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Heading into Commencement at The Woodstock Academy. More photos on page 6. Expanded photo gallery Wed. night on FB at Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Mona Lee photo.
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Manchester Pipe Band and First Company Governor's Foot Guard
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy’s 133rd Commencement Exercises on June 10, 2023, celebrated the graduation of more than 300 students and senior class president Bryn Miller of Woodstock celebrated her classmates.
“We celebrate each and every one of you,” she said. The class has grown not only in knowledge but also in character. She said this day is a “testament to our perseverance”. She said the class learned the value of resilience, the importance of collaboration and embraced diversity.
She said: “We are the architects of our own destiny” and “Dream big. Set audacious goals.”
James D’Alleva-Bochain and Paige Owens were honored as the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the Class of 2023.
TheYale Honor Cup, one of The Woodstock Academy’s most prestigious awards, went to Lennon Favreau and Matthew Myslenski. In addition the pair received the Donald and Hope Williams Scholarships, along with James D’Alleva-Bochain and Paige Owens.
Jaydon Deras addressed his fellow graduates with an adaptation of his first-place essay, “The Aesthetic Fallibility,” from the Kathryn Robertson Essay Contest. The award is one of the highest academic honors a writer can achieve at The Woodstock Academy and was established in memory of Kathryn Robertson, English Department chair at The Woodstock Academy from 1956 to 1963.
Aleena Jafar-DeCesare ’23, The Woodstock Academy’s second Poet Laureate, and Lilah Jafar-DeCesare ’26, the 2023-24 Poet Laureate, presented their original poem “TBD…” together as the first-ever sibling Poets Laureate duo. They said there used to be a simple answer to “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Princess, astronaut, a tree. But, “In truth, nothing is certain.”
A moment of silence was held for two lost classmates: Amanda Currie and Aiden Trevorrow.
The Woodstock Academy Class of 2023
Charlotte Adase 3, 13, 17; Noah Alimandi; Aaron Allard 4, 17, 18; Mario Alvarez Calvo; Austin Amlaw; Brady Anderson; Ella Anderson 3, 15, 16; Abigail Armstrong; Brooke Arpin 3, 10, 15; Zackery Arsenault; Kristen Ash 17; Stella Atchinson 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; Cole Auker; Maxwell Auker 4; Roman Azzolino 6; Emilia Babbitt; Riley Balanovich 11; Odin Balgenorth; Marc Ballart Gisbert; Payton Barna; Trey Barrett; Ava Basak 4, 17; William Basiliere; Aldo Bastien; Noah Bastien; Vicente Bastura 3, 12, 17; Jayton Bergeron; Isabelle Bessette; Nicholas Betschmann; Yehor Bezshchasnyi 3; Lily Blair; Emma Blanchette 3, 13, 15, 17; Owen Bland 11; Morgan Bonin 3, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17; Kayanna Bourassa 3, 15; Eileen Breton; Ethan Brierley; Aidan Brown; Tessa Brown 17; Carah Bruce 3, 13, 14, 15, 17; Lauren Brule 3, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17; Sophia Bulan 4; Alyson Bunning; Italia Burgio 5; Michael Burns; Desiree Cabassa; Evy Calabrese; Zoe Calabrese; Delaney Canty 3, 13, 17; Mingyi Cao; Taisiya Chabanova 5; Summer Chaput 4; Tate Chavez 15; Jiajun Chen 4; Daniel Chenail; Mitchell Child 5, 13, 15, 16; Sooah Choi 4; Mateusz Chojnicki; Matthew Chuck; Anthony Cimmino; Alexandra Cloutier 11, 14; Avery Collin 5, 17; Brianna Connors; Rocco Corrado; Anthony Corriveau; Trevor Costa; Mykela Cote; Gabrielle Couture 3, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18; Ethan Craig 4, 13, 16; Shannon Cunniff 3, 11, 13, 16, 18; James D’Alleva-Bochain 1, 3, 12, 13, 15, 17; Alexis Danila 3, 15; Taylor Danner 4, 8, 13, 16; Jeter Darigan 19; Carolina DaSilva 3, 8, 10, 13; Bailey Davignon 11; Jesus De La Torre; Destiny Decelles; Bodie Defocy 5, 16, 17; Carson D’Elia; Kirsten Deorsey 4, 8, 13; Grant DeParasis; Jaydon Deras 3, 8, 12, 15, 17; Curtis Desabre; Jade Desmond 4, 10, 13, 15, 16; Hayden Desrosiers; Benjamin Douglas; Gavin Driscoll 3, 9, 15; Connor Dunkley 3, 15, 17; Baden Eaton 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Jared Eaton; Ava Edwards; Logan Edwards; Ethan Ekman; Braedon Emerson 3, 17; Lex Esposito; Mariah Estabrook; Matthew Ezzell; Jingze Fang; Ella Favreau 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16; Lennon Favreau 3, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18; Tanner Favreau; Max Ferreira 5; Calvin Field; Louella Flanagan 3, 13, 15, 17; Alexandra Flint; Kyre Fontaine 19; Katie Fortin 3.
