ORDER OF PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL ”POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE”
FLAG SALUTE
NATIONAL ANTHEM BELINDA RICHARDSON
WELCOME ADDRESS PRINCIPAL GEARHART
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DIGNITARIES
MESSAGE FROM SUPERINTENDENT ROGER LEÓN SHAKIRAH HARRINGTON SUPERINTENDENT REPRESENTATIVE
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT ALEXANDRIA HALL
“LEAN ON ME”
AVA MCCUNE
SALUTATORIAN STHEFANY FUKAGAWA
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
SRA. DAVIS-PARKS, SENIOR CLASS ADVISOR
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MR. KHAATIM SHERRER EL
VALEDICTORIAN ADDRESS
ACHUNIKE OKAFOR
PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES
PRINCIPAL GEARHART, SHAKIRAH HARRINGTON, VICE PRINCIPALS COLON, GIFTED, AND UDDIN
KHAATIM SHERRER EL
Khaatim is the Executive Director of Clinton Hill Community Action, a non-profit community development corporation in Newark’s South Ward Clinton Hill Neighborhood, focusing on quality, affordable housing, food security, environmental justice and economic empowerment. He brings more than twenty years of experience leading place based initiatives, managing collaboratives, and building organizational capacity.
Since its founding in 2019, Khaatim has raised nearly $1M to support redevelopment projects in Clinton Hill. He manages a growing staff of 22 fulltime employees, a $2.8M annual budget, and a new early childhood facility serving 198 children.
Khaatim Sherrer El is the president of Results Driven Consulting, llc, July 2009 – present.
His key responsibilities include managing projects for nonprofits, government and philanthropic organizations in the areas of early childhood education, youth development, community building and public policy.
His clients have included United Way, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s, Brick Education Network, Programs For Parents, and lsic. He contributed to a $30M Promise Neighborhoods grant submission for the South Ward Children’s Alliance, a place-based, two-generation collaborative action network of school partners, social service agencies and residents. He recently led Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, focusing on mentoring, violence reduction and living wage jobs for young men of color.
For the Annie E. Casey foundation’s Atlanta civic site, Khaatim secured $790,000 in public/private investments for a new learning complex, which includes a renovated elementary school and new childcare center; and developed a communications framework to engage and mobilize the membership of the black child development institute’s Atlanta affiliate in child and family focused policy advocacy
Khaatim is a graduate of Science Park High School. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia). While there, he became the first college student and youngest member ever elected to the Atlanta Board of Education. He earned a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development, with a concentration in Change Management and Leadership, from Teachers College at Columbia University (New York, NY). He lives in Newark’s historic Weequahic neighborhood.
“My professional and civic background has centered on forging strategic partnerships to address social issues that build on a community’s capacity to both develop and be a part of the solutions.”
AYOMIDE ADEKOYA
NAOSHI AGUIRRE
ADEFOLARIN AJIBADE
GIDEON AJIBOYE
DEREK ALMEIDA
ADRIAN ALVAREZ
ARIANNA ALVES
ASHELY ANDELIZ-MENDEZ
AMIR ARMOGAN
DANNY ARROBO
ALEXANDRA AVALOS
ALYCE AVILA
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ANDREA BARBARAN
GABRIELA BATISTA
SEKNA BAZZI
MIGUEL BIGAO
GYAMFI BOAMPONG
MELANIE BRAVO-CARTAGENA
JESSE BREFO-KESSE
CAIO BRITO
TIMOTHY BROWN
JAYLEN BROWNE
TY’TIANA BUCHANAN
JENNIFER CAGUANA
MAURICE CAGUANA
MIRIAN CAGUANA
BRYAN CARPIO-BONILLA
ISABELLA CASTILLO
JOSHUA CATTA PRETA
JOHN CHACON
JEMIMA CHATELIER
AMEER CHOMBA
MARA COELHO
JOEL COLE
JONATHAN COLE
JONATHAN COLON
TYMIAH COUNTS
NYLAH DASHIELL SYKES
DANIEL DASILVA
MIA DE ALMEIDA
CHRISTIAN DEL PINO
AMBER DIAZ
LIAN DIAZ
MORLAYE DIOUBATE
JAELYN DOTSON
MERCEDES EAVES
SOPHIA EGHAREVBA
JOSEPH FERNANDES
KEVIN FIGUEIREDO
AYOMIKUN FISHER
MOFOLUWASHO FOLA-AKINTOLA
CHAD-SOMA FOSTER
