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Washington Township High School Confers Diplomas on 504 Graduates of the Class of 2023

 

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Washington Township High School Executive Principal Ray Anderson looks on as members of the Class of 2023 toss their caps into the air at the close of Monday’s commencement exercises.

 

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Teeming rains outside couldn’t dampen the spirits of the Washington Township High School Class of 2023, which was honored during the school’s 58th Commencement Ceremony on Monday night, June 12, 2023, inside the Republic Bank Performing Arts Center.

 

11wthsgrad23With Dr. Eric Hibbs overseeing his first graduation as superintendent of schools, and Ray Anderson his first as high school executive principal, the senior class of 504 made the most of the pomp and circumstance of the occasion. 

 

After Anderson welcomed the audience, Summa Cum Laude graduate Harshil Dhruve led the ensemble in the Pledge of Allegiance. The WTHS choir performed the Star-Spangled Banner and the annual commencement song, “Moving On,” as arranged by teacher Amy Melson. Then, the Senior Class Executive Board provided remarks reflecting on the senior year that was. Class Summa Cum Laude graduates Ryan Crowley and Jessica Wei followed with high energy speeches, encouraging their classmates to both remember the good times they had, while also seeking to achieve even greater things in their futures.  

 

“You don’t have to subscribe to someone else’s ideas or ideologies of what your life should be. You don’t have to follow the path that someone else has laid out for you,” Crowley said. “You can chart your own course, follow your own dreams, and be who you truly want to be. … It’s important that you live your most authentic life and embrace all the moments you have, because, truthfully, each moment is only going to happen once. And once it passes, all you have left is the memories.”

 

“One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received is to disentangle yourself from the labels that fight to define you,” Wei said. “Because behind every label is a unique story waiting to be shared. And it’s up to you as the author, the editor, and the main character of your story to publish it. The pen is in your hand. Pursue your passion to be a voice, and not an echo by following the advice of the three Cs: Choice, Chance, and Change. You have the choice to take a chance and make a change.”

 

Dr. Hibbs spoke next, providing the Class of 2023 with a 10-step piece of reflection that he developed over the course of his life. From getting involved, to remembering losses, to honoring parents, to believing in dreams, and much more. He closed with words taken from Mother Teresa.

 

“People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway,” he said. “If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you’ll win some false friends and some true friends. Succeed anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. If you find happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world your best anyway. … Graduates of 2023, best of luck. We are Township, and that means something. Go forth and change the world.”

 

Click here for a photo gallery from the ceremony.

 

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Senior Summa Cum Laude graduate Jessica Wei smiles during her address to the Class of 2023.

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 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Hibbs pauses during his comments.

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Whitman Elementary School interim principal Samantha Dulude is all smiles in presenting a diploma to her daughter, Isabella.