Also: Asher Gagnon; Jackson Gallagher 3, 13, 17; Antoinette Garcia; Yunlei Ge; Grace Gelhaus; Zachary Gessner 3, 14, 17; Nolen Gilbert; Maximiliano Gonzalez; Emily Goodell; Matthew Gouin; Chance Graley; Kylie Gregory 16; Hadley Grether 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Lucas Gustafson; Collin Hamilton 4, 17; Taylor Hardacker; Teofila Hardy; Magnolia Hart 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Caira Hassett 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16; Olivia Haynes 11; Cameron Heath; Joshua Hernandez; Keynila Hochard; Anna Hryshchenko 3; Jeong Yeon Hwang 3, 12, 15; Carly Ignacio; Aleena Jafar-DeCesare 3, 8, 17, 18; Brian Jameson 3, 12, 13; Olivia Jendrewski 4, 13; Ricky Jessurun 5, 6, 18; Guanyu Jiang; Hannah Johnson 5, 8, 13, 16, 17; Donovan Joseph; Nathan Joseph 5; Jacob Jurnovoy 9, 14; Esmeralda Kasneci; Mario Kasneci; Molly Katkaveck; Kaiden Keddy; Jeremiah Keller; Le-Minh Khieu; Samuel Kim 3, 7, 12, 15, 16; Emma Korsu 3, 15, 17; Landen Kuchy; Evan LaBounty; Ella Ladd; Lance LaFemina; Ava Lanoue 18; Max Larkin; Caitlin LaVallee 3, 17; Khang Le 4, 8, 12, 13, 15; Annika LeBoeuf 3, 6, 13, 17; Curtis Lefebvre; Quinn Lefevre; Jacob Lidonde; Joanna Lin 5, 7, 13, 16; Rain Lin 7; Xiaohan Lin 5; Alexis Lisee 4; Anthony Listro; Peishi Liu 3, 12, 16, 17; Sydney Lord 4, 14, 17; Zirui Lu 5; Rori Mackenzie 4, 13, 17; Leila MacKinnon 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; Carter MacNeil; Reed Magnan 19; Elizabeth Mard; Taylor Markley; Trinity Marrier; Jack Marshall; Madison Martinez 11; Anna Masan 3; Olivia Mawson 3, 13, 15, 17, 18; Dylan Mayo 3, 13, 16, 18; Kaden McCullough-Murphy; Makala McDermott 5; Marcus McGregor; Jacqueline Medeiros; Jayden Meier; Javier Menendez Gutierrez; Juan Jose Menendez Gutierrez; Alexis Mercado; Kamden Meyer 3, 8, 12, 18; Bryn Miller 3, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; Anthony Mitchell; Nicholas Montanez; Adam Morales; Nadalie Morales; Elizabeth Morgis 3, 8, 14, 15; Abigail Morin 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Carter Morissette 4, 13, 17; Abigail Morse 6, 16, 17; Ainsley Morse; John Murray 5, 17; Ella Rose Musumeci 8, 16; Magdalena Myslenski 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18; Matthew Myslenski 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16.
