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June 28, 2012

THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 28, 2012

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Shelbi Ann Biggins, Carly Mi-chelle Bigler, Corey James Fitch Birdsall, Ryan Austin Black, Aar-on Blauvelt, Maria Kathryn Blois, Davana Angelina Bolton, Oscar J.R. Bosque, Cassandra T. Bout-sioulis, Shaun Bowman, Emily Elizabeth Bradley, Samantha Ma-rie Bradley, Meredith Marie Brennan, Kellie Renee Brenton, Samantha Emily Bricken, An-drew Mitchell Brown, Raymond Anthony Brumleve, Kristen Eliz-abeth Bryant, David Jon Brzo-zowski, Jr., Timothy H. Budd, Gina Louise Buzzelli, Veronica Andrea Cadavid, Lindsey Ellise Canas, Casey Eileen Candelora, Lena Nichole Capozzi, Michael Francis Carbone, Tyler J. Car-bone, Jeffrey Alexander Car-bonella, Danielle Marie Carlino, Robert Donald Carter, Juan M. Casanova, Jr., Walter Benjamin Cashore, Alyssa Cavanaugh, Ali-son E. Centorino, Andrew Leon-

ard Chamber-land, Amanda Chang, Kerry A l e x a n d r a C h a v o y a , Daniel Yu Ming Chen, Daniel Chen, Eric Ti Chen, Ray L. Chen, XueYao Julie Chen, Usama A. Choudhry, Brendan Cro-nin Clark, Connor Alex-ander Clark, Ian Michael Clark, Kevin

T. Clements, Sarah Elizabeth Collinge, Kelly Marie Coury, James Cremo, Nikki Crose, Mol-ly Elizabeth Cunningham, Ryan Stephen Cuppernull, Andrew John Cusano, Allyson Rose D'Amico, Jessica Yvonne Da-mon, Nicholas William D'Annolfo, Andrew K. Davison, Blake Anthony Dawson, Tyler James DeAngelo, Lauren Jean DeBisschop, William Victor Deegan, John Peter DeGennaro, III, Quinlan Edward Demac, Paige Sierra Deprey, Alexa D'Errico, William James Devine, David Patrick Dickinson, Monica Grace DiLeo, Dolores Diorio, Bretta Lana Doherty, Sarah Marie Domschine, Abby-Lyn Dorman, Delphine Ana Maria Dortenzio, Xiaomi Du, Claire Elizabeth Duffy, Sarah Elizabeth Duwen-hoegger, Catherine Knight Dykty, Michael John Ecke, Jesse Win-

ship Eddy, Meghan Lynn Eppi-nette, Talia Erris, Olivia Hanby Farb, Ryan Davis Farrell, Mar-guerite Mary Elizabeth Federico, Jesse A. Feldshon, Thomas Lawrence Fer-ry, Colby Alexander Festa, Lisa Michelle Fischer, Andrew Ste-phen Fisher, Theresa Joan Fitz-patrick, Max Peter Fleischmann, Danielle Fletcher, Maxwell John Formica, Jordan Ashley Foth, Liza Jayne Franco, Jamie Hawley Franklin, Taylor Webb Frazier, Anna Kathryn Frenzilli, Blake James Galullo, Emma E. Gan-non-Salomon, Arber Gashi, Landon Stuart Gatchell, Kaitlyn Marcil Gaudio, Luke Nathaniel Gayeski, Lauren Rebecca Gins-berg, Joel Saye Glaude, Justin M. Go, Taylor Lynn Goldaper, Mi-kayla Lyn Golebiewski, Samuel

Golmohammadi, David Anthony Gomes, Magali Cecilia Gonza-lez, Samantha Lee Goodson, Jennifer Lynn Granoth, Emily-Rose Elizabeth Green, Andrew Scott Guerra, Lucas Benjamin Guliuzza, Kelly Ina Gunneson, Spencer Thomas Hackett, Alyssa Emily Hague, Tyler L. Hajjar, Zachery James

Hanover, Felicia Hartman, Sara Marie Hassan, Riley Jane Has-son, Andrew Richard Hen-

derson, Kaleigh Lauren Hickey, Brian

Thomas Higgins, Travis Albert Hill, Alexandra Emily Hirt, Stephanie Hoffman, James Rob-ert Holtman, Asahi H. Hoque, Nathan Richard Howard, Nicho-las Gregory Howie, Kristine Oiestad Hoy, Kayla Bridget Hoynes, Laurel Rachael Hunt-Quill, Lee Carrington Hurlbert, Nicole Marie Iadarola, Eric Icaza, Marco Gisto Iovanna, Nuzhat Ja-been, Anna Frances Jarjura, Cath-erine Mariah Jones, Jacob James Jones, Anne-Marie Belle Jurgile-wicz, Andrew John Kaczmarek, Arman Karbassioon, Nicole E. Keefe, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Erin Catherine Kennedy, Kevin Pat-rick Kennedy, Melissa Mary Ken-ney, Jonathan Richard Kirby, Jus-tin Andrew Klanica, David Emerson Klimowicz, Patryk J. Kopec, Nicholas Edward Kopjan-ski, Susan Flaherty Kostin, Alex-andria Koukos, Nicole Stephanie Kowalczyk, Alfred Kroqi, Jordan Kubilus, Benjamin Joseph Kuehl, Sarah Anne Kulenski, Emily Ma-rie Kulpa, Tomas Kurachi Ube', Caroline Amelia Baker Kushner, Sara Kwiatkowski, Nicholas J. Lamoreux, Trace Lange, Erica Lyn Larson, Tyler Alexander Lavorgna, Dong Lee, Jeffrey Ho-Yin Lee, Maxwell Adam Lemkin,

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Special Section IndexList of Graduates 2, 14 Class Valedictorian Speech 3Class Salutatorian Speech 4Class President Speech 5, 14Class Commencement Speech 6, 14Scenes From CHS Athletics 7Scenes From Graduation 8, 9Scenes From All Night Grad Party 10Scholarship Recipients 12, 15Destinations 11, 13, 15

Du Remembers Her High School Days Through Popular MusicGood evening everyone.

Thank you all for sharing this exciting but bittersweet night with us soon to be graduates. First, I would like to thank the families, faculty, and administra-tion for all your support in mak-ing this night possible.

You raised us, taught us, and guided us – thank you for all that you have done – but my speech tonight is directed to my peers. For the 2012 graduates, this is for you. In order to make this a bit more interesting than a long graduation speech – I originally considered analyzing a Dr. Seuss quote – I chose lyrics from fi ve songs to represent each year of high school and the future. The lyrics come from popular songs from the past four years that, re-gardless of whether or not you like them, should be familiar to everyone.

