Six years and it was over for the fifth graders at .
About 70 students celebrated their promotion ceremony from Quaker Hill to Clark Lane Middle School with just eight days left in the school year. A crowd of adoring families snapped photos and cheered for their loved ones.
“You haven’t just learned about facts and figures (in your six years),” Principal Glenda Dexter told her graduates. “You learned about the value of friendship and kindness and the enormous value of respect.”
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Superintendent Jerome Belair and First Selectman Dan Steward both gave speeches at the event as well. At the end, there was a slideshow of the graduates growing up.
The Graduates
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Derrick Agsalud
Christian Aledia
Rylea Armad
Shenandoah Baker
Chole Barlow
Olivia Billis
Jordan Bordner
Lindsey Branche
Brandon Cable
Sovongpanith Chhorn
Devon Collier
Naliseanna Colon
Amanda Cullen
Dawson Cullen
Abrielle Cunningham
Jayne Darras
David DeWallace
Angela DeWolf
Tia DeWolf
Courtney Dishaw
Kyle Donn
Gavin Duthie
Marcus Elloitt
Ann-Marie Feliciano
Olivia Gianakos
Michaela Green
Kellsey Gumbs
Drina Harris
Elijah Harris
George Hathaway
Kaylene Henault
Colby Hoover
Olivia Hugo
Kayla Job
Owen Johnson
Jennifer Keth
Peter Kiefer
Colin Ladd
Jasen Leitkowski
Samuel Lenes
Marcus Lovell
Jacob Lynch
Skylah Miller
Marianah Morales
Jessica Nadeau
Oscar Pena
Pranusith Phrommavanh
Dominic Piccione
Madelyn Pope
Nicholas Poscich
Mya Radicioni
Liandra Rivera
Zachary Robbins
Brianna Robinson
Nicolas Santangelo
Tyrone Santiago
Michael Sargent
Eric Silverman
Logan Smith
Nicole Spinnato
Derek Spitz
Quentin Spohn
Cheyenne Squires
Cassidy Susi
Niko Thibeault
Alexander Vasiliou
Brooklyn Vose
Colby Vose
Eric Zane
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