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Enfield High School Confers Diplomas on 339 Graduates: PHOTOS
Members of the first graduating class since the consolidation of Fermi and Enfield high schools received their diplomas under sunny skies.
ENFIELD, CT — For the first time since 1971, just one public high school graduation ceremony was held in town this year, and it took place on a gorgeous evening Tuesday at the Enfield High School athletic complex.
With Fermi and Enfield high schools consolidating beginning with this academic year, a total of 339 graduates received their diplomas during the 90-minute ceremony, which had its traditional Amtrak train pass by blowing its whistle at the nearby Bridge Lane crossing during Brian Ruel's salutatory address.
Alex Salisbury was valedictorian by virtue of being ranked first in the class. Sara Zamaftas was the final graduate to cross the stage, to thunderous applause.
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Members of the graduating class are:
Mohamednur Adan, Natanael Alicea, Ashley Amoabeng, Jacqueline Antunes, Peter Arriaga, Jacob Audet, Chandler Avery, Um-e Awan.
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Kailee Baez, Kayla Baez, Mark Bailey, Jenny Baillargeon, Sarah Baillargeon, Emilee Baker, Camille Balicki, Reilly Beauchesne, Alexander Beaudoin, Sawyer Beck, Ethan Begnoche, Samantha Bertrand, Kayla Berube, Ryan Bialobrzeski, Anthony Bigda, Rhiannon Bizeau, Angelique Bizier, Jake Bonavita, Abigail Bosco, Gene Bouthiette, Hannah Bowen, Makenna Bower, Meghan Brennan, Kyle Brent, Kevin Breton, Dylan Bridge, Rachel Briggs, Leyden Brousseau, Corey Brown Jr., Dylan Brown, Kumar Brown, Adam Brunetti, Matthew Bungard, Joshua Buvelot.
Megan Callender, Alayna Carattini, Brett Caron, Sarah Carroll, Beth Castle, Brett Castle, Matthew Cavanaugh, Sierra Centrella, Tayla Chadbourne, Kaitlyn Chappell, Monica Charubin, Jordan Chase, Javier Chavez-Barcenas, Hannah Chayes, Kyle Chester, Katelyn Chickerella, John Cimino, Hope Clark, Ethan Clarke, Janelle Colbert, Gabriel Concepcion, Stephen Conlon, Brooke Conroy, Raith Cook, Brandon Coolbaugh, Samantha Corriveau, Jamison Cote, Leah Cothran, Tea Courchesne, Tyler Cowee, Nicholas Critz, Abby Cudebec, Nicholas Culver.
Brandon D’Angelo, Travis Daley, Kyle Dansereau, Marie Davies, Taylor DeAlba, Dedra Dearborne, Collin DeBarber, Jocelyn DeGray, Jordan DeMaine, Briana Denehy, Dillon DeSouza, Curtis DiBattista, Mia DiBattista, Jason DiBiase, Jasmine Dillehay, MacKenzie Dillon, Amanda Diodonet, Maeghen DiSalvo, David Dodson Jr., Connor Doherty, Meaghan Doherty, Janell Douglas, Paige Dowding, Blakesley Drewnowski, Legacy Duperre, Kaitlyn Dupont.
Ashley Egli, Cheyenne Ellis, Carley Evans.
Jeffrey Falk, Charlie Farina, Chad Fenoff, Mitch Ferguson, Jake Ferrato, William Ferris, Mark Finnegan, Samantha Flynn, Matthew Francis, Tyler Francoeur.
Ariana Garcia, Julie Gifford, Noora Gilan, Kayla Gilbert, Kayla Gilbert, Karyn Graham, Caitlin Gray, Devin Greco, Ebony Greene, Jahmya Grier, Megan Griffin.
Ashley Haluch, David Hamilton, James Hanna, Daniel Harmon, Thomas Hasson, Kim Hecken, Tariqe Hester, Kyle Hill, Alexis Hoehn, Nicholas Hoehn, Layla Holmes, Mayzha Holmes, Tashana Holness, Bradley Hornung, Brandon Hosig, Dexter Hurlburt.
Jordyn Isabelle, Azhaar Issa.
Shianna Jackson, Lindsay Janssen, Alex Jensen, Wilhelm Joerg, Samantha Johnson, Brandon Jones.