Let’s start with freshman year, back when we were so young and eager to explore our different pas-sions. “We are Young” by Fun captures that sentiment:

TonightWe are young

So let’s set the world on fi reWe can burn brighter

than the sunOur diverse interests then in-

cluded sports, clubs, music, the-ater, art, and, occasionally, aca-demics. We were determined to fi nd a place for ourselves inside this big school. We made new friends and tried new things, and all of our efforts shone with youthful optimism.

That enthusiasm carried into sophomore year, when we had our fi rst B1 Day. In honor of that day designed to raise awareness about and celebrate our differ-ences, I chose these lines from “Airplanes” by B.o.b to embody our sophomore year:

Can we pretend that airplanesIn the night sky

Are like shooting stars?I could really use a wish

right nowWish right nowWish right now

It seemed like way too big of a wish to want everyone to sit down and listen to one another. Howev-er, through the funny video, group activities, and panel sessions, we all got to know each other a little better. The empathy, kindness, and compassion that fi lled the hallways during our fi rst B1 Day left a permanent impression that brought us closer as a class.

Next came junior year, as we rushed to cram in grades and ac-tivities to impress college admis-sions offi cers. Katy Perry’s “Fire-work” says it best:

Do you know that there’s still a chance for you

‘Cause there’s a spark in youYou just gotta ignite the light

and let it shineJust own the night like the

fourth of JulyWe tried to fi t everything into

that brief year, ranging from SATs, varsity sports, and more clubs to hanging out with friends as often as possible. We were all too aware that our time in high

school was winding down, but at the same time we relished becom-ing upperclassmen. This was the year of doing everything, living by the motto of carpe diem.

And then, there was senior year. OneRepublic’s “Good Life” aptly summarizes our fi nal year in high school:

Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want

We’re young enough to sayOh, this has gotta be

the good lifeWe had aged and matured dur-

ing high school, but there were still plenty of new opportunities to savor in this fi nal year – after fi nishing all of our college ap-plications, of course. We had our last adventures, enjoying the con-cluding moments of this phase in our lives. It’s highly bittersweet looking back, because as much as most of us want to graduate and leave, it’s a little sad to think about what we’re leaving behind. Nevertheless, it’s also exciting to consider the future that is coming up.

Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” speaks to that bright future.

Don’t hide yourself in regretJust love yourself

and you’re setI’m on the right track baby

I was born this wayLet’s all go out and follow our

dreams, reaching as high as we can. These songs are like our years in high school; whether or not you liked your time at CHS, you dealt with it daily. However, build on what we have already

accomplished. Live your own life, pursue your own dreams, and when we meet again, let’s all

have new songs, unique to our-selves, that defi ne our lives.

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Salutatorian

Chen Tells Fellow Classmates That Life’s Road Will ContinueLadies and gentlemen, fac-

ulty and staff, parents and students, friends and family, ath-letes and mathletes, theatre kids and photography students, NHS members and Aluminati tutors, Patriot fans and... other fans, AP students and seniors that had to take fi nals, fellow members of the CHS family: Good evening.

We are a multifaceted and di-verse group, traveling along a number of separate paths. But we have all gathered together this evening in this forking of roads to share a common joy. Years of effort, in school and out, have brought we four hundred seniors to graduation. This would not have been possible without the unfl agging support of all of our teachers, guidance counselors, faculty, and family. Seniors, give our benefactors a round of ap-plause!

It’s been a long road. Elemen-tary school, with recess and

kickball, seemed like such sim-ple days. But then Dodd rolled around and we had to deal with teachers trying to prepare us for high school, and no more recess. We were prepared for a year, maybe, and then our sophomore teachers wanted us to learn new methods of reading and calculat-ing for CAPT. After CAPT there were SAT vocab and that absolute mystery of expository writing. By junior year, many of us also had to learn to take three hour-long AP exams. And this semester some of us even wrote weekly extra credit essays for gym class. Well, maybe that was just me. And of course, all this is just to prepare us for college. The road has been long, and promises to be longer still. But all of us are sitting here today; it is proof that we all have successfully walked this road.

We have followed our hearts and our intuitions on our roads. From going with our guts on

a multiple choice exam to making a spli t-second decision dur-ing a game, we have all seen that our instincts can lead us to the right decision.

We have taken bold and

courageous action on our roads. Whether it’s overcoming shyness to attend a social event, overcom-ing self doubt to take that AP course, or overcoming fear of public speaking to make an an-nouncement, present a project, or deliver a commencement speech.

We have used imagination and creativity to fi nd our passions on our roads. We’ve written articles for the Rampage — sometimes en espanol. We’ve performed in school plays. We’ve picked up sports and even started new teams.

We have also all encountered personal failures on our roads. But from failure we’ve learned that we do not need to be perfect, and that sometimes taking a de-tour can lead to a better path. Per-haps our losses even added to the experience of life.

We hurdled every obstacle on the path to graduation, and now here we are. We can take a mo-ment today, and all of this week, and maybe even this whole sum-mer to just bathe in joy of the present. But sooner or later we’ll need to get back to walking that road. And that’s important.

Our paths lead off to college or trade school or the military, and there will be more challeng-es there. We’ll need to hone our disciplines and pull long hours studying and training. We can take breaks, but not for long. Be-

cause as Aristotle put it, “excel-lence is not an act, but a habit.”

And above all, on this path of life, we must maintain our integ-rity. To quote the former CEO of General Electric David Calhoun, “You must achieve the confi dence of knowing that you possess abso-lute, unbending, unimpeachable integrity. Everyone must know that. Above all else, it is integrity that defi nes your character.”

And so in the roads to come, we will need to resist the temptation to stray from the path of success.

If everyone else is straying, make it everyone minus you, and march down that road to the beat of your own drum!

We leave our high school careers behind today with di-plomas and an education. Both would not have been attain-

able without the sweat and tears and pure nagging of our parents. They have helped us along our roads; they’ve given us a hand when we’ve wanted it, forced us to accept that hand when we didn’t. They’ve planned routes on maps and helped us fi nd our way when we’ve gotten lost. They’ve walked the walk with us.

And so a fi nal reminder from me is that whenever we can, we should remember to give back. Do something for the giants on whose shoulders you stood to reach where you are today, espe-cially if they’re paying for col-lege!

Thank you so much for your at-tention everyone--May our paths cross some more in the years to come.

And Class of 2012: We did it!

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Nisar Credits Peers For Helping Him Acclimate Back To U.S.Good evening. On behalf of

the 2012 Class Offi cers, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Florio, the administrators, the Board of Edu-cation members, our class advis-ers Mr. Hunter and Mr. Lougee, parents, and family. I would also like to thank the underclassmen that are here to help on our spe-cial night.

I would like to take a moment to especially thank all the teach-ers that are here today. Some-times we get so involved with our own lives that we forget the many hours of personal and profession-al time you have spent helping us, encouraging us, and teaching us. You have played important roles in why we sit here today. Thank you for what you have done for us and what you continue to do for students in the Cheshire Public Schools.

