Grand Avenue Holds Moving Up Ceremony

Yesterday morning Grand Avenue's 52nd Annual moving-Up Day Ceremony took place as administrators, teachers and family members bid farewell to the eighth grade graduating class of 2010. 

The ceremony began with a speech by Principal Lewis Serra in which he encouraged students to be honest, respectful and compassionate. Principal Serra, who is retiring this year, reflected on his own time at Grand as being inspirational, and like students, he was embarking on a new chapter in his life. He reminded the graduating class to "live each day preciously and very carefully."

Assistant Superintendent Richard Rozakis was the guest speaker and offered five pearls of wisdom for students to live by. This advice included encouraging students to use obstacles as stepping stones, to have a respectable reputation and to realize that their parents and family are the real heroes in the world.

Other notable events included Christopher Vento, eighth grade student, delivering a speech that reflected on his past two years at Grand. The select chorus ensemble also performed various songs and student, Farah Serur, sang the national anthem.

The ceremony concluded with a presentation of diplomas to all students:

Jacqueline Aberger

Rachel Acampora

Sean Adler

Sunaina Ahmed

John Alfano

Jennifer Alfonsi

Maheen Ali

Anthony Aliamo

Emily Altstadter

Michael Amaya

Victoria Amberge

James Ancona

Gary Anderson Jr.

Kiahna Andrews

Patrick Andrews

Erika Anzalone

Jonathan Arcese

Andrew Archibald

Katelyn Arizaga

Daniel Arndt

Annmarie Arnone

Anne Marie Artieda

Christopher Asher

William Asher

Matthew Assael

Charlotte Astre

Danielle Auty

Ian Avanzato

Scott Azus

Ian Balas

Miranda Balash

Nicholas Bandini

Nicole Baricevic

Tyler Barnett

Joshua Baron

Gilda Barrera

Philip Basile

Michael Bassey

Robert Bateman

Kelsey Bazarewski

Nicholas Bazarewski

Michelle Beery

Jake Berger

Dana Berkowitz

Melissa Bianchi

Nicholas Birro

Michael Blane

Jeremy Blitzer

Katerina Bolic

Karen Bonilla

Jennifer Borzym

Megan Bottcher

Nicholas Bouris

Dominick Bove

Amanda Bowrosen

Nicholas Bragman

Jonathan Breidenbach

Joseph Breitman

Caitlin Breivogel

Ian Brill

Lisa Brobst

Danielle Broder

Hunter Brodman

Kyle Brodsky

Jake Brown

John Brown

Dakota Buckley

Danielle Burke

Kerstyn Burmann

Donald Burton

Casey Butler

Kevin Cabrera

Brian Calderaro

Richard Calia

Dylan Campbell

Alex Caramanica

Timothy Cardace

Jesse Cardone

Jennifer Carlson

Lauren Carron

Jacob Carter

Nicholas Casamassima

Jeme Casco

Ryan Casey

Carmelo Casiraro

Sabrina Casiraro

Catherine Castagna

James Cavuto

Beatriz Chacon

Mikayla Chamberlin

Joseph Chanice

Jacqueline Checkla

David Chen

Nicholas Chibbaro

Dylan Christie

Emily Chu

Maria Cipriano

Matthew Clay

Joseph Clerici

Chelsey Cohen

Sabrina Colmone

Vincent Commisso

Keith Connellan

Kaitlyn Connelly

Noelle Connelly

Terrence Connors

Taylor Cooksey

Cody Cordova

Meghan Corless

Christian Corona

Daniel Coster

Jessica Coules

Kaitelan Coveny

Nicholas Covino

Marissa Croce

Anthony Cruz

John Cuttitta

Louis Cuttitta

John D'Avanzo

Samuel D'Sa

Conor Daly

Emmett Daly Jr.

