“It has not been a simple journey for you,” said Toll Gate High School Principal Stephen Chrabaszcz to the graduating class Tuesday evening at CCRI.
The Toll Gate class of 2014 was the first …
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“It has not been a simple journey for you,” said Toll Gate High School Principal Stephen Chrabaszcz to the graduating class Tuesday evening at CCRI.
The Toll Gate class of 2014 was the first of Warwick’s public schools to graduate. Vets graduation ceremonies were held last night and Pilgrim’s will be held tonight. All ceremonies are being held at the Vincent Cullen Field House at CCRI.
The nearly 194 graduating students wore their blue and red gowns while many decorated their caps with glittery letters of their soon to be colleges. Speakers told the students to continue searching for happiness in their future endeavors.
Chrabaszcz thanked his fellow principals, department chairs, secretaries, senior class advisors, all teachers, and other staff and said, “The school would not run as smoothly as it does if it wasn’t for your help.”
School Committee Chairwoman Bethany Furtado told students, “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” She also emphasized the “importance of education.”
Furtado gave a list of advice to students from what she has learned from life herself.
“Humility is an admirable quality,” she said. “Don’t dwell on today, tomorrow is another day.”
Superintendent Richard D’Agostino presented the Rhode Island Board of Education awards to students of proficiency with distinction in math and English NECAP tests.
He told students that the community knows what they are capable of, but asked them, “What will you do?”
He encouraged the students that they are the authors of the chapters that lie ahead.
“You are truly believers for tomorrow,” said D’Agostino.
Mayor Scott Avedisian looked out into the crowd and said the students’ collective energy, spirit and enthusiasm is part of what makes “this city very proud.”
Avedisian said that the education the students received at Toll Gate would be the foundation for the future.
“Your future is limitless. And this city is expecting big things from you,” he said.
The high school’s salutatorian and valedictorian’s speeches validated Avedisian’s projections when they both commemorated the teachers they all shared and their memories, which would make for a bright future for the students.
As the night continued, emotions heightened as well as the temperature inside the large room.
Although salutatorian Szabolcs Kiss, who will be attending MIT in the fall, said he didn’t prepare a written speech for the ceremony, he made sure to tell fellow graduates, “You don’t have to make sense of life, you just have to live it.”
Valedictorian Isaac Davis said regardless of your profession, it is important to “do what you like,” he said. “Listen to yourself to find happiness.”
Like Furtado, Davis gave his own advice.
“Pick your battles wisely,” and, “Take action till you’re content with the outcome,” he said.
Davis will be attending Brown University in the fall.
The junior class president, Abby Gregory, accepted the class gift, presented by senior class president Kyle Gray. He said the wireless microphone set being given would help make production easier in the future.
Before diplomas were distributed, Davis, Kiss, Evan Carley and Shanelle Lawson performed “In My Life” by The Beatles, and continued their performance with a surprise encore of “Make Me Smile” by Chicago. By the end of the song, the band had the graduating class clapping along with them.
At the end of the ceremony, families and excited friends followed the students out to where the evening’s cool breeze greeted the graduates.
Toll Gate Class of 2014
Jamie Edward Allstrom
Danielle Rebecca Andersen
Nicholas Damon Andersen
Samantha Jennifer Armstrong
Ashley Bernadette Ayotte
Zachary Michael Azeredo
Zachary John Bacon
William M. Bailer
Deja Reign Barnella-Brown
Jenna M. Beauchamp
Jose F. Beltran-Perez
Kelly Lynn Berard
Mackenzie Ann Bertwell
Caitlyn Blaine
Courtney Elizabeth Boyd
Alexandria Rae Brehmer
Zachary Michael Bromage
Joseph John Brosnahan
Nicholas Harrison Brown
Anna Coline Brown- Pistacchio
Victoria Anna Bucci
Jesse Thomas Butler, Jr.