And now, Class of 2012: Con-gratulations!

Four years have passed by, one thousand three hundred and eighty seven days have gone by, and today is the day we have all been waiting for. When I look back on these past four years, I am reminded of all the moments that we have spent together, all the memories that we have formed, and all the new life les-sons that we have learned. It has been an honor to serve as your Class President for these past two years. When I moved back to the United States in 2008, I faced many challenges. I had dif-fi culty speaking English, under-standing how the school system worked, assimilating into the American culture. The fi rst few months were diffi cult but, as time passed, things got better. Things got better because of the support guidance, faculty, and the admin-istration offered but, most impor-tantly, things got better because of you. Because of the support, encouragement, and friendship you offered. Serving as your class president, I’ve seen how you care about one another, how you stand up for one another, and how you support one another. This class is special and I have no doubt that this class will be remembered in the halls of Cheshire High School.

But what will we be remem-bered for? For having approxi-mately 35 AP scholars, for achieving high GPAs, for win-ning three State Championships, for achieving high scores on stan-dardized tests, for the number of honor cords each one of us has received, for fulfi lling a set of requirements? There is no doubt that we have achieved a lot, but we won’t be remembered for these quantitative elements. We will, however, be remembered for what these quantitative elements measure, for what these quantita-tive elements represent, and for what these quantitative elements show about us: faith, determina-tion, courage, dedication, service, friendship, and love. These are the qualities that we will be remem-bered for in the halls of Cheshire High, these are the qualities that

make us special, and these are the qualities that we need to survive in the real world.

Today is the last day we sit to-gether as a class, and today we be-gin a new chapter in our lives. We have all chosen to embark on dif-ferent journeys. Most of us have decided to go to college. Some of us have decided to join the navy, military, or workforce. No mat-ter where we’re going what will always bind us together are the memories that we have shared, the friendships we have created, and the experiences we have had at Cheshire High School.

The Class of 2012 has taught me three invaluable life lessons that I want to share with you to-day:

First, don’t be afraid to take risks. In life, you have to take risks. If you don’t take risks, you won’t know what you’re capable of do-ing. As Nelson Mandela said, “There is no passion to be found in play-ing small – in settling for a life that’s less than the one you’re capable of living.” There were many people who said we couldn’t build this turf fi eld, but guess what? We did, with the help of the Cheshire C o m m u n i t y and parents. The passion many of you showed for this project was inspiring and laudable.

S e c o n d ,

you can’t succeed in life without failing. Failure is part of life and that is something all of us have to accept. At some point in life, all of us are going to fail, but it’s not how we fail or what mistakes we make, but it’s about how we respond. It’s about how we pick ourselves up, learn from our fail-ures, and move on. That is what we should remember. Today and moving forward, it doesn’t mat-ter how many games, matches, or meets we’ve lost, it doesn’t matter how many quizzes or tests we’ve failed, it doesn’t matter how many mistakes we have made during our high school career but what matters is whether we have learned from these mistakes or

not and where we’re headed. And fi nally, use your talents to

make this world a better place. As Denzel Washington said in a re-cent speech, “You’ll never see a U-haul behind a hearse.” In other words, when you have the op-portunity, “go big or go home.” You can’t take your talents with you, so use what you have and leave this world in a better place then you found it. Cheshire High School, and especially this class, has already shown that: the the-ater kids have put on amazing shows for the community, the Cheshire High School Band got invited to represent Connecticut in the National Memorial Parade in DC, the Enough club is fund-ing three schools in Pakistan, the BRAVE program hosted one of the largest Pearl Harbor Day events in the country, the Young Poli-ticians Pro-gram has inspired stu-dents to be-come active in the politi-cal process, the undefeat-ed volleyball team has re-peated perfec-tion by win-ning the state championship two years in a row, the

Cheshire Girls Rugby Team, in its fi rst season, against all odds, won its fi rst state championship, the Relay For Life has inspired stu-dents to raise thousands of dollars for cancer research, the B-1 Day event has made students more aware of the challenges others face and how a smile can change someone’s day, and the list goes on.

I am proud to be a part of this class. This class has inspired me and taught me my greatest life lessons at Cheshire High School: we’re not afraid to try; we’re not afraid to fail; we’re not afraid to give it our all. This class has achieved impossible things against impossible odds. This class’s determination has been seen by people in the classroom,

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Commencement Speech

No Better Time To Be Alive Than Now, O’Reilly Tells ClassFirst off, I’d like to thank the

families, friends, and faculty here to honor the Class of 2012, we made it!

When we fi rst opened the pages to this story, here we were freshmen at Cheshire High School knees trembling as we entered this seemingly enormous place, wondering how we were to succeed. And here we are now successful in our education and masters of this school. Next year we are going to be freshmen in an even larger school, the school of life. But, like we have done here at Cheshire High School, we will work endlessly to ensure we are the masters of our own lives.

We owe this invaluable prepa-ration to our teachers who have

worked tirelessly to condition us for the rough roads ahead. Teach-ers inspire us, they instruct us on how to pursue our dreams, and even help us fi nd out what those dreams are. I myself didn’t know what I was going to pursue until my teachers helped me discover my goals. We all have that teach-er who has contributed so much to our upbringing. Socrates said “education is the sacred relation-ship between mentor and pupil”, and these words are alive and well at Cheshire High. So now, let’s please applaud our mentors for all to witness.

But now, back to us. Looking back on what we have accom-plished in so few years gives me hope for the future. Every day,

pundits, professionals, profes-sors, media personalities, and ex-perts in everything from A-Z tell us how troubled our future looks. There is one thing they never take into account though, our up and coming generation. I look out into this crowd and I am only reas-sured of a promising future. You see, there has never been a better time to be alive than now! Un-like the past, now doesn’t require a certain skill set or trait. Now more than ever we need our intel-lectuals and thinkers, our workers and activists, our charitable and industrious, and our dreamers and leaders, all of whom are graduat-ing today.

Now this isn’t to say we have reached our peak and may now

rest on our laurels, oh no, there is still much to accom-plish and the circumstances surrounding us today require us now more than ever to get up and lead the way against any opposition. There will be instances when we’ll be faced with challenges that force us to morph our lives to meet the needs of that time, but we should never (and I mean never) let our dreams get stamped out. In our ever changing lives we only have two constants, the love and support of our families, and our goals and ambitions in our minds, and I tell you now that no mat-ter what we are faced with, no matter how impossible it may seem at the time, we should pursue our goals with all the fervor in our hearts and resources available to us, and we should never con-sider stopping until we’re content.