DANIEL FREITAS
STHEFANY FUKAGAWA
ELAINE-MARIE GANTUAH
JAELYN GILLIARD
LIZBETH GONZÁLEZ
MARIA GONZALEZ
DIANNE GRANADOS
HELEN GUALE
FRANKLIN GUAMAN
ALEXANDRIA HALL
SAHARA HERAS
ASHLEY HERNANDEZ
MATHEW HERNANDEZ
CESAR HERRERA
TANEIL HINDS
ARA-OLUWA JACOB
KALEB JEFFRIES
EVADNE JOHNSON
ZAMIR JOHNSON
NFALY KABA
BRANDIN KNIGHT
KEYZIAH LAMPKIN
RICHARD LEMA
RYAN LEON
ERICA LLIGUICHUZHCA ZAPATA
GIANCARLO LOJANO-GUERRERO
ANDERSON LOPEZ
BEVERLY LOPEZ
DANIEL MARTINEZ
SCIENCE PARK CLASS OF 2023
KARLA MASIN
JENNIFER MATUTE
HECTOR MAURICIO
MICAH MCCANTS
MECADON MCCUNE
FRANK MENDEZ
LEONARD MENDEZ
LEUDY MENDOZA
SKYLER MEZA-FLORES
HEIDI MIGLIETTI ROMAO
ALEXANDER MILTON
PAULA MOLINA
JONATHAN MOREIRA
ROSELYN MUNIZ
DAYANARA NARVAEZ
GABRIEL NARVAEZ
WILLIAM NETO
KAMILA NIEVES
BIANCA NOBRE
YANIAMICHELLE NOVOA
MMESOMACHUKWU NWOSU
RODIYAT OGUNDIPE
ACHUNIKE OKAFOR
COVENANT OLADOSU
LAUREN OLIVEIRA
DANIEL ORIOWO
JOHN PADILLA
KAYLEE PENA
STEPHANIE PENAFIEL
CAROLINA PINHEIRO
DIEGO PINTO
LINDSAY POTHY
SHERWIN PRINCE
MICHAEL RAMOS
JARED REDDICK
NILA REID
SOPHIA REMPEL
ADAMARIS REYES-DIAZ
AARON RIVERA
MELANIE RIVERA
JEROD ROBERTS
VIVIAN ROBLES-PINOS
RAQUEL RODRIGUES
AMANDA ROMAN
CIERRA RUDDER
SOFIA RYALS
JOSHUA SAINT PIERRE
JOANNA SAINT-PIERRE
JEFF SALAS
ROONEY SALAS
JENNIFER SANMARTIN
CHRIS SANTIAK
MIRIAN SAPATANGA GUNCAY
KADISHA SARGEANT
NYASIA SCOTT
MAHFUZUR SHOHID
ELIZAVETA SILIFONOVA
THANUSA SIVANESAN
D’ANDRE SNIPE
BRANDON SOLANO FLORES
KIARA SOLANO
RUBI SOLANO
KIMBERLY SOUZA
JOHN PAUL SUCUZHANAY SACOTO
LUIS SULLON
CRISTIAN SUMBA
ASHLEY TENECOTA
ALYSSA TORRES
LUIS VALAREZO
CAMRON VASSELL
EMANUEL VAZQUEZ
KEVIN VELAZQUEZ
SARAH VELEZ
GEORGE VICUNA
MILAGROS VILLALBA
DANIEL WADE
ARIA WATSON
RIZEL WEST
YORDAN-ESTEVAN WILA QUINONEZ
BREANNA WILLIAMS
LIANA ZEMPARE
RUBY ZUMBA
OF 2023
SCIENCE PARK CLASS
2023 TOP 10
1. Achunike Okafor
2. Sthefany Fukagawa
3. Arianna Sophia Alves
4. Rooney Salas
5. Kiara T Solano
6. Luis Nicholas Sullon
7. Jennifer Sanmartin
8. Alexandra Vada Avalos
9. Ashely Mabel Andeliz-Mendez
10. Ayomide Adewole Adekoya
SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS
Alexandria Hall, PRESIDENT
Achunike Okafor, VICE PRESIDENT
Sofia Ryals, SECRETARY TREASURER
Amber Diaz & Kaylee Pena, ASSISTANT TREASURER
Mmesoma Nwosu, PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Covenant Oladusu, PUBLICIST
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Adekoya, Ayomide
Alves, Arianna
Andeliz, Ashley
Avalos, Alexandra
Barbaran, Andrea
Bravo-Cartagena, Melanie
Caguana, Jennifer
Carpio, Bryan
Castillo, Isabella
Figueiredo, Kevin
Fisher, Ayomikun
González, Lizbeth
Guale, Helen
Hall, Alexandria
Heras, Sahara
Jacob, Ara – Oluwa
López, Anderson
López, Beverly
Masin, Karla
Okafor, Achunike
Penafiel, Stephanie
Rempel, Sophia
Rivera, Aaron
Rivera, Melanie
Robles Pinos, Vivian
Saint Pierre, Joanna
Salas, Jeff
Sanmartín, Jennifer
Sapatanga, Mirian
Silifonova, Elizaveta
Sivanesen, Thanusa
Solano, Kiara
Vélez, Sarah
Zempare, Liana
SCIENCE PARK CLASS OF 2023
SCIENCE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
DARLEEN L. GEARHART, PRINCIPAL
ISABEL COLÓN, VICE PRINCIPAL
NASEED GIFTED, VICE PRINCIPAL
NIAZ UDDIN, VICE PRINCIPAL
GRACE BERRY, Department Chairperson of Mathematics
ADRIAN BOSOLASCO, Department Chairperson of Physical Ed/Health
CHARLOTTE BROWN, Department Chairperson of English
VINCENT NGUYEN, Department Chairperson of Science
MATTHEW BARONE, Department Chairperson of Social Studies
SHARONDA JOHNSON, School Counselor
BETTY ZACHARIAH, School Counselor
SPECIAL THANKS
MR. ADLER, EL/A, Video Production Supervisor
MR. BARNES, Choir Director
MR. HYLTON, EL/A, Yearbook Advisor
MR. JENKINS, Parent Liaison
MR. IRVIN, Building Maintenance Supervisor
MR. LIBORIO, Portuguese, School Program Announcer
MR. WASHINGTON, Building Operations, And Sound System Supervisor
Graduation Assistants: MR. FARLEY, MR. MERCADO, MR. RIPPEY, MR. ASHRAF, MRS. MARTIN, EL/A, Junior Class Advisor, and the following student assistants: JARYSSA GERALDINO, KAYLA INAHAUZO, MARK
PÉREZ, SAMANTHA SERRANO, EMMA SOARES, DE SOUZA, EDUARDA
ABREU, DOS SANTOS, ISABELLA SOARES, TRINITY JOHNSON AND KEVIN
WELCOME
MRS. SALLEY, Senior Class Activities Decorator
INÉS M. DAVIS-PARKS, M.ED., MA,
Spanish Teacher, Future Teachers Coordinator & Senior Class Advisor
