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A MESSAGE FROM BETHLEHEM CENTRAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JODY MONROE
othing is quite as sweet as the promise of June. This is especially true after a difficult two-and-a-half years. What we have to look forward to is so much more than sunshine, celebrations and a passage into summer. Members of the Class of 2022 are about to embark on new journeys, new adventures and no doubt, new challenges. They are more than ready, displaying remarkable maturity in the face of a pandemic and having embraced the core values we work hard to instill: academics, character, community and wellness. A better world waits for us, and for them, as they make their first steps into adulthood. On June 24, I look forward to honoring the accomplishments of this class at commencement. As tassels are moved from right to left and cheers go up, our students will be surrounded by the Jody Monroe family, friends and classmates who have been invaluable with their support, encouragement and love. Also on hand will be some of the teachers who have been instrumental in the lives of the students featured below. A longstanding BC tradition allows the Class of 2022 to choose teachers who are special to them to escort the class into and out of the graduation ceremony. These “graduation marshals” were nominated by the students for having had the most significant impact on their education journey so far. They include teachers from elementary, middle and high school.
SELECTED TO BE FACULTY GRADUATION MARSHALS FOR THE CLASS OF 2022 ARE: • Kelly Babic, Bethlehem Central High School • Teresita Barcia, Bethlehem Central High School • Lester Betor, Slingerlands Elementary School • Kaaren Caron, Bethlehem Central High School • Cori DiFabbio, Bethlehem Central Middle School • Kristy Eldeen, Bethlehem Central High School • Nicholas Ferguson, Bethlehem Central High School
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Corey Fong, Bethlehem Central High School Steven Gigliello, Bethlehem Central Middle School Evan Harley, Bethlehem Central Middle School Dena Henderson, Hamagrael Elementary School Michael Letzring, Bethlehem Central High School Amy Ludik, Bethlehem Central Middle School Alix Messier, Slingerlands Elementary School Jeffrey Mongue, Bethlehem Central Middle School Mark Nealon, Bethlehem Central Middle School • Leslie Obermayer, Eagle Elementary School • Anthony Scott, Bethlehem Central Middle School • Nancy Stathopoulos, Bethlehem Central High School • Matthew Rehbit, Bethlehem Central High School • Julie Taylor, Bethlehem Central Middle School • Eileen Turo, Bethlehem Central High School • Michael Valenti, Elsmere Elementary School • Lauren Ward, Glenmont Elementary School
This group of educators is a distinguished one. They represent countless faculty and staff who have contributed in their own ways to preparing students for success in the future. What they probably didn’t realize along the way is that they were also preparing a generation to endure one of the most challenging times in modern history. This class, in particular, has met this challenge head on and with perseverance and optimism, continues to redefine the meaning of success.
Congratulations, BCHS Class of 2022!
Sincerely,
Jody Monroe Superintendent of Schools
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CLASS OF 2022
Bethlehem Central High School
Justin Abbuhl
Jack Adams
West Allen
Elizabeth Amodeo
Tess Anderson
Sophia Annastas
Robyn Arnason
Madison Asmus
Isobel Aviles Deliz
Madeline Ayers
Claudia Baggenstos Nova
Margaret Bailey
Rachel Barnes
Elliot Barrett
Alison Barron
Liam Bartholomew
Kirsten Baum
Lillian Beiter
Alyssa Bella
Jenna Berben
Milan Bhatia-Guerin
William Bievenue
Ayanna Bing
Devon Blackwood
Charles Blanchard
Saverio Blendell
Gabriel Blodgett
CONGRATULATIONS
KIKI!
We love you so much and are so incredibly proud of you! Love, Dad, Mom and Anders
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CONGRATULATIONS
JACOB!
We are so proud of you and look forward to the creativity to come!
We are so proud of you! Love, Dad, Mom & Kaylee
GRIFF
We are so proud of the man you have become. Be the one who knocks… “s’all good, man”- Jimmy McGill. Love, Mom, Dad, Gillian & Moose
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MAGGIE!
We are all so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad, Ellie, & Sadie
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Jane Clark
Nathi Clarke
Anna Cleary
Alexa Colabufo
Conner Colonno
Isabella Cometti
Matthew Connolly
Stella Convertino
Cameron Conway
Allison Coolidge
Olivia Corazzini
Joseph Corts
Aliza Cotton
Melanie Couillard
Jackson Cowin
Andre Cridlig
Hannah Culley
Campbell Cummings
Connor Darcy
Robert Davis
Emily DeGonza
Rowan DelBene
Megan Dellenbaugh
Orion Dennin
Christopher DeSorbo
Hunter Detwiler
Peter Devaprasad
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION
JONATHAN!
We are so very proud of your accomplishments, and all your hard work! Love, Mom, Dad, Emily, and Caroline
Believe in your heart that you’re meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.
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We’re so proud of you! Can’t wait to see what your future holds!
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Wishing you great success and happiness. You are so loved and we are so proud.