With these words in mind, if there is one thing more im-portant than any other lesson we learned at CHS it’s how to combat adversity. We will

have our moments of fame and glory in life, yes, but more so than anything else we will be fi ghting the ever evolving face of hard-ship, trying to keep its seemingly unstoppable presence out of our lives. And as we have done be-fore, we will transcend any adver-sity even in its strongest forms.

As we leave this place and go on to our next stages in life, we will meet new people, and go to new places. The body of peers we know will expand from Cheshire High School students to the en-tirety of the human race. But, no matter what happens, no matter where we go and who we meet, we have a link that is larger than the graduation year we share, and more worthy than the mascot we cheer for. We have been part of each other’s life experiences. We have experienced childhood to-gether, and we have built memo-ries together which will give us future happiness when we remi-nisce about the glory days. I tru-ly mean it when I say that I am honored to know each and every one of you. I am honored to have cheered with you all, cried with some, and laughed with others. I

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Senior Athletes Made Season Memorable Both Indoors And Out

Top left: Michael John Ecke avoided a tackle during a Ram football game. Top right: Eric Price hurdled towards a win in a recent track and fi eld meet. Center left: Alex Hirt kept her tennis rally going against stiff competition. Above: Andrew Pan-ther sprinted to the fi nish line for Cheshire. Center right: Alyssa Hague helped her fi eld hockey team in victory. Right: Haley Payne kept cool in the pool for the Rams. Left: Lee Hurlbert tried for the pin.

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A Final Glimpse Of The Class Of 2012 As They Said Goodbye

Top: (from left) Christian Tracey, Nicole Keefe, Delphine Dorten-zio, Dolores Diorio, Anna Jar-juar, and Dominique Virgulto posed for a picture after their graduation ceremony. Above left: John DeGennaro (left) and Mike Ligi hung on tightly to their diplo-mas. Above right: Nick Palladino got a big hug from friend Meghan Higgins. Left: Senior members of the Chromatix Ensembles sang “The Star Spangled Banner” to kick off the graduation festivities. Right: Kelly Gunneson returned to her seat after receiving her di-ploma.

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Some Images Of A Senior Graduation Night To Remember

Above: James Holtman (left) and Ethan Rozak were all smiles after crossing the stage to receive their diplomas. Top center: One of the night’s musical selections was signed by Sign Language Class Members so that hearing impaired members of the audience could enjoy the per-formance as well. Top right: Rebecca Bertenshaw got a big hug after receiving her diploma on the stage behind Cheshire High School. Right: After all diplomas had been handed out, members of the senior class turned their tassles, the traditional ending to graduation. Below: (from left) Kristen Bryant, Nicole Kowalczyk and Gabriela Mariani were ready to smell the roses after Tuesday night’s ceremony. Below right: Brad Mahar, Sean Murphy, and Kevin Pasqale joined together to pose for a few photos after graduation had ended. Bottom: A bird’s eye view of one section of the fi eld showed seniors anxiously looking on as the ceremony concluded.

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THE CHESHIRE HERALD, JUNE 28, 2012Ten

All Night Grad Party Made Sure The Celebration Continued

Left: Ray Brumleve went for a slide at the All Night Grad Party at Cheshire High School. Above: Laura Zeena tried to complete her ob-stacle course. Left below: (from left) Jeffery Pearce and Taylor Pascoe weren’t worried about their poker face at the party. Below: Snigdha Mamillapalli got lost in a sea of pink as she enjoyed herself at the All Night Grad Party. Bottom left: Shelbi Biggins had a hot hand at basketball. Bottom right: (from left) Anna Frenzilli and Erin Kennedy tested their knowledge during a quiz game.

Photos by James Brandolini


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Congratulations, Sarah

Awesome Job!

Go Blue Hens!Love,Dad

Good Luck at

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Mom & Dad

Destinations

Mackenzie Abelli — Keene State College; Nicole

Adam — Connecticut College; Christopher Adams — Emman-uel College; Jason Adams — University of Connecticut; Kevin Adams — Colgate University; Mario Aguayo — University of Connecticut; Zainab Aliyu — University of Connecticut; John Allard — Eastern Connecticut State University; Pavan Anant — University of Connecticut; Lauren Anderson — Southern Connecticut State University; Cortney Andes — Eastern Uni-versity; Miranda Arnold — Southern Connecticut State Uni-versity; Jacob Attwood — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Alyssa Aykroyd — Gateway Community College; Kaitlin Baldino — Roger Wil-liams University; David Bannan — Bentley University; McKen-zie Barker — Volunteer Work in Mexico; Tyler Barnes — Uni-versity of Connecticut - Avery Point; Natalie Barnett — Keene State College; Tanner Barros — University of Vermont; Kayla Bartiet — Tunxis Community College; Thomas Bartlett — UMASS at Amherst; Dalton Bas-sett — University of Connecti-cut; Ashleigh Battle — Quinnipiac University; Dylan Baumgardner — Quinnipiac University; Elizabeth Beaudoin — Monmouth University; James Beckerman — Tunxis Commu-nity College; Rachel Beckett — University of Connecticut; Chris-topher Beedle — University of Connecticut; Micah Belcher — Gateway Community College; Carla Bellantonio — Boston College; Alison Below — George Washington University; Rebecca Bertenshaw — Fordham Univer-sity; Shreya Bhandari — Tufts University; Shelbi Biggins — Eli Whitney Technical High School; Carly Bigler — University of Pittsburgh; Corey Birdsall — Lake Region State College; Ryan Black — Syracuse University; Maria Blois — Quinnipiac Uni-versity; Davana Bolton — Cor-nell University; Cassandra Boutsioulis — Roger Williams University; Shaun Bowman — Sacred Heart University; Emily Bradley — Auburn University; Samantha Bradley — Central Connecticut State University; Meredith Brennan — Eastern Connecticut State University;

Kellie Brenton — University of Kentucky; Samantha Bricken — Central Connecticut State Uni-versity; Andrew Brown — Marist College; Raymond Brumleve — Quinnipiac Univer-sity; Kristen Bryant — Univer-sity of Connecticut; David Brzo-zowski — Suffi eld Academy; Timothy Budd — Western New England University; Gina Buz-zelli — Trinity Col-lege; Veronica Ca-david — Boston University; Lindsey Canas — Fordham University; Casey Candelora — Central Connecticut State Univer-sity; Lena Capozzi — University of Connecticut; Michael Carbone — Quinnipiac University; Tyler Carbone — Champlain College; Jeffrey Carbonella — Universi-ty of Connecticut; Danielle Car-lino — Central Connecticut State University; Robert Carter — Endicott College; Juan Casano-va — Tunxis Community Col-lege; Walter Cashore — University of Toronto; Alison Centorino — Eastern Connecti-cut State University; Andrew Chamberland — Wentworth In-stitute of Technology; Amanda Chang — Princeton University; Kerry Chavoya — Central Con-necticut State University; Daniel Chen — Princeton University; Daniel Y. Chen — Northeastern University; Eric Chen — North-western University; Ray Lai Chen — University of Virginia; Xueyao Chen — University of

