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Academy Graduate

Autumn Hug of Woodstock is ready to head into Commencement June 19. More photos on page 6. Linda Lemmon photo.

 

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Commencement

Clockwise from top left: Michael Moffitt of Canterbury; The First Company Governor's Foot Guard stands at attention as graduates file in; John Archambault; The Manchester Pipe Band leads the graduates in. 

 

 

Academy

grads: Be

a light

By Linda Lemmon

Town Crier Editor

WOODSTOCK --- Woodstock Academy and education turned blindness into a bright light.

Bruce Sakindi, president of the Class of 2016 likened the time before entering Woodstock Academy as a time of blindness. But lessons were learned and light dawned in school. He told his classmates that people change people. "We need to be the voice for people without a voice," he said.

"We begin a time of self-definition. This chapter is ending but our story is just beginning," he added. 

Michael Edward  Audet saw a similar benefit to education. He was the winner of the Kathryn Robertson Essay Award and read his winning entry, "Expanding the Conversation: The Worth and Value of an Education."

Valedictorian Kara Marie Heilemann and salutatorian Peixin Yu each received State of Connecticut General Assembly official citations.

The winners of the Yale Honor Cups were John Archambault and Heilemann.

The winners of the Donald and Hope Williams Scholarships for Outstanding Academy Achievement were Archambault, Yu, Heilemann and Shunhao Wu.

Graduates included:

Salman Kamil Ahmad, Shaylin Marie Albert, Kayla Rae Alexander, Julia Mae Allegretti, Sarah Elizabeth Andrews, John P. Archambault, Anthony Clark Ashwell, Jewelia Kennedy Aubin, Michael Edward Audet, Stephanie Marie Auger, Eli James Babbitt, Robert John Baldino, Hailey Elizabeth Ballou, Leah May Barker, Dylan Mackenzie Barlow, Kylie Barrows, Tammy Kimberly-Karyn Bassett, Alexander Jordan Basto, Connor Joseph Bavosi, Emily Joan Beaudry, Jacob Daniel Belanger, Avery Quinn Benton, Nathalie Giovanna Bessette, Nicholas Peter Bibeault, Shawna Mickel Blank, Cassidy Morgan Bonin, Miranda Nicole Bonnette, Destiny Rose Bourbeau, Michaela Jasmine Bourey, Connor Anthony Bright, Noah James Brisson, Nathaniel Ryan Brooks, Catherine Lynn Brothers, Sabreina Ann Brunelle, Seth Harrison Budd, Zachary Nathaniel Burnham, Lynsey Kaylyn Bushey, Aaron Roy Button, Rachel Marie Byrne, Alyson Marguerite Calabrese, Peter Matthew Calabrese, Jacob William Campbell, Michayla Korynne Campbell, Sean Patrick Campbell, Shane Michael Campbell, Hannah M. Canedy, Tessa Simone Cannon, Angela Marie Caponi, Antonia Christina Carminati, Austin E. Cedio, Olivia Sam Chambrello, Lexie Xena Champany, Nicholas Chi Whi Chan, Lu Chen, Zhong Joen Chen, Cheukling Cheng, Cheng Chi, Liam James Corey, Sydney Paige Correia, Jon-Luc Paul Cournoyer, Kylie Brett Couture, Rebecca Jane Cox, Melanie Rose Cruz, Bailey Noel Cummings, John Robert Currie, Mia Louise D’Amico, Marena Del-Ray Dees, Mary Elizabeth DeJesse, Jacob James DeLashmutt, Tianna Michaela DeSalvo, Angelique Samantha Desjardins, Jeffrey Ryan Draper, Ryan Neil Dupont.