Washington Township High School Class of 2023

 
Joseph Abrams, Hamza Abuqalbeen, Joseph   Agosta, Abigail Aguilar, Kaitlyn Ahlquist, Maha Ahmad, Dante Aita, Ava Alessandrine, Ghazi-Jacob Alfakhouri, Zayna Ali, Joseph Altamuro, Emily Althouse, Nicholas Altobelli, Carolyn Alvear, Ethan Andress, Jordan Andrews, Rayn Andrews, Joseph Angeli, Laura Angstadt, Christian Ansuini, Mia Aquilino, Haylee Aquino, Joshua Arias McCarthy, Joseph Arico, Katelyn Arnold, Gianna Atkinson, Gavin Attanasi, Samantha Axilbund, Vincent Baccare, Josef Bachert, Ghassan Badawi, Leah Bader, Joshua Baggett, Matteo Bariana, Nicolas Barrett, Joseph Baselice, Alexis Beatty, Gabrielle Beck, Carter Bennett, Leila Bennett, Danielle Bentley, Amanda Bianchi, Ava Billick. Sophia Binder, Kaleigh Blaney, Kyle Bonner, Matthew Bonsall, Aidan Borchmann, Sophia Bostwick, Francesca Bourquin, Vincent Bourquin, Elijah Bradley, James Bradley, Michael Brady, Isaiah Braxton, Dylan Breen, Olivia Brett, Morgan Brewster, James Brigandi, Lauren Brookstein, Abigail Brown, Logan Brown, Nicholas Brown, Isabella Brunick, Michael Bruno, Abigail Cafferty, Lorenzo Campo, Victoria Capone, Samantha Carbone, Felicity Carden, Mia Cardillo, Tyler  Carneglia, Alexandria Carroll, Carmen Casella, Toriana Cassia, Giovanna Castellan, Ivan Castillo, Jessica Castorina, Savien Castro, Riley Cavanaugh, Kaitlyn Cesare, Christina Chan, Maria Cheeseman, Ava Cianciotti, Darini Clark, Christopher Clune, Jacob Coggins, Alivia Colavita, Aiden Coleman, Jack Coleman, McKenzie Colfer, Taejanel Collins, Lauren Conlin, Madisyn Connell, Michael Coppola, Wesley Coronacion, Angelina Costello, Christopher Costello, Amanda Cote, Alexander Cottrell, Angelina Coulter, Cassandra Crawford, Emyleigh Crean, Santino Cristella, Ryan Crowley, Kyle Crozier, Bryan Cruz Bermudez, Brendan Cueva, Sienna Czechura, Catherine D'Ambra, Brynn Danley, Isabella Davidson, Evan Davies, Jacob Davis, Brandon De La Puente, Lucia DeAngelo, Dezirae DeJesus, Ava DelBorrello, Veronica DeLuca, Xamir DeOro Nader, Moira DeVera, Steven DeVito, Harshil Dhruve, Sophia Diaz, James DiBartola, Jason DiBlasio, Riely Diehl, Cadence Diemer, Kyle Dietz, Matthew DiGiacomo, Chase DiLugi, Jordyn DiNapoli, Max DiRaddo, Santino DiRenzo, Emily DiRidolfo, Kimberley Do, Victor Dochterman, Caitlin Dodds, Drew Dolgos, Elizabeth Donahue, Brooklynn Donia, Jessica D'Orazio, Julia D'Orazio, John Dorgan, Gianna Doto, Emily Drewry, Ezra Drexel, Robert DuCoin, Isabella Dulude, Connor Dunn, Sophia Dunning, Holly Duym, Jaiden Ekstrom, Joseph Elentrio, Mason Elliott, Grant Ensign, Adam Ernst, Louis Esposito, Gabriela  Estrada, Eric Evans, Johnny Everest, Skyler Fairbanks, Matthew Fallon, Rose Falls-Gobbo, Jonathan Fandrick, Daniel Farley, Bridget Fellona, James Filteau, Darby Finnegan, Christopher Fisher, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Nicole Forte, Colin Foss, Logan Foss, Ava Franco, Owen Friel, Kylee Friess, Kacie Gadzinski, Bryce Gaffney, Rigby Gallagher, Alyssa Gallelli, Giulia Galli, Sherice Garcia, Ryan Gardiner, Brielle Gardner-Speights, Anton Garnett, John Garozzo, Francesca Gatta, Kaitlyn Gee, Ava Geiger,  Sophia Gianacaci, Chakeal Gibson, Marcus Glenn, Michael Good, Alexia Gordillo, Nicholas Gosbin, Collin Goss, Tyler Gowan, Zoe Grassi, Ava Graves, Barry Green, Gianna Grosso, Luke Haddad, William Hagerty, Ashton Hammell, Francois Hanson, Daniel Hartong, Justin Hatton, Mychael Hatton, Riley Hayward, Christian Heil, Jackson Heil, Jeremy Heil, James Henhaffer, Adelyna Hernandez, Mayrin Hernandez, Wensly Herrera, Ariel Hicks, Aaron Higbee, Damiyah Hills, Richard Hoffman, Matthew Holdofsky, Mario Huggins, Daniel Hulmes, Amber Hunt, Maggie Hunt, Adrian Ilagan, Gabriel Izzi, Xander Jackson, Gianna Jacob, An-Taeya Johnson, Aidan Johnston, Jonathan Jones, Arianna Marie Jones-Leary, Yianni Kambouroglou, Hope Kaplan, John Karapcik, Kryssa Karavangelas, Madison Karol, Colin Keane, Alexa Kelly, Michael Kelly, Brennon Kennedy, Maxx Kennedy, Kathryn Kim, Michael Klancic, Madison Kodrich, Samantha Kodrich, Lucas Kolb, Mackenzie