Connecticut; Usama Choudhry — University of Connecticut; Brendan Clark — University of Connecticut; Connor Clark — Eastern Connecticut State Uni-versity; Kevin Clements — Mili-tary; Sarah Collinge — University of Delaware; James Cremo — Albertus Mag-nus College; Molly Cunning-ham — Marist College; Ryan

Cuppernull — University of Texas at Austin; An-drew Cusano — Bry-ant University; Ally-son D'Amico — Sacred Heart Uni-versity; Jessica Da-mon — University of New Haven; Nicho-las D'Annolfo — University of Con-

necticut; Blake Dawson — Naugatuck Valley Community College; Tyler DeAngelo — Central Connecticut State Uni-versity; Lauren DeBisschop — College of William and Mary; Stephen DeCamp — Naugatuck Valley Community College; Wil-liam Deegan — UMASS at Am-herst; John DeGennaro — Penn-sylvania State University; Quinlan Demac — University of Connecticut; Paige Deprey — Tunxis Community College; Al-exa D'Errico — Western New England University; William Devine — Central Connecticut

State University; David Dickin-son — Amherst College; Monica DiLeo — Yale University; Dolo-res Diorio — Naugatuck Valley Community College; Bretta Doherty — Roger Williams Uni-versity; Sarah Domschine — University of Saint Joseph; Ab-by-Lyn Dorman — University of Hartford; Xiaomi Du — Cali-fornia Institute of Technology; Claire Duffy — Naugatuck Val-ley Community College; Sarah Duwenhoegger — University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee; Cathe-rine Dykty — Fairfi eld Univer-sity; Michael Ecke — Worcester Academy; Jesse Eddy — Colby College; Meghan Eppinette — Boston University; Talia Erris — Eastern Connecticut State University; Marguerite Federi-co — Southern Connecticut State University; Jesse Feldshon — University of Rhode Island; Thomas Fer-ry — George-town Universi-ty; Colby Festa — Uni-versity of Con-necticut; Lisa Fischer — Fairfi eld Uni-versity; An-drew Fisher — King's Col-lege; Theresa Fitzpatrick — Q u i n n i p i a c U n i v e r s i t y ; D a n i e l l e Fletcher — Lesley Univer-sity; Maxwell Formica — P r o v i d e n c e College; Jor-dan Foth — State College of Florida, Manatee Sara-sota; Liza Franco — Paier College of Art; Jamie Franklin — Western New England Uni-versity; Tay-lor Frazier — University

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Scholarships

Nicole Adam, Church of the Epiphany Scholarship; Kev-

in Adams, Alphonse M. Grasso Memorial Scholarship; Lauren Anderson, Church of the Epiph-any Scholarship, John E. Delane Memorial Scholarship; James Arisco, Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholarship; Thomas Bartlett, Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' Association Scholarship, Jon Rodgers Memorial Schol-arship; Dalton Bassett, Parent Teacher Organization Applied Technology Scholarship; Julie Becker, Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship; Kristen Bryant, Band Parents' Associa-tion Scholarship; Timothy Budd,

Baseball Parents’ Association of Cheshire Scholarship, Cheshire Fire Department, William M. Grove II Memorial Scholarship, Henry E. (Hank) Carson V.F.W. Memorial Scholarship; Casey Candelora, Daniel P. Martinook Memorial Scholarship; Mi-chael Carbone, Cheshire High School Boys Soc-cer Parents' Association Scholarship, Cheshire Soccer Club, Jay Roczyn-ski Memorial Scholar-ship, Cheshire Women's Club "Gifts of the Heart" Fund Scholarship; Ty-ler Carbone, Cheshire High School Hockey Par-

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Deprey, Lois Rho Scholarship; William Devine, Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' Association Scholarship; Bret-

ta Doherty, Henry E. (Hank) Carson V.F.W. Memorial Scholarship, Michael Pu-

lisciano, Sr. Memorial Schol-arship, Rotary Club of Cheshire Scholarship, St. Bridget's Guild Scholarship; Talia Erris, Delta Kappa Gamma Society Lambda Chapter Scholarship, Educa-tion Association of Cheshire Scholarship, Kiwanis Club of Cheshire Scholarship, Victoria D'Addio Memorial Scholarship; Lisa Fischer, One-Acts Scholar-ship; Andrew Fisher, St. Thomas Becket Men's Club Scholarship; Anna Frenzilli, Booster Club Athletic Scholarship, Cheshire Education Foundation General Scholarship, Friends of Field Hockey Scholarship, Parent Teacher Organization Education Major Scholarship - Andrea Kel-machter Memorial Scholarship, St. Bridget's Guild Scholarship;

Emily-Rose Green, Cheshire Community Chorus Scholarship, Cheshire High School Friends of Choral Music Scholarship; Kel-ly Gunneson, Highland School Scholarship; Spencer Hackett, Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' Association Scholarship; Riley Hasson, Booster Club Ath-letic Scholarship; Kayla Hoynes, Booster Club Athletic Scholar-ship; Nicole Iadarola, Cheshire High School Girls Soccer Par-ents’ Association Scholarship, Cheshire Soccer Club Scholar-ship; Jacob Jones, Calcagni As-sociates Scholarship; Erin Ken-nedy, Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship; Susan Kos-tin, Parent Teacher Organiza-tion Student Spirit Award; Tomas Kurachi Ube', Band Parents' As-sociation Scholarship; Caroline Kushner, Ray Delouise Friends of Softball Scholarship; Sara Kwiat-kowski, Osterman Community

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State University; Andrew Guer-ra — University of Connecticut; Lucas Guliuzza — Sacred Heart University; Kelly Gunneson — Southern Connecticut State Uni-versity; Spencer Hackett — Sa-cred Heart University; Alyssa Hague — Union College; Tyler Hajjar — Quinnipiac University; Zachary Hanover — Employ-ment; Felicia Hartman — Uni-versity of Maine; Sara Hassan — Tulane University; Riley Has-son — University of Connecticut; Andrew Henderson — Univer-sity of Kentucky; Kaleigh Hick-ey — Assumption College; Brian Higgins — Saint Anselm Col-lege; Travis Hill — Stetson Uni-versity; Alexandra Hirt — Uni-versity of Delaware; Stephanie Hoffman — Tunxis Community College; James Holtman — University of Vermont; Asahi Hoque — University of Connect-icut; Nathan Howard — Keene State College; Nicholas Howie — Gateway Community College; Kayla Hoynes — University of Connecticut; Laurel Hunt-Quill — Merrimack College; Lee Hurlbert — Pace University; Ni-cole Iadarola — Eastern Con-necticut State University; Eric Icaza — University of Connecti-cut; Anna Jarjura — Tunxis Community College; Catherine Jones — Champlain College; Ja-cob Jones — Boston College; Anne-Marie Jurgilewicz — Fairfi eld University; Andrew Kaczmarek – Fordham Univer-sity; Nicole Keefe — Toni & Guy Cosmetology School; Joseph Kelly — Central Connecticut

