On Tuesday, June 25, the Rye Middle School 8th grade class officially moved up and became high schoolers. As they were handed their diplomas, and stepped into the shoes of 9th graders, they became the incoming Class of 2028.
To start a lovely ceremony, families, friends, administrators, and teachers entered, and the student-led orchestra greeted everyone with professional music. The ceremony officially began with the Pledge of Allegiance, read by Assistant Principal Jennifer Johnson. At the same time, it was interpreted by RMS ASL students Emma Greco, Elizabeth Goldman, Tala Morad, Nicholas Pellegrini, Christiane Phy, Riley Rinaldi, and Marta Lleshaj. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, choral students Luke Brescio, Timothy Coffey, Eliza May, James Dickman-Wilkes, Paula Galindo, Maki Mizutani, Annabelle Palermo, and James Urso sang the National Anthem, accompanied by Ms. Yunshim Kim.
Principal Joseph DiGiovanni gave the welcoming address to the graduates and their families, friends, and guests. Jane Anderson, the president of the Board of Education, followed Principal DiGiovanni to address the graduates on behalf of the Board. In her speech, she reminded the graduating class that “today was just the beginning of a wonderful journey ahead.”
Jennifer Johnson presented the Rye Rotary Award, an award given to the student who best exemplifies citizenship and has a special impact on the community at RMS, to Charlotte Brown.
Following the award, the first group of diplomas was handed out to Team R. After, Ananya Prasad, one of the graduates, sang “Vienna” by Billy Joel, accompanied by Ms. Yunshim Kim. It was a beautiful performance that had the entire crowd emotional. Team M was then presented with their diplomas. Claire Biddle presented a wonderful Student Speech and expressed how connected their class was as they grew together into more than a class, but a “family.” Then the final diplomas were given to Team S.
To conclude the ceremony, Principal DiGiovanni said his goodbyes to the Class of 2024, and Christina Cannon, acting Principal of RHS, welcomed them as the Class of 2028.
Here is the Class of 2028:
Dario Abbate
William Alexander
Andrei Anastasian
Olivia Anderson
Annabel Asgeirsson
Sebastian Aeurbach
William Aeurbach
Aine Bagley
Charlotte Bancroft
Roan Bartels
Sofia Bassett
Claire Biddle
Tess Brensilver
Christopher Brescio
Blake Broderick
Charlotte Brown
Jag Burathoki
Cameron Burkoth
Ruby Byrne
Maximiliano Cabrera
Jennifer Cajamarca
Lucy Carey
Alin Cekaj
Raphael Chared Sandstrom
Anna Cicotti Cervino
Kinsey Codispoti
Benjamin Cohen
Samuel Collins
Sophiah Collins
Grayce Coyne
Kaitlyn Coyne
Reese Cragin
Conor Crotty
Jakub Cukrovany
Emily Cumming
Kieran Cunningham
Emmett Deaner
Rocco DeFife
Nicolas DiMuria
Evan Dolan
Aileen Dowling
Finn Draddy
Willa Drago
Matthew Driscoll
Jad Dudin
Troy Dunne
Graham Durkin
Oscar Durran
Juliana Echlov
Sofia Echlov
Eric Ellman
Graham Erickson
Paula Etinger
Elsa Fahlgren
Benjamin Falcone
Axel Feist
Elliott Fenton
Nikkilyn Fields
Tidal Fisher
Matthew Fontana
Arianna Franzoni
Sadie Fu
Cole Furber
Hunter Geis
Stefan Gericke
Madison Giamanco
Emma Giannetti
Aliany Gonzalez
Charlie Gould
Heath Gressin
Harry Griffiths
Darren Han
Catherine Hanley
Lola Hnatz
Conor Harrington
Matthew Harwood
Lyla Herz
Edward Higgins
Callie Hill
Katie Hillis
Olivia Hodes
Christian Hofmann
Emilee Hofmann
Natalie Hofmann
Eliza Houghton
Carter Hudspeth
Maricielo Huyhua Elliott
Tito Huyhua
Griffin Jaccoma
Hannah Jachman
Rhys Janks
James Jenkins
Rice Johnson
Carlos Jonas Zamarron
McGee Kelly
Stepan Kelly
Ryker Kevorkian
Stephen Kilroy
Elise Kim
Nathan Kim-Reuter
Ian Kleiner
Jenna Kloepfer
Leo Koski
Tess Koski
Maria Kostko
Leila Kubursi
Mackenzie Lafferty
Lyla Lahoumah
Emma LaMonte
Samuel LaMonte
Audrey Li
Rita Li
Carson Lin
Eva Lopez
Zoe Lopez
Dillon Lovallo
Eveline Luth
Aaron Lynch
Konstantin MacKinnon
Connor Manire
Shiara Manoj
Stella Maresca
Jayden Marquez
Ryan Mascali
Autumn Massay-Carver
Giancarlo Mastrogiacomo
Caroline May
R.J. McCabe
Clayton McCarthy
Reese McGill
Clare McGlynn
Gavin McGovern
Fiona McGuigan
Gianluca Meloni
Perla Memcai
Carson Miller
Eiji Miura
Julia Molin
Sabine Morad
Sera Morad
Timothy Morell
Benjamin Musano
Oliver Mustafic
Rei Nagata
Luiza`Neise
Max Neuman
Maxson Niejadlik
William Niejadlik
Colin Nigro
Keegan O’Brien
Eileen O’Bryne
Ryann O’Donnell
Lila O’Rorke
Mateo Ocasio
Nagisa Oka
Samuel Oldfield
Callie Ontaneda
Luke Padovano
Nicholas Pellegrini
Braniel Pimentel
Scarlett Plauche
Ainsley Powers
Egan Powers
Ananya Prasad
William Prime
Ryan Proulx
Jiajun Qiu
Benjamin Ramos
Eliza Relyea
Kate Reno
Elle Ridley
Eiley Rinaldi
Mason Rivera
Elena Rojas
Calvin Rollano
Andrew Romanelli
Trent Roseberry
James Ross
Marley Rothstein
John Scioli
Lila Sekerka
Mia Shimada Ling
John Shoemaker
Jaspar Singh
Olivia Smith
Mackenzy Somerville
Jake Souza
Emma Stark
Sofia Steinmetz
Colton Strazzini
Devin Sullivan
Joost Terlouw
Calvin Timchak
Nicholas Trolio
Jack Truman
Sahil Velamoor
Madeline Waddington
Marcus Wade
Emily Walsh
Tyler Walsh
Robyn Wilmot
Cayden Wing
Felix Wismer
Bennett Woglom
Elsie Woglom
Poppy Woglom
Lucy Wood
Lawton Wydra
Caliana Yang
Lily Zaicek
Daniel Zapata
Ruby Zapata
Brandom Zhuin
Nola Zicari
Harrison Zimmer
