June 2014 Graduation Newsletter

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June 2014 Graduation Newsletter
GARDEN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
On The Line
GRADUATION 2014
www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
Vol. 15 • No. 6
Congratulations to the Class of 2014!
On June 28
, the Class of 2014 - 277 strong - processed onto Warren King Field for Garden City High School’s
80 Annual Commencement Ceremony. The turquoise sky and green field formed a perfect backdrop for the
crisp white dresses and tuxedos, traditional garb worn by Garden City’s graduating girls and boys, in an elegant
ceremony marked by overwhelming joy and heartfelt tears. Salutatorian Katherine McGannon welcomed
classmates, parents, and friends; Julia Maloney Scholarship winner Megan Galioto expressed her deep gratitude
to teacher Steve Mayo; and Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen offered reflections on how the world has changed
since the Class of 2014 first entered the high school. Sage words were offered by English teacher and Keynote
Speaker Carlo Rebolini just prior to the awarding of diplomas by members of the Board of Education.
Warmest congratulations to the Class of 2014 and best wishes for a bright and successful future!
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Steven Menelly
Valedictorian
President Trapasso and Board of Education members, Superintendent Feirsen, Principal McLaughlin, Garden
City High School faculty, parents, friends and family, welcome, and from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Thank you for the unending support and the unconditional love that you have given to the Class of 2014.
We are here today in celebration, a celebration for things past and future. Today is the final day for the Class of
2014. Tomorrow our class will be only a remembrance in the halls of Garden City High School, the latest link in a
chain that extends far back to the past and will stretch far into the future.
What is this Class of 2014 here today, then? What is this fleeting moment between yesterday and tomorrow
that seems to be passing so quickly?
You could say that this is all a coincidence - that the Class of 2014 is just 277 people born in approximately the
same year that happened to live in the same town, that this was all random, that we were thrown together by
time and chance.
This origin is, in some sense, true, but it is insufficient. We have become something greater through the years
we have spent as kin in the schools of this district. As wonderful as we are as individuals, the Class of 2014 is greater than the sum of its
parts. It lives beyond us, thinking and acting in accordance with the values embodied by our place and time. It has taken its own steps
and breathed its own air. It is the individual of our community.
Imagine if this class were to take the form of another student sitting amongst us today. Who is this person? No doubt this person
would be brilliant, waltzing with ease through every subject, showing themself to be a true renaissance man or woman through their
voracious passion for learning. The thorniest calculus problems would resolve themselves before the eyes of this student. He would
write effusively on any topic from history or literature, just as easily as she would speak in any of the languages taught here. Doubtless,
too, would be their athletic prowess, as this person would have the strength of a linebacker, the grace of gymnast, the endurance of a
marathon runner, and on and on. In short, he or she would put any decathlon athlete to shame. In the arts, this student of ours would be
unprecedented, singing and dancing and acting with remarkable skill, all while perfectly playing any number of instruments. And if this
weren’t enough, our student would construe hues and colors beautifully, forging breathtaking arrangements with every medium.
We should take great pride in this student, as it is the best of all of us that makes him or her great.
Parents, you have seen this child grow, from its nascent steps in kindergarten to its final steps down to its seat here today.
Administrators, you have shepherded this student with love through the years, guiding it along the way.
And teachers, you have imparted all that you can on this child, hoping in the wisdom of your influence.
The community embodied by the Garden City School system raised this child, now an adult and suitably ready for the world.
Finally, if this child takes the best of our accomplishment, it also must take the best of our character. It treats the world and humanity
with unqualified generosity, kindness, and optimism. It comports itself with dignity and responsibility no matter the circumstance.
Unfortunately, the story of this child ends here on this day, as there are no more school days left for its development. We students, who
each have contributed in our own special way to this person, are about to leave on our own, new journeys.
In the next chapter of our lives, we will, in some way, be part of a community, whether that means a university, or a business, or a place
of residence; we will continue to live our lives through communities, and in the process, give that community a life of its own, just as we
have breathed life into the student we now leave behind.
American historian Henry Adams said this in the memoir of his own life: “All experience is an arch, to build upon.”
Garden City High School Class of 2014, great things lie ahead. By our experience here, we have been given a template for life. For both
tough and easy times, recall what we have brought forth into the world, that exemplar student whom we bid goodbye to today, and act
in accordance with the better nature of ourselves embodied in that individual.
But for this moment now - I congratulate and wish the absolute best to the members of this class and to their families, for this journey is
almost over and time, at least momentarily, is on our side.