State University; Erin Kennedy — Southern Connecticut State University; Kevin Kennedy — Central Connecticut State Uni-versity; Melissa Kenney — Uni-versity of Connecticut; Jonathan Kirby — Eastern Connecticut State University; Justin Klanica — Endicott College; David Kli-mowicz — University of Con-necticut; Patryk Kopec — Cen-tral Connecticut State University; Nicholas Kopjanski — Central Connecticut State University; Su-san Kostin — University of Ver-mont; Alexandria Koukos —Marist College; Nicole Kowalczyk — Fairfi eld Univer-sity; Aldfred Kroqi — Roger Williams University; Jordan Ku-bilus — Albertus Magnus Col-lege; Sarah Kulenski — Central Connecticut State University; Emily Kulpa — University of Denver; Tomas Kurachi Ube — Western Connecticut State Uni-versity; Caroline Kushner — Smith College; Sara Kwiatkowski — Smith College; Nicholas Lamoreux — Connect-icut School of Broadcasting; Trace Lange — Moravian Col-lege; Erica Larson — Mon-mouth University; Tyler Lavor-gna — University of Connecticut; Dong Lee — University of Cali-fornia – Riverside; Jeffrey Lee — University of Connecticut; Maxwell Lemkin — Western New England University; Shelby LeVasseur — Southern Connect-icut State University; Nancy Li — Boston University; Stacy Li-beropoulos — Boston Universi-ty; Michael Ligi — Gateway Community College; Siqi Lin —

University of California – Berke-ley; Sebastian Little — Yale University; Chang Liu — Cor-nell University; Jessica Liu — University of Connecticut; Tian-tian Liu — Southern Connecticut State University; Jennifer Lo-nergan — University of Saint Jo-seph; Vikram Lyall — Hofstra University; Patrick Lynch — Brown University; William Lyon — University of Connecticut; Kendall Mach — Southern Con-necticut State University; Nathan Mackey — Champlain College; Bradford Mahar — Roger Williams U n i v e r s i t y ; Courtney Ma-har — Bentley University; Snig-dha Mamillapalli — University of Connecticut; Michael Mandela — Full Sail Real World Education; Elena Manke — West Virginia University; Anna Mar-cucilli — Southern Connecticut State University; Gabriela Mari-ani — Lasell College; Martin Marion — University of Con-necticut; Carina Martone — Philadelphia University; Kim-berly Massimino — Gateway Community College; Jessica Massucci — International Insti-tute of Cosmetology; Megan Mc-Grath — University of Vermont; Courtney McQuade — Univer-sity of Connecticut; Sarah Mea-kin — Northeastern University; Austin Melillo — Southern Con-necticut State University; Alyssa Miller — Central Connecticut State University; Molly Milstein — College of Charleston; Alex-ander Mongillo — Fairfi eld Uni-versity; Chelsea Mongillo — William Woods University; Jeffrey Morgan — University of Vermont; Adam Moriarty — University of Hartford; Corrie Morris — Muhlenberg College; Isabel Mosher — Endicott Col-lege; Kyle Murgo — Southern

Connecticut State University; Brianna Murphy — Middlesex Community College; Collin Murphy — Endicott College; Sean Murphy — Syracuse Uni-versity; Amanda Muzyka — Providence College; Hasher Nisar — Middlebury College; Samantha Nizich — Seton Hall University; Tochukwu Njoku — University of Connecticut; Jo-seph Noonan — Bryant Univer-sity; Alycia Norberg — Quinnipiac University; James Oakes — University of Connect-icut; Jillian Olderman — Curry

College; John O'Reilly — Norwich University; Isaac Packtor — University of C o n -necticut; Nicholas Palladi-no — Spring-f i e l d College;

Andrew Pan-ther — Lasell College; Mi-chael Parisi — Marist Col-lege; JeeEun Park — Trini-ty College; Ronald Pas-coe — South-ern Connecti-cut State U n i v e r s i t y ; Emily Pasin-ski — Stone-hill College; K e v i n Pasquale — University of Connecticut; Haley Payne — University of Connecti-cut; Jeffrey Pearce — Western New England Uni-versity; Nich-olas Perdion

— Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science; Sa-mantha Perri — Academy of Art University; Ashlyn Perry — University of Connecticut; Ma-rissa Persico — Southern Con-necticut State University; Tesni Phillips — Quinnipiac Universi-ty; James Planinshek — Nau-gatuck Valley Community Col-lege; Andrew Prairie — Norwich University; Eric Price — Eastern Connecticut State University; Margaret Ptaszynski — As-sumption College; Kyle Pulek — Trinity College; Joshua Quinit — University of Maine; Mi-chaela Quinlan — St. Michael's Josh Morgan/Cheshire Herald

Amin Taheri heard the applause from family and friends after receiving his diploma, and acknowledged with a wave.

Destinations


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From

CONGRATULATIONS, Emily

Love,Mom, Dad & Drew

Good Luckat

UMass!

am proud to have stressed with you over tests, and celebrated the victories no matter their im-portance. I cherish the fact that I have called many of you my friends and never have felt cast out by anyone. Soon I will feel privileged to share the title of Cheshire High School Alumni with everyone here.

Now as I come to the end of this speech I ask each one of you

to look around, feel this energy, and remember your graduation ceremony because, though this may be the end to a chapter in our lives, by no means is this the end of our story. Each and every one of us is the author of our own des-tinies and we can make our lives out to what we want them to be. So, as we end this chapter, I’d like to congratulate the Class of 2012 and their parents on the story so far— story that is to be continued.