Ali Kafel, Kurtis Kalagher, Kylie Kaufman, Chase Kaupin, Brianna Keenan, Michael Kennedy, Jeffrey Kilty, Steven Kilty, Kiara Kinder, Sydney Kinne, Tyler Klein, Jenna Kolodziej, Jordan Kopacz, Stephanie Kula, Katherine Kusta.
Austin Lake, Olivia Laliberte, Ellen Lambert, Isaac Lamkins, Ethan Langh, Hunter Lanson, Jonathan LaPointe, Abagail LaPorta, Megan Lapponese, Salvatore Lastrina, Regina LeBlanc, Philippe Lecours, Marisa Lee, Melissa Lee, Miranda Lee, Danielle Leonardo, Travis Leveille, Kassandra Liquori, Trent Logan, Kassidy Lopez, Erica Lovering, Natheska Lullanda.
Dominic Maccini, Nina MacDonald, Zakary Magyar, Jessica Maier, Emily Malcolm, Meagan Maloney, Alessia Manzi, Monique Marcano, Mykenah Marcotte, Maliek Matthews, Joshua Maysonet, Michael Mazza, Allen McDonald, Michael Mele, David Mercier, Jack Mercik, Jessica Merluzzi, Andrew Mesick, Carolyn Messenger, Rose Michaud, Taylor Miner, T’lajha Mitchell, Taylor Molina, Aliyah Morgan, Jetaime-Sharon Morris, Haley Munson, Kylie Murphy, Melissa Murray, Susan Murray, Emily Musumeci.
Daniel Neal, Megan Nguyen, Trevor Nguyen, BriAnne Nieroda, Rhianna Nieroda, Matthew Nogas, Skylar Norman.
Taylor O’Connell, Taylor Oates, Hana Obeidallah, Amber Ollari, Christian Osada, Kayla Otero.
Jaylen Padgett, Areti Panatsas, Kyle Paradis, Arielle Paradise, Joseph Partridge, Gillian Partyka, Anthony Pasquarelli, Sean Pelletier, Nicholas Peltier, Aries Peralta, Christine Perdomo, MaryKate Pestana, Katherine Phillips, Katherine Piekos, Stephania Pierog, Stephanie Perez, Taylor Poletti, Angelina Porcello, Emily Porcello, Lillian Post, Sara Prosinski.
Samuel Quinn.
Ryan Radziewicz, Justin Rankin, Lubna Rauf, Taylor Reedy, Morgan Remington, Moneesha Reynolds, Steven Rinaldi, Alicia Robbins, Hunter Roberts, Dallas Robinson, Pablo Rocha-Nuñez, Jacey Rodriguez, Yovanny Rodriguez, Christopher Ross Jr., Grace Roy, Brian Ruel.
Jessica Sackett, Brandon Salcedo, Alexander Salisbury, Makayla Samuels, Elizabeth Santy, Nathan Savage, Amanda Schiessl, James Scovill, Rachel Seidell, Vincent Self, Shannon Sheehan, Jack Sherman, Noah Sherman, Parker Simpson, Nolan Skehan, Alexandra Smith, Austin Smith, Allison Smolenski, Amber Sosnicki, Connor St. George Degray, Cassandra Stacey, Trenten Stanhope, Jeremy Stefanik, Nathan Steppen, April Stone, Madison Stone, Jake Sullivan, Elisha Swanson-Asiam, Nathaniel Swift, Nicholas Sylvester, Devin Szczesiul.
Alexis Taupier, Nathanial Terra, Paige Tetro, Alex Theriault, Melody Therrien, Andrew Thibodeau, Catherine Thomas, Samantha Thomas, Melissa Tingley, Zachery Tomalonis, Nicola Travali, Logan Trowbridge, Daniela Troya, Anthony Tulloch, Michael Tweedlie.
Noah Veilleux, Brandon Venditti, Makayla Viera, Melanye Villacis.
Spencer Walker, Veronica Walker, Christopher Wayne, Trajhan White, Leah Wille, Rebecca Willoughby, Anthony Wondoloski, Neill Woodward Jr., Colin Wright.
Emily Yang, Joshua Yetsko.
Damien Zaharis, Sara Zamaftas.
Photo credits: Tim Jensen
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