolino
Lucas Criscione
Matthew Cristiano
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Shaker high School Makayla Cusack
Samuel D’Angelo
Patrick Dai
Carly Dall
Peyton Dayter
Lily DeBellis
Emilie DeGroff
Emma Delmerico
Allison DeMarco
Joshua Demarest
Malachi DePerna
Arianna Diaz
Corinne DiNuzzo
Sage Dirtadian
Jaya Dixon
Alex Doering
Gabriella Dolan
Andrew Dongelewic
Jordyn Doran
Abigail Dranikchak
Jaquelyn Driggs
Leona Dumskiy
KaeLin Duncan
Fiona Dunkel
Gabrielle Durivage
Sierra Eakin
Ian Edgar
Carter Emerson
Jessa Engelmann
Ragd Fageir
Ibrahim Faisal
Donish Faiz
Yasmeen Faiz
Ronan Farrell
Catherine Farron
Ahmad Farzad
John Favreau
Sana Fazlani
Harrison Fazzone
Evan Fecko
Jack Ferris
Colin Fish
Vanessa Flaherty
Emily Flores
Gracie Fowler
Natalie Fox
Hanna Fraley
Mia Fredrick
Kiri Gabor
Ryan Gao
Yohan Garcia
Eudnor Gentry
Jason Giambertone
Anthony Gilchrist
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Shaker high School Sean Gilday
Gavin Gilooly
Xavier Giordani
David Glasser
Amitai Goldmeer
Michael Gorman
Ryan Goronsky
Alannah Gottehrer
Mia Greco
Madeline Green
Yashwitha Gunji
Aditri Gupta
Michael Hagerty
Ashley Halko
Ethan Hall
Arietta Hallock
Kathryn Hanrahan
Sydnee Hanranhan
Collin Harriman
Grace Harting
Lyla Hasan
Mahnoor Hasan
Christian Haver
Meredith Hayes
Alissa Herbert
Leah Hinkell
Jared Hinkson
Ella Hoffman
Sean Hong
Dean Hood
Nolan Horn
Nadia Hotaling
Fiona Houghton
Zackary Howe
Skylar Hults
Maaz Hussain
Saliha Hussain
Moatz Ibrahim
Zaineb Ihsan
Benjamin Inglee
JoAnna James
Abdullah Jan
Jocelyn Jara
TJ Jarboe
Arrianna Johnson
Jacob Joslin
Seung Heun Joung
Xander Jung
Aidan Justino
Matthew Kablan
Joseph Kalteux
Harini Kamati
Elena Kaplan
Harini Karnati
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Shaker high School Joseph Karpierz
Kalyna Karpishka
Grace Kayembe
Grace Keane
Cameron Kear
Miles Kear
Michael Kebabjian Jr.
Laurel Keeter
Grace Keniry
Areesha Khan
Asma Khan
Isha Khan
Kiran Khan
Tyasia King
Julian Kintz
Conner Kister
Timothy Knight
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Michael Krupitza
Allison Kunin
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Shaker high School Naleisha LaMothe
Matthew Lamson
Javauni Landell
Emma Lansley
Jeremy LaParl
Keeter Laurel
Alyce Lavoie
May Le
Vuong Le
Kailey Leach
Bianca Lee
Ian Lewis
Samara Lewis
Renee Liburdi
Vicky Lin
Alexander Liranzo
Jeremi Lopez Juarez
Allison Luks
Lily Luper
Ewrin Luu
Alyssa Mackey
Zachary Mackey
Isabella MacNiven
Shreya Mahesh
Brenna Mahoney
Shay Mahoney
Ronan Malga
Faith Malo
Anna Maple
Sofia Marra
Avery Marshall
Elliot Martin
Elizabeth Martuscello
Henry Masson
Dylan Mattison
Joshua Matz
Ryan Mazzariello
Gavin McBain
Olivia McCabe
Ella McCarthy
Jacob McCormick
Lauren McCulloch
Lucas McGarry
Christopher McGarvey
Morgan McGlynn
Daniel McLaughlin
Grace McManus
Zierra McMillan
Dur E Shahwar Mehmood
Lizbeth Mejia
Monzir Mekki
Juana Merino-Lopez
Angelina Merolle
Louis Meunier
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Shaker high School Kevin Mieu
Srikar Mikkilineni
Jeffrey Milano
Benjamin Miller
Alexa Mitchell
Matthew MIttleman
Nicholas Montalto III
Mary Moryl
Amanda Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Tyler Murphy
Sage Murray
Christian Naclerio
Amy Nadeau
Khadija Naeem
Vivian Nartay
Mahad Nasir
Celina Nehme
Taylor Newell
Jonah Nigro
Mikayla Nikiforov
Rajani Nimma
Peter Northup
Killian O’Connor
Madison O’Connor
James O’Donnell
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Shaker high School Abigail O’Neil
Jaaziel Olayinka
Uriel Olayinka
Nicholas Orefice
Tahirah Osman
Martin Ostergaard V
Gavin Ostwald
Yomarlis Oviedo Almonte
Dylann Palmer
Keara Papa
Olivia Papa
Viraj Parihar
Hyerin Park
Nicalina Parsons
Nicholas Passino
Alisha Patel
Krupa Patel
Prapti Patel
Satyam Patel
Viraj Patil
Zachary Paton
Neha Pattan
Sohan Pattanaik
Aidan Pelon
Tristan Peloquin
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Shaker high School Maeve Peterson-Sadler
Amadio Petito
Victor Pettiti
Jemma Pipe
Michael Pisinski
Abigail Poole
Michael Porter-Pompey
Abigail Powell
Jason Prestipino Jr.