Ilyssa Daniels

Thomas Danz

Dakota Davis

Chandler Day

Alana DeGregorio

Gabrielle DeMadet

Erin DeNicola

Robert Delaney

Nicholas Delgiudice

Vincent Delia

Matthew Dell'Italia

Danielle Delsignore

Omer Derneklioglu

Sasha Deshuk-Flores

Erin DiFranco

Juliana Dijkstra

Lena Diller

Nicole Donato

Jessica Donohue

Harrison Dorcilien

Nicholas Dragonetti

Olivia Duggan

Ashley Dunn

Thomas Durante

Christopher Durkin

Brandon Edge

Max Eichler

Danielle Eisenman

Jason Epler

Alana Epstein

Roman Esposito

Tara Eyring

Jacob Faberman

Rachel Fain

Samantha Fastlich

Justin Feder

Justin Feigeles

Thomas Ferner

Maryann Ferrara

Kaitlyn Ferreiro

Joshua Ferris

Salvatore Ferro

Cristyn Fey

Cheyenne Fiore

Brett Fishman

Paige Fitzsimmons

James Fontanella

Alyssa Ford

Shari Forman

Michael Formanek

Steven Forte

Lindsey Fowler

Adam Fradkin

Kyle Fragola

Brianna Frobosilo

Amanda Fucci

Christopher Gabriel

Vincent Gabriele

Jaymes Gabrielli

Yael Gadasi

Alani Garcia

Jefferson Garcia

Sabrina Garone

Kevin Gavilanes

Benjamin Geier

Alexa Geller

Ross Gershman

Rebecca Giandalia

Gregory Giglia

David Gilroy

Shane Gingrich

Renee Ginsberg

Jessica Giovino

Daniel Giustino

Daniel Gluck

Jacqueline Goedel

Stephen Goldsmith

Aaron Goldstein

Reed Gonsowski

Kevin Gonzalez

Adam Gordon

Connor Gordon

Evan Gordon

Jared Gray

Joseph Greco

Laurel Gumpert

Catherine Hackett

Emily Hagarty

Brandon Hall

Jared Halstrom

Tracey Hanes

Kyla Hansen

Sarah Hasan

Mitchell Haslam

Katierose Healey

Jacob Hecker

Phillip Heepe

Estefani Hernandez

Nikki Hodkinson

Rachel Hoenings

Rebeca Hoey

Annalise Hoffman

Benjamin Hoffman

Syed Huda

Ryan Hyman

Angelo Iannarelli

Mohamed Ibrahim

Matthew Ilich

Anthony Indelicato

Amanda Jacobs

Victoria Jacobs

Nicole Jacubovics

Joseph Jaghab

Lily Jardines

Sami Jateen

Rebecca Jellinek

Daniel Jeong

Olivia Johansen

Abigail Johnson

Despina Kamarinos

Jake Kamelhar

Mark Kamelhar

Samantha Kamelhar

Jeeyoon Kang

Daniel Kapps

Adam Karolweicz

Hallie Katz

Tyler Katz

Harmandeep Kaur

Kiara Kaylor

Kevin Keelan

Bradley Kelly

Brenden Kelly

Samantha Kelly

Brian Keohane

Danielle Kephart

Sarah Khalil

Michele Kiefer

Casey King

Mary Anne Kirby

Adam Klug

Amanda Knee

Shira Konigstein

David Kormos

Nicole Koutsos

Liana Kramer

Tyler Kraus

Danielle Kreuder

Shannon Kropelunski

Craig Kuhnert

Timothy Kutil

Alexander Kuzminski

Gabrielle Lagomarsini

Adam Laissaoui

Justin Langro

Laura Lanzillotta

Jake Lapidot

Austin Laplante

Daniel Lastraglio

Gloria Law

Vincent LeCrann

William Lemus Jr.

