Stamford High School Graduates Its Largest Class Of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Candidates

STAMFORD, CT — Stamford Public Schools announced that 51 students in the Stamford High School Class of 2026 have completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

District officials said this year’s group is the largest in the program’s history.

During the 2025-26 school year, nearly 400 SHS students in grades 9-12 were enrolled in the IB Middle Years and Diploma Programmes.

That total included 195 freshmen and sophomores, 103 juniors, 51 diploma candidates and 44 additional senior course candidates.

SHS hosted a ceremony on Tuesday recognizing seniors who completed the IBDP as well as sophomores who completed the IB Middle Years Programme. (full list of students below)

During the ceremony, diploma candidates were scheduled to receive IB regalia to wear during SHS's graduation ceremony June 17 at Boyle Stadium.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, or IBDP, is a college-preparatory program offered at more than 3,500 schools in 155 countries. SHS is one of 11 high schools in Connecticut, public or private, to offer the program.

SHS was approved to offer the IBDP in May 2018, and its first class of 12 diploma candidates graduated in 2020. In 2022, the school was approved to offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, allowing students to participate in International Baccalaureate coursework throughout all four years of high school.

According to SPS, the IBDP curriculum is designed to develop critical thinking, research and writing skills intended to prepare students for college-level work.

More than 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States recognize the program and may offer college credit or advanced standing to students who complete it.

The full list of IB Diploma Programme candidates is below:

• Camila Aguilar: Fordham University
• Peyton Andersen: American University
• Avery Askew: University of California, Berkeley
• Brandon Barona: University of Connecticut
• Amelia Battikha: University of Massachusetts
• Christopher Berlingo: Salve Regina University
• Ella Buscemi: University of Maryland
• Ana Cabnal: University of Connecticut
• Fredy Cabrera Pinto: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Orlando Camacho: Lebanon Valley College
• Cinthia Cano: Florida International University
• Darcy Churchill-Joell: Endicott College
• Nadav Coll: University of Colorado Boulder
• Jake Denison: Quinnipiac University
• Kathryn Diem: Boston University
• Colin Doughney: Northeastern University
• Nia Freeman: Yale University
• Juan Manuel Garcia Ortiz: Yale University
• Cal Gillin: University of Virginia
• Steven Gonzalez: Boston University
• Willow Handley: University of Connecticut
• Hailey Heigel: St. John’s University
• Cameron Heras: University of Connecticut
• Ana Hernandez: Lebanon Valley College
• Fernanda Herrera: Villanova University
• Kelsey Jack: University of Maryland
• Tula Keitmeier: University of Tampa
• Michael Kerr: University of Connecticut
• Isha Kotha: University of Pittsburgh
• Anne Lydon: Middlebury College
• Anastasiya Lutsyuk: University of Connecticut
• Gavin Margerum: Georgia Institute of Technology
• Nundhini Mascarenhas: University of Connecticut
• Maddie O’Connor: University of Georgia
• Aidan O’Loughlin: Trinity College
• Juliette Orlandi: University of Connecticut
• Sam Ortiz: Florida Atlantic University
• Ella Pearle: University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Logan Pearle: Virginia Tech
• Alejandra Pinto: New York Institute of Technology
• Taylor Roncoroni: Villanova University
• Cyan Rowe: Clark Atlanta University
• William Sachtjen: Northeastern University
• Emily Soraluz: University of Connecticut
• Ava Tarnacki: Brandeis University
• Elissa Tobin: Northeastern University
• Olivia Vazquez: University of Vermont
• Brian Watson: University of Connecticut
• Travis Whitaker: George Washington University
• Sean Wyman: Johnson & Wales University
• Sofia Young: Tufts University