Rachel Lenoir, Shelby Christine LeVasseur, Nancy Li, Stacy Anne Liberopoulos, Michael Brenden Ligi, Siqi Lin, Sebastian Coe Lit-tle, Chang Liu, Jessica Elizabeth Liu, Tiantian Liu, Jennifer Kath-leen Lonergan, Vikram Singh Ly-all, Patrick James Lynch, Wil-liam Christo-pher Lyon, Kendall Christine Mach, Nathan Mackey, Bradford John Mahar, Courtney Brooke Mahar, Snigdha Mamillapalli, Amro Manaa, Michael Henry Mandela, Elena Julia Manke, Anna Theresa Marcucilli, Gabri-ela Ann Mariani, Martin John Marion, Carina Martone, Kim-berly Massimino, Jessica Diane Massucci, Megan Elizabeth Mc-Grath, Courtney Alison Mc-Quade, Sarah Hope Cooper Mea-kin, Alan Robert Meister, Austin

Noah Melillo, Steven Anthony Merola, Ahmed Mian, Alyssa Leigh Miller, Molly Elizabeth Milstein, Alexander Osmin Mon-gillo, Chelsea Amanda Mongillo, Jeffrey William Morgan, Adam Moriarty, Corrie Elizabeth Mor-

ris, Isabel Snow Mosher, Kyle Murgo, Brianna Caitlin Murphy, Collin Murphy,

Sean Anderson Mur-phy, Amanda Christine

Muzyka, Hasher Mohammad Nisar, Samantha Ann Nizich, Tochukwu Njoku, Joseph Vincent Noonan, Alycia May Norberg, James Patrick Oakes, Jillian Eliz-abeth Olderman, John P. O'Reilly, Isaac E. Packtor, Nicholas John Palladino, Andrew Lloyd Pan-ther, Michael Roger Parisi, JeeEun Park, Ronald Taylor Pas-coe, Emily Pasinski, Kevin Brian Pasquale, Jr., Haley Elizabeth

Payne, Jeffrey C o n n o r Pearce, Nich-olas Ernest Perdion, Sa-mantha Lynn Perri, Ashlyn Elizabeth Per-ry, Marissa Anne Persico, Jennifer Lynn Petrucci, Tes-ni Alys Phil-lips, James Charles Pla-ninshek, III, Andrew Ste-phen Prairie, Eric Robert

Price, Margaret Ptaszynski, Kyle John Pulek, Joshua Arthur Quinit, Michaela Colleen Quinlan, Mi-chael Thomas Raccio, Jesse Reu-ben Racow, Samantha Anne Ra-gusa, Ariq Ishmamur Rahman, Michael David Ranando, Connor Charles Rand, Michaela Rao, Matthew Joseph Rapetski, Cait-lyn Raucci, Sean A. Reinhard, Justin Robert Repko, Miriam Reznik, Adam James Rider, Christina Janice Lili Ritchie, Brandon Adam Rizzo, Emily Grace Roberts, Drew Robert Roosa, Kelly Lauren Rosadino, Ethan Norman Rozak, Jordan Ruocco, Allison Marie Saffi otti, Joseph Anthony Salvati, Zachary Emilio Sampieri, Tony Tac San, Alexis Nicole Sansone, Lee-Anne Hunter Santopietro, Emily Ann Santoro, Joseph K. Santoro, Johnowen Sasso, Emily Cathe-rine Schwarz, Jake N. Scinto, Brian Matthew Segal, Katherine Seggerman, Leo Alexander Miron Seman, Jack David Senft, Amanda Shalagan, Evan Robert Shalagan, Labinot Shaqiri, Meghan Alexandra Shoop, Kayla Gem Silverman, Juliann Sima, Joshua Joseph Skydel, Connor John Slade, Brendan Michael Smalec, Emily Margaret Smith, Emily Rose Smith, Justin R. Smith, Stephen Lee Smith-De-Camp, Michael William Sobo-lewski, Brian James Sokoloff, Timothy Robert St. John, Dani-elle Monique St. Pierre, Ryan Mitchell Stanek, Eaven Steven-son, Karly F. Strahley, Taylor Strange, Megan Marie Stuart, Emily Su, Kevin Vincent Swee-

ney, Tyler Joseph Sweigard, Amin Taheri, Lauren Margaret Talbot, Michael James Thomas, Nathan Peter Thomas, Elizabeth Keim Thompson, Lindsay Marie Thompson, Timothy Leonard Tolbert, Jr., Saadia Toor, Chris-tian Joy Tracey, Sharon Tamar Turret, Deanna Tutrani, Domenic Joseph Valentino, II, Nicholas Christian Velleca, Alexander Da-vid Vendetto, Hailey Verneris, Tyler Violano, Dominique Nicole Virgulto, Lindsay Taylor Voegeli, Matthew Christopher Volpe, Em-ily Talbot Walker, Matthew J.

Ward, Preston Kendall Ward, Dominique Washington, Gabriel-la Watstein, Zachary Thomas Wehner, William Charles Weyr-auch, Abigail Rose Whelan, Vic-toria Ann Wickenheisser, Jacque-lyn Rose Wieloch, Erin Blaine Williams, Patrick Winiarski, John Wong, Michael Anthony Yavorek, Adam Michael Youngquist, Dan-iel Zaccaria, Laura Ann Zeena, Jessie Anne Zelisko, Jingzhou Zhang, Yi Zhang, Samantha Zhit-nitsky, Kyle Ryan Zibell, David Alexander Zimmitti, Matthew S. Zimmitti.

sports fi elds, and even when we have had to battle issues such as health. If you really want to know what we have achieved, remem-ber this statistic when you walk across this stage to pick up your diploma: In the United States, ev-ery 26 seconds a kid drops out of high school. Every 26 seconds. What we have achieved here is monumental. Be proud of your-self and understand that any goal you set for yourself is attainable, if you are willing to work for it.

When thinking about how to end this speech, I talked to many people and they told me to end it

with something that will resonate with you, something that you will remember, and something that only you and I will understand, so I looked no further than to Facebook and Twitter: Hashtag YOLO. You Only Live Once, so Class of 2012, live life to the full-est. Smile. Make others smile, and be happy. It has been an honor to serve you as your Class President and to have known each and every one of you. As we enter the real world, “may the odds be ever in our favor.”

Thank you. God bless you and may God

bless the Class of 2012.

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ship, Cheshire Women's Club Josephine Banach Scholarship, Rotary Club of Cheshire Scholar-ship; Michael Parisi, Christopher Wilby Memorial Fund for the Arts (CWMFFA), One-Acts Scholar-ship; Kevin Pasquale, Jr., John E. Delane Memorial Scholarship; Haley Payne, Jon Rodgers Memo-rial Scholarship; Jeffrey Pearce, Church of the Epiphany Schol-arship; Nicholas Perdion, Band Parents' Association Scholar-ship, Bruce B. Humphrey Memo-rial Scholarship, Cheshire Coali-tion to Stop Underage Drinking Scholarship; Ariq Rahman, Alexion Life Sciences Scholar-ship; Drew Roosa, Mary S. Bates Memorial Scholarship; Alexis Sansone, Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholar-ship in Memory of Richard W. Conrad - Silver Recipient, Chris-topher Wilby Memorial Fund for the Arts (CWMFFA); Emily San-toro, Cheshire Junior Women's Club, Jeannette Richardson Me-morial Scholarship; Jake Scinto, Cheshire High School Indoor Track Parents Association Schol-arship; Jack Senft, Booster Club Athletic Scholarship, Don Wailo-nis Dodd PTA Scholarship, Par-ent Teacher Organization Leader/

