Rocky Hill Graduates 34

EAST GREENWICH, RI — Rocky Hill School held its Commencement Exercises on Friday, June 9. The school said 34 students were graduated. Valedictorian Anessa Petteruti, of East Greenwich, addressed the class. Anessa earned the distinction by having a cumulative grade average greater than 95% over four years in the Upper School. She earned the highest grade average every year since sixth grade, was elected into the National Honor Society in her junior year, and has been the recipient of numerous academic awards in all subject areas. Anessa was also named the Twelfth Grade Class Scholar. She will attend Brown University in the fall of 2017.

Nellie Gorbea, Secretary of State for the State of Rhode Island, was the commencement speaker.

“Today, we start talking less about your ‘future’ and more about your ‘present,’ because we are counting on you. We are counting on you to become engaged civic leaders,” she said.

Members of the Class of 2017

Filip Augustowski, of Newport

Megan Caruso, of Warwick

Annie Coaty, of Newport

Hunter Corbett, of Warwick

Aivia Ferlise, of Cranston

James Frost, of Narragansett

Hunter Gallant, of South Kingstown

Sara Gasrow, of Warwick

Benjamin Hernowitz, of Warwick

Deirdre Irvine, of Newport

William Janikies, of Coventry

Yufan Jiang, of West Warwick and China

Sera Johnson, of Middletown

Nicole Jourabchi, of Hope

Bridget Kist, of West Warwick

Giles Lanowy, of Newport

Jonathan Liguori, of Cumberland

Heather Lind, of Wakefield

Nicolas Mancini, of Cranston

Abigail McMahon, of Warwick

Molly McMahon, of East Greenwich

Brooke Mongeon, of East Providence

Chase Mulvaney, of Coventry

Alejandro Perez, of Lincoln

Anessa Petteruti, of East Greenwich

Kaylynn Polley, of Newport

John Ponte, of East Greenwich

Sarah Reimer, of Warwick

Alejandro Rojas, of Pawtucket

Cassidy Santos, of Saunderstown

Junyi Shi, of West Kingston and China

Hanqing Zhang, of Providence and China

Xiaofan Zhou, of East Greenwich and China

Yuanchen Zhou, of Richmond and China