Kondas, Jaden Kopischke, Kyle Kowasa, Ryan Kozej, Reice Kraemer, Callie Krupa, Michael Kukral, Burhan Kumas, Rabeeh Kuzbari, Michael Lackore, Jake Lafferty, Kyle Lam, John-Paul Landau, Gerald Lanoza, Nicholas Lauletta, Madison Lawler, James Lawson, Ethan LeCompte, Evan LeComte, Andrew Lee, Anna Lee, Grace Leonard, Nathan Leone, Olivia Leone, Jasmine Lew, Egypt Lincoln, Olivia Long, Tyler Lucia, Gianna Lucidonio, Ethan Lyons, Sydney Ma, Taylor Ma, Dylan Makofka, Gabriella Maletta, Nadia Marchetti, Amina Marconi-Kechih, William Marion, Lauren Marmon, John Martino, Lucca Masciangelo, Mikaela Maxey, Damien Mayo, Jameer McCall, Gianna McCarthy, Jackson McCrae, Sophie McCrea, Aidan McDonald, Tellus McDonald, Aaron McGarvey, Shane McGinley, Collin McGuire, Marissa McKeever, Justin McKillop, Kevin McLarnon, Colin McLaughlin, Shane McLaughlin, Dylan McMahon, Nevaeh Mellon, Scott Mercer Jr, Maria Mereu, Christopher Mergen, Dawson Merrill-Longstreet, Isabella Mesi, Heather Mignogna, Kanye Mills, Lily Molnar, Michelle   Molony, Sean Monaghan, Melanie Montalvo, Connor Moore, Dante Moore, Ethan Morales, Casey Morgan, Nicholas  Morrett, Kendall Morrison, Christopher Morrow, Tangim Morshed, Charlotte Moule, Anna Muhihu, Kaitlyn Murphy, Alyssa Murray, Joshua Navan, Ilexia Navarro, Isabella Nelli, Tzigon Nemeth, Conner Neville, Andrew Ngo, Kevin Nguyen, Leann Nguyen, Steven Nguyen, Madeline Nocella, Mia Nocille, Lindsey Nocton, Caiden   Norris, Xavier Norwood, Mohau Nwanma, William Obst, Ysabela Oli, Tyler Olson, Kerri Orbach, Travis Oswald, Cole Owens, Selin Ozdemir, Cade Padilla, Mia Pagliarini, Valentino Paletta, Salvatore Palmisano, Alexis Palombi, Paul Palumbo, Gianna Paparella, Sean Parchesky, Mahir Patel, Vedant Patel, Christian Paxson, Daniel Pecheux, Nicholas Pellegrino, Emma Peltz-Robledo, John Pescatore, Ryleigh Petersen, Ceceilia Petta, Corbin Pierce, William Pike, Brian Piotrowski, Kaia Popolo, Angelina Post, Sage Povernick, Samantha Pray, Cory Price, Gregory Price, Kaylee Pritts, Danielle Promise, Christopher Racobaldo, Jack Ragone, Nazneen Rashid, Bailey Ratcliffe, Dhvani Rathod, Brandon Rauscher, Miles Reed, Laura Reeve, Jacqueline Reeves, Isabella Regalbuto, Brielle Reisenwitz, Daniel Reistle, Nicholas Repousis, Daniel Revelli, Sean Reynolds, Dylan Rhodes, Gavin Rickert, Zachary Rink, Anthony Robbins, Damen Roberts, Kaseer Roberts, Qua'sir Robinson, Gavin Rodgers, Alyana Rodriguez, Kathleen Rodriguez, Joseph Ruffino Jr, Alexius Ruiz, Gabriela Ruiz, Lucas Rutledge, Ava Ryan, Emily Ryan, Hailey Sacco, Darius Santos, Michael Sapanara, Ravenna Sargent, Emily Satterfield, Michael Sawyer, Jillian Scardigli, Summer Scheufele, Juliana Schiavoni, Michael Schuck, Alexander Schultes, Jackson Schultz, Adriana Schulz, Emily Schwartz, Morgan Seagreaves, Emma Severance, Tanner Sharkey, Madison Sheffield-Bell, Riley Sheridan, Selma Shraim, Ayden Singleton, Wesley Sisco, Charles Smith, Kenneth Smith, Timothy Smith, Natalya Snock, Alianna Soto, Dominic Spadano, Taylar Spann, Angelina Stanfa, Kayla Steel, Isabell Steely, Brian Stephens, John T. Stone, Adrianna Strauss, Jenna Strosser, Carli Sullivan, Ryann Sullivan, Michael Szarzynski, Shane Tait, Abby Thomas, Emma Thomas, Madison Thomas. Mehki Thomas, Michael Thomas, Alexis Thompson, Zachary Thompson, Francis Tolete, Michael Tomasetti, Ciara Torres, Janiah Torres, Giana Torrie, Tyler Tran, Dania Trinidad Bautista, Hailey Trost, Michael Tussey, Peter Tzimoulis, Brian Valay, Jessica Valenti, Victoria Valentine, Michael Valentino, Tyler   Vena, Vanessa Ventura Miguel, Timothy Vincent, Kaylee Vollmer, Reganne Voran, Brandon Wagner, Andrew Wahl, Faith Wahl, Grace Wahl, Emily Wechter, Jessica Wei, Brandon Weiss, Paul Welker, Kailee Weney, Domenic Went, Allyson Wernik, Brennan Wheeler, Cadence Widing, Alexander Wiedman, Lucas Wielhouwer, Desmond Williams, John Williams, Laila Williams, Daniel Wilson, Jai Wilson, Tyler Wilson, Olivia Wisor, Brielle Wojcik, Colin Woodward, Karolyn Wright, Rosa Yurkow, Aidan Zukovsky.

 

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