Carly Lennon

Alyssa Leo

Patrick Leonard

Michael Levano

Corey Levit

Ryan Levy

Christopher Lewis

Tony Li

Andrew Licausi

Kayla Lichtman

Thomas Lisi

Anne Lodispoto

Connor Longo

James Longo

Julia Lunavictoria

Kaela Lynch

Marianna Macaluso

John Mahon

Sean Mahoney

Leiana Maiberg

Danielle Malek

Meshaal Malik

Luke Marmo

Christopher Martin

Nicholas Martino

Daniel Marzella

Deana Marziliano

Sarah Massoni

Sabrina Mastrangelo

John Mauro

Gabrielle Mayorga

Michaela Mazur

Kassandra McAdam

Madison McGlone

Caitlin McGrath

Brigid McNeill

Kelly McQuillan

Stephanie Melia

Kevin Mendez

Dean Metacarpa

Christopher Meyer

Sara Micieli

Melissa Miksits

Samantha Milazzo

Arianna Miller

Austin Miller

Erica Miller

Jared Miller

Kailee Miller

Emilio Minichiello

Alexa Mirotznik

Manny Mojica

Andrew Montalti

Timothy Montera

Jessica Monteserrato

Gregory Mora

Michael Morrow

John Moser

Joshua Moskowitz

Gabriel Muenzer

Kristen Mulvey

Javiera Munoz

Lori Murdock

Eric Myones

Brittany Nagel

Rohan Nagpal

Daniel Nairay

David Narine

Keven Neira

Victoria Nellen

Joseph Nonna

Melissa O'Brien

Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Donnell

Gianna Olivo

Brian Osma

Alec Ostrager

Dean Ostrofsky

Emily Oszust

Kristen Ottaviano

Morgan Paccione

Paul Paczkowski

Ciera Paily

Alyssa Palermo

Phillip Pandolfo

Matthew Panzarino

Brianna Paoli

Daniel Paradise

Allison Patwell

Thomas Patwell

Bryan Pazienza

Amanda Pecchillo

Joseph Pellechia

Noemi Pena

Cassandra Peters

Raven Peterson

Nicholas Petrelli

Daniel Pflaumer

Justin Pfundstein

Nicholas Pietrafesa

Norbert Piotrowski

Nicholas Pitti

Daiana Ploscaru

Michael Polimeni

Matthew Polirer

Amanda Pomeranz

Victoria Ponce

Stephen Ponticello

Alana Power

Corey Preattle

Konnor Press

Stacey Pudalov

Joshua Raber

Dominick Raheb

Nicole Reilly

Gregory Reiser

Evan Renton

Austin Replogle

Paige Resnick

Cooper Richman

Andria Rispoli

Adam Ritzer

Melissa Rivelli

Christine Rizzacasa

Michelle Robertson

Tara Robles

Kathleen Rocke

Andrew Rodriguez

Leanna Rodriguez

Josue Rodriguez

Marco Romeo

Shane Rosenthal

Sara Rothery

Michael Rubinstein

Madison Rudnitsky

Jaclyn Rudolf

Nicholas Rudzewick

Anthony Russo

Taylor Russo

Jacob Sachs

Joseph Salvaggio

Rachel Sandomir

Aryanna Santiago

Benjamin Sather

Sabrina Saylor

Joseph Scalice

Daniel Scalici

Sierra Scalisi

Kaitlyn Scavuzzo

Nicholas Scherer

Kaitlyn Schmidt

Emily Schmitt

Maria Schneider

Danielle Schreiber

Alex Schulman

Danielle Schulman

Jennifer Schulman

Kimberly Schwamb

Robyn Schwartz

Samantha Scoca

Kaya Scott

Tyler Seger

Eric Seltzer

Farah Serur

Richard Shane

Andrew Sheehan

Morgan Sher

John Sherlock

Thomas Sheroff

Robert Shevins

Olivia Shipley

Hamza Siddiqui

Jordan Siegel

Patrick Siegler

Jamie Silver

Brandon Simon

Jake Simon

Nadine Simpson

Toni Simpson

Kevin Sinetar

Brittany Singh

Daniel Singh

Simran Singh

Maria Skidmore

Christian Smith

Ryan Smith

Mara Solomon

Ryan Soroka

Danielle Spiegel

Jake Steinberg

Nicole Stern

Dylan Stock

Rachel Strube

Brett Stutts

Christopher Sullivan

Kelcey Taylor

Samantha Tierney

Brianna Tohme

Francesca Torchia

John Torlone

Stephanie Torres

Jessica Treiber

Samantha Trupo

Holima Trye

Robert Tucci

Ashley Tynan

Brittany Tynan

Yuki Uehara

James Valentino

Michael Valentino

Tonimarie Valeriano

Elizabeth Vario

Elizabeth Varsos

Louis Vassallo

Christopher Vento

Karla Veras

Anthony Vicario

Terilynn Vieira

James Virgona

Erica Waldman

Matthew Waldmann

Connor Walsh

Jaime Walsh

Stefanie Warner

Sam Wasik

Lindsay Weinstein

Tyler Weinstein

Rachel Weintraub

Rebecca Weisman

Jillian Weiss

Jordana Weiss

Madison Wetterhahn

Emily Whelan

Alexa Wielstein

Rachel Wigand

Alyssa Williams

Kevin Wilson

Sean Wilson

Adam Wolin

Shakeel Woodley

Maria Wurtz

Iffera Zahid

Hunter Zalud

Matthew Zeltmann

Daniel Ziegler

Oren Zigdon

Robert Ziminski

Mark Zink

Mai Ziv

Jessica Zoine

Nicolas Zolezzi

Brian Zuelch

Aleksandra Zukoff