Congratulations, Toms River East Grad Joey Chiarello

TOMS RIVER, NJ — The high school seniors of 2021 have had an experience like no other in a century — a year upended by a pandemic and by lockdowns that kept them from enjoying many of the activities that previous seniors have taken for granted.

Patch hopes to help make it up to those seniors by giving them a special sendoff. We asked parents and other family members to pay tribute to this year’s grads using a special submission form so we can publish those tributes one by one.

Toms River East student Joey Chiarello will graduate this year.

Plans after graduation: All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

Accomplishments: I did battle some humungous waves. But like I told the guy on ABC, danger is my business

Special message: Learn it, know it, live it!!