Also, Danielle Renee Duquette, Kyle James Dziekan, Megan Nicole Feragne, Madeline Rose Ferreira, Zachary John Fiedler, Nicholas Max Flake, Hunter Jacqueline Foisy, Samuel Adam Fournier, John Dustin Fox, Alexander Edward Frankhouser, Sarah Lizabeth French, William Lucien French, Kevin Charles Froehlich, Wenhao Fu, Jourdan Marie Fulchino, Wanjiku Ndeithi Gatheru, Douglas Liam Gerrity, Hannah Mae Godfrey, Noah James Godino, Destyni Hannah Marie Goetz, Skye Elizabeth Gomes, Christian Joel Gonzalez, Benjamin Steven Gormley, Noah Nathan Gould, Grace Erin Gregory, Deanna Lea Guilani, Cody Joseph Guli, Amanda Rain Haines, Zoran Bow Haines, Andrew James Leigh Hassell, Abdulazeez Faisal Hawas, Ling Allan He, Emily Lin Hedin, Rylee G. Hehir, Kara Marie Heilemann, Ethan James Hellwig, Molly Gelen Hopkins, Weihan Huang, Marshall J. Hudon, Mitchell Leuis Hudon, Autumn Grace Hug, Meaghan Kala Hunter, David Mathew Jakubowski, Bryce Alexander Jarrett, Sienna Rose Jessurun, Xiaocong Jiang, Lingyi Jiao, Tucker James Johns, Emma Ashley Johnson, Robert George Johnson, Corrinne Alise Jones, Mikayla Jeanette Jones, Allison Daisy Kelleher, Alyssa Renae Kelleher, SangJoo Kim, Katie Elizabeth King, Alena May Klee, Mickenzie Jean Lamb, Aaron David Lambert, Joshua Edward Lambert, Jordan James-Gerard Lamothe, Brianna Rose Lamphere, Zachary Tyler Landon, Alexis Rose LaPointe, Devin Thomas Larsen, Tyler John LaVoie, Matthew Rocco Lefemine, Katrina Marie Leighton, Autumn Mildred Lewis, Yan Li, Yiluo Li, Caroline Alexa Loftus, Katherine Elizabeth Loos, Jacqueline Rose Low, Teagan Carlson Lynch, Korenza Celine Manfredi, Elvis Kabera Manzi, Nnang Maripe, Jeffrey Christopher Mathieu, Michael Cory Mazzuchelli, Kylee Brooke McCartney, Samantha Christina McLaughlin, Tristan Richard Menard, Fallon Paige Michalski, Lela Rose Miller, Katelyn Marie Minski, Matthew Edward Mlyniec, Michael Todd Moffitt, Julia Jane Moore, Cecilia Rose Morrell, Heather Rose Mowry, Rachel Jean Murray, Abigail Marie Newton, Evan Thomas O’Connor, Alexander Michael O’Flaherty, Liam James O’Neill, Ian Patrick O’Sullivan, Kaylla Emily Owen, Ashley Hannah Palmerino.

Also, Jacob Roland Parent, Zeke Walker Parent, Jolisa Eva Peabody, Alexa Lane Pearson, Anna Tyler Perry, Lauren Harper Perry, Ashley Morgan Phillips, Erika Stefine Phillips, Michael Thomas Pio, Dominic Franklin Ponte, Kyle David Prouty, Cahan John Quinn, Michael Ian Rainville, Leeann Rose Rauls, Raymond Matthew Rilling, Jacob Aaron Ritchie, Keenan James Rivers, Adam Joseph Roberts, Ethan James Rogers, Gabrielle May Rossi, Jillian Catherine Roy, Dylan C. Russell, Sean Christian Sabad, Bruce Sakindi, Samantha Emily Salisbury, Anthony Maurcie Santilli, Brooklynn Love Saracina, Caroline Lee Schad, Elise Kaitlyn Schiavetti, Xhesika Sejdiraj, Yolanda Guadalup Serrano Morente, Summer S. Shea, Abigail Anne Short, Samuel James Skene, Justin Richard Smith, Dieter Charles Starr, Ashley Lauren Stephens, Kassidy Ann Stewart, Garrison Ashlyn Swank, Hallie Elizabeth Tedeschi, Jonathan Edward Thompson.

Also, Mackayla Rose Thompson, Haley Catherine Tiffany, Jonathan Brian Tomlinson, Robert Nicholas Totten, Courtney Lynn Trahan, Evan Christopher Tremblay, Jonathan James Trinque, Marcus Brian Valenti, Azhur Victor Viano, Liam Joseph Walsh, Madeline Carol Weber, Alexandra Marie Whitehead, Kyle Patterson Wigmore, Catherine Mecava Wilcox, Brian Matthew Witter, Huai Wu, Shunhao Wu, Zhoupingyi Wu, Wenzhuo Yang, Yichuan Yin, Calvin Dale York, Lindsay Jean Young, Shauri Annaleise Young, Peixin Yu, Victoria Morgan Zagrodny, Erica Corinne Zeller, Xiao Zhang, Yiwen Zhang, Joseph Andrew Zurowski.

 

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