Michael Psomas
Alexander Qian
William Quinn
Jamel Raggs-Taylor-Davis
Ella Raiti
Mia Raiti
Jared Randall
Joseph Razzano
Gabriella Reagan
Kollin Reilly
Maximus Reith
Joshua Renaldi
Antonio Rezek
Nickolas Richardson
Liam Riddell
Javier Rivera-Leal
Anthony Rizzo
Mikahyah Roberts
Zi_Asia Robertson
Malcolm Robinson
Akeana Rootes
Luis Rosa Acevedo
Charles Rose
Corinne Rosi-Moon
Ava Roth
Isabelle Rowley
Madison Ruhl
Katie Rullo
Ethan Rupeka
Daniel Rys
Sagar Sahu
Sheetal Saji
Mohamed Salamah
Ryan Salamida
Kaitlyn Sandgren
Michael Santore
Christalline Santos
Christanelle Santos
Emily Satterday
Christina Savastio
Isabella Scavo
Elisabeth Scheu
Abigail Schneider
Julia Schrom
Justin Schulte
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Shaker high School Jack Schultz
Cody Schumaker
Adonis Seals
Madeline Segarra
Nicholas Segarra
Dakota Seitz
Andrew Sennoga-Kimuli
Aryanna Shafir
Rizwan Shaik
Ian Shannon
Liam Shaw
Logan Shaw
Sandra Sheedy
Tyler Shelmerdine
William Sheppeck
Safwan Shikder
Jaedyn Shomo
Emily Shufelt
Victoria Silverstrim
Alexus Simpson
Aaron Sittig
Logan Small
Christopher Smith
Justin Smith
Jared Snyder
Brandon Sodergren
Carlos Solano
Hunter Soller
Shed Soriano
Michaela Soscia
Daniel Spychalski
Ryan Stein
David Stiles
Robert Stiles
Shadea Stone
Peyton Strand
Mary Sullenberger
Mason Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan
Victoria Swider
Zayd Syed
Sebastian Symula
Naasiah Syud
Liam Tamayo
Enes Kayra Tasdibek
Emma Taylor
Ansley Teal
Isabelle Tedesco
Dillon Teger
Isaac Terenzini
James Tervay
Joseph Teson
Emma Testa
Davin Testo
Mustafa Thaleb-Al Sallami
Justin Thomas
Nazhlah Thompson
Vinishasree Thumilan
Reagan Tomisman
Cameron Torrey
Lafitani Toutai
Lamario Townsend
Jessica Tran
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Shaker high School Kaylin Trianni
Jacob Trippoda
Olivia Tronco
Nicholas Tsaggari
Tsimafei Tumashenka
Corey Turmon
Christabel Twumasi
Ryan Unser
Pablo Valenzuela
Gaia Vallee
Zoe Vallee
Justin Van De Loo
Nicholas Vant Zelfde
Isiah Vazquez
Dominic Velikov
Kishore Venkatarajan
Kaytence Vining
Andrew Vona
Benjamin Vona
Julia Waldorf
Cierra Walker
Marina Walsh
Schuyler Wang
Carl Warren
Sarah Washburn
Demetrius Washington
Tori Wasula
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Shaker high School Joseph Watson
Blake Weik
Sadie Weiss
Sydney Wells
Mayah Wheeler
Kaory White
Nayzara White
Shaniqua Wilmoth
Olivia Wilson
Owen Wilson
Carieanne Windover
Natalie Wolf
Pranav Woody
Shubham Yadav
Andrew Yocum
Himeka Yokoyama
Cadence Young
Liam Younger
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