PHOEBE!! All Our Love, Mom, Dad, and Merrick
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CLASS OF 2022
Bethlehem Central High School
Evan Diligent
Mark DiLullo
Spencer Dodge
Kira Doherty
Paige Doherty
Connor Donovan
Luke Doyle
Rachel Drew
Olivia Drury
Neinei Du
Caitlin Dunican
Frank DuPont
Maya Earleywine
Ece Ercan
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Jasmine Facchetti
Isabella Faiola
Aubrey Fairfax
Allison Farrell
Madeline Ferreira
Kate Field
Elianna Figueroa Sealey
Jacob Finerow
Sinead FitzPatrick
Patrick Fitzsimmons
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Bethlehem Central High School Nikolas Freihofer
Samuel Fresina
Caleb Frezza
Alivia Fugitt
Isabella Fuierer
Nicholas Furlong
Rylan Gaffney
Adrienne Gahl
Jackson Gallo Renich
Sara Giacone
Sofia Giarrusso
Gianna Giglia
Seaver Glassman
Amanda Gonzalez Gomez
Canden Gorman
Mackenzie Gorman
Matthew Grabe
Kirstin Graham
Daveed Grause Moore
Claudia Grimaldi
Rohan Grumberg
Cooper Guzy
Devon Guzy
Emma Haertel
Benjamin Hamm
Zachary Harbinger
Tyler Harrigan
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Love, Grandpa Ed and Grandma Shirley
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We are so proud of you! This is a very exciting time. This is the beginning of many great things to come.
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Keith Heineman
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Conner Holt
Phoebe Hosford
Ruth Hotaling
Nia Hughes
Lilyan Humphrey
Claire Idema
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Bethlehem Central High School
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Archisha Kancha
Kenan Kanic
Abraham Kauffman
Landen Kawczak
John Keeffe
Ryan Kegg
Omer Keles
Nisa Kendir
Christopher Kienle
Lauren Kinn
Andrew Kirby
Irely Knox
Corey Knuth
Liam Koch
Charles Koota
Nathaniel Koplik
Sydney Kowalsky
Elizabeth Krege
Alexa Krueger
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Bethlehem Central High School
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Matti Levasalmi
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Isabel Lippold
Jake Lippold
Emma Liu
Margaret Livingston
Connor Longtin
Emma Losee
Maren Louridas
Karina Lozano
Elizabeth Maher
Eva Mane
Carson Manning
Logan Manziano
Julia Martelle
Kevin Martone
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Grady McSharry
Katrina Medert
Alamdar Meghani
Peter Mertik
Daniel Middendorf
Viera Midgette
Colin Mikulski
Lily Millard
Christian Minnicks
Peter Moffre
John Molinsek
Michael Moloney
Taylor Momrow
Nicholas Mongue
Alex Montalvo
Conor Mooney
Emma Moore
Shelby Morin
Nicholas Morin-Wrubel
Anthony Morrison
Sarah Mueller
Elizabeth Mullen
Jeremy Munn
Connor Murphy
Richard Myers
Elizabeth Nagy
Katherine Nagy
Heera Narang
Abigail Nautel
Sarah NeJame
Jeevan Nigam
Grady Noonan
Ayla Noor
Arieanna Norfleet
Tyler Novak
Cassidy O'Brien
Dean O'Brien
Kaitlin O'Meara
Margaret O'Neill
Sage Obernesser
Kalin Oelkers
Serena Okoniewski
Maire Owens
Finn Pachter
Jianna Paggao
Anushka Patel
Lola Paul
Abigail Paulsen
Oriana Peatross
Ian Penfield
Darius Palange
Max Palat
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GRACE TRUCHARD You did it! You are amazing! We are so proud of you. Love, Mum, Dad, and Ben
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Claire Peretta
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Lindsay Pierce
James Pillittere
Maria Pocorobba
Isaac Pokat
Maya Probeck
Avery Proper
Margaret Proper
Andrew Provera
Acey Puccio
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Connor Raleigh
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Ashrith Rao
Ryan Reynolds
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Isabella Richards
Vincent Rigney
Madison Robbins
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Caitlyn Roddy
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Griffin Roeder
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Mason Rowe
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Jake Ruud
Ciara Ryan
Nora Samson
Stella Sanles
Jake Santaski
Daniel Santiago
Dylan Saunders
Madison Scheilding
Logan Schmidt
Ethan Schoenblum
Christine Schrempf
Allison Seebode
Natalie Sevilla-Lane
Rahul Sharma
Andi Sheingold
Lucas Sheraw
Katherine Shudt
Mollie Silver
Ishaan Singh
Sarah Singh
Caleb Sink
Madison Sinuc
Gracie Skultety
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DYLENA SWANN We are so proud of you! We love you, Mom, Dad and Daryen
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There are no words to describe how proud you have made us. We can’t wait to see what you accomplish next. May all your dreams come true. All our love.
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CLASS OF 2022
Bethlehem Central High School
Claudia Skuza
Claire Smith
Albert Snyder
Sophia Soka
Joanne Somide
Lauren Sorrentino
Emily Spada
Megan Sparks
Timothy Spore
Grace Stelmaszyk
Ava Stickan
Gordon Su
Ella Surmeli
Jack Sutliff
Dylena Swann
Sarah Syed
Katie Taffe
Ryan Taffe
Alexander Thomas
Justice Thomas
Etta Thornton
Brandon Tice
Jared Tice
Jack Tichman
Emiliano Torlasco
Emily Towle
Riley Travis
Ella Traynor
Johnson Trowbridge
Grace Truchard
Camryn Tutunjian
Caitlin Valerian
Katerina Van Steele
Emma VanLuven
Juliette VanLuven
Sarah VanSchaick
Matthew Vichaiwattana
Victoria Voronina
Lindsey Waters
Ali Weatherly
Jessica Weinert
Julia Weinert
Megan Whitbeck
Elle Sophia Wilber
Ezra Winston
Jackson Woods
Haley Wright
Michael Xie
Tao Xie
Ela Yucel
Rowan Zapatka
Helen Zheng
Jeremy Zheng
Winny Zheng
Daniel Zhou
Tomer Zilberberg
CONGRATULATIONS
TESS!
We’re so excited to see what the future has in store for you. Love, Mom and Dad
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You are AMAZING! We are very proud of your academic accomplishments but much more of the INCREDIBLE human being you have become. We LOVE you dearly. GO NICOLE!