Also: Brandon Nagle 9; Chloe Nason; Elias Newall-Vuillemot 4, 11, 15; Angela Newell 5; Andrew Newton; Cormac Nielsen 3, 8, 12, 15, 17, 18; Alyson Niemiec 3, 8, 10, 15, 16; Cashel Noel 19; Ellie Nunes 5, 13, 17; Lindsay Nuttall 3, 8, 12, 15, 17; Branden Nystrom; Maya Orbegozo 3, 12, 13; Abigail Owens; Paige Owens 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17; Noah Page 3; Mavin Palmerino; Nikolina Pandurevic; Natalia Pavia Zarate; Ashley Payne; Carter Payne; Jeffrey Phongsa; Jillian Plouffe 8, 16, 18; Garrett Poitras 19; Ethan Pokorny; William Price; Kylie Quercia 3, 13, 16; Sophia Quinn 3, 13, 18; Austin Quinney; Amelia Racicot 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Seamus Raftery; Randall Rawcliffe; Sarah Richards; Fiona Rigney 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Wyatt Robbie 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17; Celeste Robbins; Alexa Rock;l Destiny Rock; Diego Rodriguez; Jose Rodriguez-Otero; Israel Rodriguez-Otero; Adriana Rojas; Natalie Romano 3, 8, 16, 17; Steven Rondeau; Lillian Rossi 5, 17, 18; Evan Roy; Aubrey Rumrill 3, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16; Pol Saiz Barbancho; Parker Sallum; Jordi Sanabra Porti; Quintavanh Sangasy 15; Emma Santos; Aiyana Sarabia; Brandin Sarabia; Carter Saracina; Nathaniel Sarette 5; Jakub Sarzynski 5; Braiden Saucier 3, 8, 12, 14, 17; Trevor Savoie; Adele Schmidt 5, 9; Jonathan Sebastian 4, 17, 18; Kenzie Sellers; Lillian Sharpe 3, 16; Davis Simpson 5, 13, 14, 15, 16; Caza Slauenwhite 4; Gianna Smith 17; Grace Smith; Aidan Soderman; Isabella Sorrentino 4, 6, 13, 15, 16, 17; Madison Souvigney; Mackenzie Starr 18; Oleksandr Stasovskyi 3, 12, 13; Cameron Stevens; Cooper Stewart 19; Concetta Sumner 8, 16; Isabel Sumner 3, 13, 16, 17; Linzhuoran Sun 3, 12; Xin Sun 3, 12; Allison Surprenant 4.
Also: Wyatt Thienel; Adam Thompson 4, 8, 15, 16, 17; Alexandra Thompson 5, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16; Alyssa Thompson 16, 17; Antonio Thorstenson; Sebastian Tivnan; Dominick Tocci; Owen Tracy 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; Rhett Tucker; Jack Tyler; Jacob Vadeboncoeur; Dylan Veilleux; Adrianna Veloce; Gabriel Viau; Kylie Wakely 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17; Weiqi Wang; Xiaodan Wang; Nicholas Webster 4, 11, 18; Patrick Webster; Lauren Weidele; Liam Wilcox 5; Cameron Wood; Renata Yasynska 4; Xiangyang Ye; Roodney Yee; Cooper York; Violet Young 3, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18; Colin Zavorskas; Melissa Zea; Yue Zhang; Wenjie Zheng; Zimo Zheng; Linsijing Zhi; Alex Ziarko;
***Honor Codes: 1Valedictorian; 2. Salutatorian; 3. Summa cum laude; 4. Magna cum laude; 5. Cum laude; 6. Art National Honor Society; 7. Chinese National Honor Society; 8. English National Honor Society; 9. German National Honor Society; 10. Italian National Honor Society; 11. Latin National Honor Society; 12. Math National Honor Society; 13. National Honor Society; 14. Scholar-Athlete Honor Society; 15. Science National Honor Society; 16. Social Studies Honor Society; 17. Spanish Honor Society; 18. Tri-M Honor Society; 19. Military.
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