Where They Will Be Attending
ALONZO AFRICA
TIMOTHY ALFORD
JONATHAN ARDITO
DEREK ATTARDI
NAYEEM BAKSH
CAROLINE BEATY
RYAN BLAIR
MATTHEW REED BONVISSUTO
CATHERINE BUNN
JOSEPH BURDI
BRITTANY BURKE
CONOR BURKE
DAVID BUTLER
CONOR BYRNES
KIERAN BYRNES
EMILY CAFARO
MICHELLE CAMPOLI
FRANCIS CAPONEGRO
TAYLOR CARPENTIER
MICHAEL CASSANO
JOHN CAUCHI
IRIS CHANG
Binghamton University
SUNY Oneonta
Fairfield University
James Madison University
Stony Brook University
Dickinson College
Connecticut College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Delhi
SUNY Cobleskill
James Madison University
Saint Joseph’s University
Adelphi University
Virginia Military Institute
Villanova University
The College of the Holy Cross
Rhode Island School of Design
Marist College
George Mason University
United States Naval Academy
Fordham University
Georgetown University
SEUNG HYU CHOI
NICOLE CHTCHEKINE
JAMES COLLINS
MICHAEL COLLINS
DANIEL COMBATTI
CHRISTOPHER CONNOLLY
JOHN CONNORS
MEGAN COTTER
CONNOR CRAWFORD
JOSEPH CREIGHTON
KELLY CURRAN
MARGARET D’ANTONIO
MAURA DARMODY
ADAM DAVIES
IFEOLUWA DAWODU
TARA DEANGELO
ALIX DELLA PENA
ALEXANDER DELLA RATTA
KATHLEEN DEMARIA
HARRY DEMIRIS
SAMANTHA DERBY
MARK DESANTIS
JULIA DIGNAM
University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign
Union College
Undecided
Pennsylvania State University
The University of Scranton
Boston College
James Madison University
The University of Scranton
Lynn University
SUNY Maritime
Undecided
University of Michigan
Fordham University
Boston College
University of Pennsylvania
Villanova University
The George Washington University
Hofstra University
Johns Hopkins University
SUNY Maritime
Boston University
University of Florida
Georgetown University
www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
NINA DIMARIA
DANIEL DOLAN
PATRICK DOLAN
EMILY DONOVAN
MARIANNA DOYAMIS
JESSICA DRUM
CASEY DUFF
BRENDAN DUKES
SUSANNE DUPONT
DANIELLE DURAND
JULIE DURAND
JACQUELINE EDWARDS
HANNAH EILBECK
KAITLIN EMMERT
JACQUELYN ESCALANTE
MARK EULAU
DRUSILLA FALCO
NICHOLAS FEALEY
ANTHONY FERRARO
ANDREW FERRI
THOMAS FERRIS
TIMOTHY FEYRER
PATRICK FINNERAN
TINA FODERA
FABRICE FREDERIQUE
SAGE FULLER
EMILY FULLHARDT
MICHELLE GAINE
MEGAN GALIOTO
CAITLIN GALLANT
LINDSEY GALLIGAN
LAUREN GARIZIO
ELIZABETH GEE
CODY GEORGE
EMILY GERSPACH
PATRICK GERSPACH
ERIN GIACINI
RYAN GIACINI
NICOLAS GIANNONE
CHLOE GIARRAPUTO
JOSEPH GIARRAPUTO
ETHAN GIBBONS
JOHN GILLAN
JUSTIN GONG
MATTHEW GREENE
BRIANNE GRIFFITH
TIMOTHY HALABY
KYLE HARDER
QUINN HELLING
AMBER HENRIQUEZ
SUSANNE HERBSTER
WILLIAM HERLIHY
JACQUELINE HOCHHEISER
ERIN HOLLIS
CHRISTOPHER HOURMOUZIS
BRIAN HUGHES
DEVON IALENTI
DANIELLE IENNA
LAURA JAEGER
KYLE JAENICHEN
EMILY KALLEM
ZOE KARIKAS
JOANNA KEATING
MICHAEL KEATING
AMANDA KELLY
MATTHEW KELLY
CAMERON KERN
MEAGHAN KIELY
GENEVIEVE KLATT
ZACHARY KOLSEN
KAITLYN KUSTEK
DIANA KUTULOS
ALLISON LAGUEUX
JAMES LARK
KELLY LAWKINS
JENNIFER LEARY
LUKE LECOCHE
THOMAS LEGGETT
JULIANA LIBERTI
NICOLE LIND
AIDAN LOGAN
MEGHAN LOGAN
PAIGE LOPEZ
BRIAN LORUSSO
ELIZABETH LOSQUADRO
JOSEPH LOZANO
JACK LUCCHESI
Saint John’s University
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Georgetown University
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Saint Joseph’s University
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SUNY Delhi
University of Colorado - Boulder
Dartmouth College
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Richmond
College of Mount Saint Vincent
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Dickinson College
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SUNY Maritime
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Villanova University
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The University of Scranton
Fairfield University
SUNY New Paltz
Adelphi University
Columbia University
Marist College
www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
PETER LUGLIO