College; Michael Raccio — Uni-versity of New Hampshire; Jesse Racow — Southern Connecticut State University; Samantha Ra-gusa — University of Connecti-cut; Ariq Rahman — Tufts Uni-versity; Michael Ranando — University of Connecticut; Connor Rand — Gettysburg College; Michaela Rao — North-eastern University; Matthew Ra-petski — Eastern Connecticut State University; Caitlyn Raucci — Naugatuck Valley Community College; Justin Repko — Nau-gatuck Valley Community Col-lege; Miriam Reznik — Nova Southeastern University; Adam Rider — Eastern Connecticut State University; Christina Ritchie — Flagler College; Brandon Rizzo — University of Hartford; Emily Roberts — Em-erson College; Drew Roosa — Central Connecticut State Uni-versity; Kelly Rosadino — Siena College; Ethan Rozak — Penn-sylvania State University; Allison

Saffi otti — Simmons College; Joseph Salvati — Naugatuck Valley Community College; Zachary Sampieri — Rochester Institute of Technology; Tony San — Pennsylvania State Uni-versity; Alexis Sansone — Hofs-tra University; Emily Santoro — Assumption College; Joseph Santoro — Champlain College; Johnowen Sasso — Eastern Connecticut State University; Emily Schwarz — UMASS at Amherst; Jake Scinto — Prince-ton University; Katherine Seg-german — University of New Haven; Leo Seman — Nova Southeastern University; Jack Senft — United States Military Academy; Amanda Shalagan — International Institute of Cosme-tology; Evan Shalagan — Uni-versity of Rhode Island; Labinot Shaqiri — Western Connecticut State University; Meghan Shoop — Employment; Kayla Silver-man — Kent State University; Juliann Sima — Western Con-necticut State University; Joshua

Volunteerism Scholarship, Ryan Farley Memorial Student Senate Scholarship, St. Thomas Becket Women's Club Scholarship; Ju-liann Sima, Band Parents' As-sociation Scholarship, Parent Teacher Organization Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship; Joshua Skydel, One-Acts Schol-arship, Parent Teacher Organi-zation Academic Scholarship; Brendan Smalec, Booster Club Athletic Scholarship, Cheshire Newcomers & Neighbors Club Scholarship; Megan Stuart, Band Parents’ Association, Pete Gode Memorial Scholarship, Church of the Epiphany Scholarship; Lauren Talbot, Band Parents' Associa-tion Scholarship, Kathy Morden-te Solli Foundation Scholarship, Lois Rho Scholarship, Norton School PTA Scholarship; Michael Thomas, Cheshire Police Benev-olent Assoc. (PBA) Community Foundation Chief's Memorial Scholarship, Cheshire's Lights of Hope Scholarship, Parent Teach-er Organization Leader/Volun-teerism Scholarship; Lindsay Thompson, BALSO Foundation Scholarship, Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Scholarship, Spon-sored by MidState Medical Cen-ter, Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship in

Skydel — University of Connect-icut; Connor Slade — Central Connecticut State University; Brendan Smalec — University of Connecticut; Emily Smith — Northeastern University; Justin Smith — Naugatuck Valley Community College; Michael Sobolewski — Quinnipiac Uni-versity; Brian Sokoloff — Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Timothy St. John — Military; Danielle St. Pierre — Massachu-setts College of Art & Design; Ryan Stanek — Endicott Col-lege; Eaven Stevenson — Nau-gatuck Valley Community Col-lege; Karly Strahley — Wheelock College; Taylor Strange — Quinnipiac Universi-ty; Megan Stuart — University of Vermont; Kevin Sweeney — Purdue University; Tyler Swei-gard — University of Connecti-cut; Amin Taheri — Tunxis Community College; Lauren Talbot — Southern Connecticut State University; Michael Thom-as — Fairfi eld University; Na-

than Thomas — Manatee Com-munity College; Elizabeth Thompson — Quinnipiac Uni-versity; Lindsay Thompson — Northwestern University; Timo-thy Tolbert — Southern Connecticut State University; Saadia Toor — University of Connecticut; Sharon Turret — American University; Deanna Tutrani — Johnson and Wales – Charlotte; Domenic Valentino — University of Connecticut; Nich-olas Velleca — Central Connecticut State University; Al-exander Vendetto — Wentworth Institute of Technology; Hailey Verneris — Quinnipiac Univer-sity; Tyler Violano — Eastern Connecticut State University; Dominique Virgulto — Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Lindsay Voegeli — Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Volpe — Western Connecticut State University; Matthew Ward — Sacred Heart University; Preston Ward — Central Connecticut State University; Dominique

Washington — Gateway Com-munity College; Gabriella Wat-stein — Eastern Connecticut State University; Zachary Weh-ner — Franciscan University of Steubenville; William Weyr-auch — Stonehill College; Abi-gail Whelan — Regent Univer-sity; Victoria Wickenheisser— University of Connecticut; Jacquelyn Wieloch — Spring-fi eld College; Erin Williams — Southern Connecticut State Uni-versity; Patrick Winiarski— Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; John Wong — Uni-versity of Connecticut; Michael Yavorek — Colgate University; Adam Youngquist — Keene State College; Laura Zeena — University of Vermont; Jessie Zelisko — Clark University; Jingzhou Zhang — Georgia In-stitute of Technology; Yi Zhang— University of Connecticut; Kyle Zibell — New England In-stitute of Technology; David Zimmitti — Lyndon State Col-lege.

Memory of Richard W. Conrad – Gold, Mark S. Jardim Memorial Scholarship, Meaghan Welch Me-morial Artistic Scholarship; Sha-ron Turret, Cheshire High School Indoor Track Parents’ Associa-tion Scholarship; Deanna Tutrani, Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Scholarship, Sponsored by Mid-State Medical Center; Alexander Vendetto, Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' Association Scholarship, Greg Schena Me-morial Scholarship, Katherine Power Toce Memorial Scholar-ship; Tyler Violano, Cheshire High School Hockey Parents' As-

sociation Scholarship; Matthew Volpe, Band Parents’ Associa-tion, Ray Mancinelli Scholarship; Zachary Wehner, Cheshire High School Friends of Choral Music Scholarship; Victoria Wicken-heisser, Booster Club Athletic Scholarship; Patrick Winiarski, BALSO Foundation Scholarship, Calcagni Associates Scholar-ship, Chapman School Scholar-ship, Cheshire Fire Department, William M. Grove II Memorial Scholarship, Cheshire Newcom-ers & Neighbors Club Scholar-ship, Class of 1996 Scholarship in Memory of Melissa Buono, John

E. Delane Memorial Scholarship, Jon Rodgers Memorial Scholar-ship, Kiwanis Club of Cheshire Scholarship, Lombardo Family Scholarship, Michael J. Pintek Sr. Memorial Scholarship, Rotary Club of Cheshire Scholarship.

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