Rye Middle School Moving Up Ceremony Welcomes Class of 2028 to High School

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