JOHN MADIGAN
BRIANNA MAGLIO
KATHERINE MALHAME
ANNORA MARINO
CHRISTINA MARINO
JACQUELINE MARINO
PANTELIS MARINOS
REGAN MAROONEY
CARISSA MASTANDUONO
RICHARD MASTERS
LAUREN MCAULIFFE
SARAH MCCABE
CONNOR MCCULLOUGH
TIMOTHY MCDONAGH
BRANDON MCDONOUGH
DANIEL MCELROY
KATHERINE MCGANNON
AIDAN MCGOVERN
KATHLIN MCGOVERN
DEIRDRE MCGRATH
LIAM MCGUINNESS
MELANIE MCHUGH
BRENDAN MCLAUGHLIN
STEVEN MENELLY
WILLIAM MENNICKEN
ANTHONY MERCANDETTI
EMILY MERCANDETTI
JESSICA MERO
AMY MESSINA
JOHN MICHON
DANNY MILLER
ZACHARY MINER
CULLEN MINION
CHRISTOPHER MISERERE
LAUREN MIXON
PATRICK MOHAN
EVAN MOLITOR
JOSEPH MONACO
ALEXANDRA MONTGOMERY
JAMES MORAN
EMILY MOZDZER
GRACE MUROLO
KAYLA MURPHY
KELLEN MURPHY
NATALIE MUSCARELLA
JAMES NARDONE
GABRIELLE NASTASI
ASHLEY NESSLER
LIANN NEWBY
GRAYCE NIX
BRODY NOLAN
STEPHANIE NOLAN
KRISTEN NOONAN
NICOLE NUZZOLO
HALEY O’HANLON
JACQUELINE O’HARE
KATHLEEN O’KEEFFE
JACQUELINE O’REILLY
LOUIS PAGONIS
ZACHARY PAHLAVI
MATTHEW PAPPACENA
DREW PASCALE
ADAM PAULEY
MATTHEW PENA
ANDREW PETERSEN
GAVIN PHILIPPAS
TERESA PIETROMONACO
KELLY GRACE PUNTURO
EMILY QUIGLEY
KRISTEN RASQUIN
CATHERINE REDDINGTON
JACQUELINE REID
JACK REINA
THOMAS REINA
JULIANA RESTREPO
ALEXANDRA RICEMAN
MADISON RICH
CAITLIN RIEDELL
CONNOR RIEDELL
CAITLIN RIEGER
ISABELLA RIGGI
ALEXA RIVIELLE
THOMAS ROCCO
JASON ROCHA
MATTHEW ROGERS
DANIEL ROMERO
Fairfield University
Marist College
The University of Scranton
Colgate University
University of Alabama
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Saint John’s University
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James Madison University
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Towson University
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BRANDON ROSENBLATT
MELISSA ROSS
SARAH RUBINO
SARA RUHL
MELANIA RUTA
ERIC SA
NICOLAS SAMPOGNE
MARC SBEGLIA
ALENA SCEUSA
VINCENT SCHEPPA
THOMAS SCHILLINGER JR
EMILY SCHLAPP
RYAN SCOTT
KELSEY SEIFERTH
CHRISTINA SERVER
SAMANTHA SESSA
KAITLIN SHEA
MACKENZIE SHINE
MEREDITH SHINE
BRIAN SHULMAN
SABRINA SINGH
MICHAELA SMITH
JULIA SOLLIN
ALBERT SOUSSIS
DALE STASCO
ANDREW STEFANIK
BRETT STEWART
LOUIS STOBER
CHRISTOPHER STUMPF
Nassau Community College
University of Delaware
Bentley University
Lafayette College
Elon University
Roger Williams University
The Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Drexel University
Syracuse University
Employment
Hofstra University
College of Charleston
Loyola University Maryland
Marist College
New York University
Gettysburg College
SUNY Geneseo
Syracuse University
School of Visual Arts
Georgetown University
Hofstra University
University of Virginia
Hofstra University
University of Mississippi
Saint Joseph’s University
University of Michigan
Deerfield Academy
Sacred Heart University
Pennsylvania State University
LIAM SUGRUE
DANIEL TALBOT
MARISSA TERRILL
KAITLYN THOMPSON
KELLY TIERNEY
CASEY TIMMINS
GINA TIMPANO
ROSEMARY TOMAO
ANDREW TOMITZ
JOSEPH TORRES
JON TOTO
JOSEPH TRAPASSO
SARA TUDISCO
JACQUELINE VANI
ANTHONY VELEZ
PAMELA VILLATORO
MICHAEL VINCI
AMANDA VIONE
SAMANTHA VOLPE
NICHOLAS VORKAS
GREGORY VOUZIANAS
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RYAN ZAROU
KYLE ZARRIELLO
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ANTHONY ZINGA
THOMAS ZWICKE
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Sacred Heart University
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Binghamton University
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Adelphi University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Binghamton University
Fairfield University
University of Rhode Island
The University of Scranton
Stony Brook University
SUNY Geneseo
Quinnipiac University
Villanova University
Salve Regina University
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Boston College
SUNY New Paltz
University of Delaware
Binghamton University
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