Veronica Rose Butler
Julia Louise Cardell
Jesse Vincent Cardiff
Evan M. Carley
Adam Brandon Carreiro
Christian Alexander Castro
Bryonna Lynn Cerullo
Dakota J. Clements
Haylee M. Clukey
Zien Ray C. Condor
Courtney Rose Conklin
Gianna Siobhan Cormier
Shawn Micheal Correia
Jeremy Michael Cullen
Matthew Brendan Cullen
Nathan Paul DaCosta
Isaac Medbury Davis
Matthew C. Davis
Kevin Manuel Delgado
Robert E. DeNoncour
Shane Guy Desjean
Christina Marie DiCenzo
Mikaela Konstance Dicomitis
John Paul DiGiuseppe
Ryan Patrick Donnelly
Timothy Alexander Dougan
Hannah Rose Dubiel
Shawn M. Dugdale
Christopher W. Durand
David J. Dutra, III
Stefani Anne Dzikiewicz
Jillian Madeline Eaton
Tyler Ekroth
Jordan Nicole Ethier
Jacqueline Leigh Falso
Elizabeth Anne Farnsworth
Corey J. Favino
Tianna Jade Francis
Arielle Frank
Madison Frechette-Thibeault
Alexis Mei Gabrielsen
Subathradevi Ganapathy
Arlette I. Garcia Bello
Yamile Garcia Hernandez
Tianna Jean Gavek
Jamie Lynne Geary
Mary Evelyn Gilbar
Jaime Elizabeth Given
Jeffrey Nathan Golditch
Caleb Joseph Gouge
Allison Marie Graves
Kyle E. Gray
Matthew Greco
Gabriella S. Gregson-Morales
Lexi-Amber Hassell
Julia Noel Hathaway
Zane Xavier Henley
Clare Catherine Heston
Arizona Ashley Hunt-Kirtland
Anthony Iannone
Rabia Javed
Jake Neal Jessup
Delilah Nathalys Jimenez
Jake August Johnson
Kendra Ann Johnston
Rose Caroline Kaczmarek
Kayla Ashley Kanterman
Alexander M.R. Kazandjian
Samantha Leigh Kellerman
Mackenzie L. Kelly
Rachel Kelly
Szabolcs Kiss
Henry Miles Kolakowski
Brandon R. Kraemer
Kelsey Kurbiec
Adeline Rose Lamothe
Kayla L. Langie
Katherine Jane Lavallee
Amanda Cecilia Lawrence
Shanelle Marih’ Lawson
James Robert LeBlanc
Alexander M. Lefebvre
Muireann Michaela Cotter Lemus
Corey D. Longworth
Megan Maria Lourenco
Evan Alexander Lubo
Noah Abraham Lukens
Thomas Michael Luongo
Max Lupovitz
Stephen James MacIntosh
Jacob F. Maloney
Ashley Rose Martinez
Brock A. Massa
Justin Michael Mather
Skyla Mathias
Kyle Hunter Mattix
Shannen Marie McClelland
Brandi-Marie Linda McDevitt
Laura E. McGuire
Kendra E. McGuirk
Emily Mae McMahon
William Michael Meehan, III
Luis Geraldo Mendoza
Joseph Thomas Mercurio
Robert W. Mitchell
David Alexander Morena - Garcia
Kathleen E. Morlock
Emily Ann Morris
Kayleigh Alyssa Mullen
Caitlin Angelina Murphy
Kasey Lynn Murphy
David James Navilliat
Jacob D. Newell
Amber R. O’Brien
Justin Michael O’Gara
Jack Osenkowski
Gina Nicole Pacino
Brandi Lee Palazzo
Ciera M. Paolino
Darpan Narendra Patel
Kaylee Elizabeth Paul
AnnaRose Dorothy Pearson
Halee Joyce Peloso
Julie Beth Penn
Alexis Justine Perras
Danielle Elizabeth Petrangelo
Paige Petras
Stephanie Thuytien Thuy Pham
Alexander Carlton Pires
Ryan P. Powers
Max S. Procopio
Molly Elizabeth Pelletier Raposa
Jacqueline Rhaney
Patrick Stephen Rocchio
Meghan Susan Rocheleau
Mikayla Joy Rogers
Jacob S. Rosenberg
James Brandon Rowley
Elice Dion Roy
Hannah London Rudolph
Sarah Elizabeth Sagnella
Angelica Maria Salcedo
Emily Elizabeth Sammartino
Paige Rochelle Seidenberg
Megan Senerchia
Allegra Burgess Sgroi
Christian Bijan Shadravan
Mariah Nicole Silva
Brianna Lynn Sousa
Allyson Lee Spencer
David Louis Stachurski
Victoria Lynn Stadnik
Samantha Marie Stephenson
Cara Skye Tanner
Emily Grace Tarbox
Ong Alisha Thao
Meline Jelalian Thebarge
Richard Gerard Tougas, Jr.
Aaron Gregory Travers
Ryan Perry Truesdale
Chase Michael Uglialoro
Taylor Jane Venter
Emily Loren Waggoner
Timothy Warner
Elizabeth Ashley Werner
Nicole E. Whalen
Amanda Grace Wilks
Austin J. Williams
Kevin James Williams
Can Yavas
Karren Yuan
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