Newark Academy Class of 2023 Commencement Program

CLASS OF 2023 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

June 11, 2023

Hilary Jane Adelman†

Victoria Afolabi†

Nicholas Achilles Aloupis

Rahul Arora† *

Alexander Jack Atlas†

Gabriella Badalamenti

Ian Christopher Bell

Molly Breckman

Juliet Bu*

Evan Matthew Bulan† *

Dylan M. Bulbulia

Alyssa J. Cai†

Lola-Maeve Cantillon†

Leo Jacob Caplan† *

Aakriti Caprihan† *

Ella Chang

Sydney Seo-Yeon Chang†

Kaitlyn Chee† *

Marina Irene Chernin† *

William Davis Crall† *

Carmen Dai†

Pamela Liesl Davidson†

Kayin B. Davis

Jelani Malachi Dean

Dina Sydney Drogin†

Jonathan Eichler

Silas Abraham Epstein† *

Adin Fastov

Nicholas Fastov

Kyle Fink

Max Flores

Wesley Reya Freeman† *

Harold Wingood Fullilove III

Rohan Gadhvi

Kyra Eleni Gallagher†

Ethan Garcia†

Ben Edward Glickman†

Marshall Graves

CLASS OF 2023

Nitya Gupta† *

Zoe Eva Hermans

Andria Qiqi Huang†

Anna Badridze Jack

Navyaa Jain† *

Joshua B. Jamurath

Miranda Chen Jiang†

Manraj Kahlon†

Arjun Khanna†

Elena Koestel Santamaria† *

Jason Kogan

Shivan Kundra†

Marie Faith Leung Kung†

Charles Xavier Kunzweiler*

Angela Lagonigro

Evan Lee†

Jasper Lee

Julia Ying Li† *

Luka Jack Loncar†

Ines Lopez-Silvero

Alejandro Gabriel Lorenzo†

Pranay Maddali†

Matthew Pierce Malloy†

Chiara Maselli†

Isabela McNeilly-Anta†

Deon Mingo Jr.

Torata Mishima

Elizabeth Jane Moose†

Eleni Stourton Morin†

Abigail Mae Neate

Oluwatoni Oshuntolu†

Willow Maxine Palmer

Olivia Campbell Parsons†

Zachary Clarence Pavlounis

Simon Harris Pearl

Ethan Andrew Polen†

Mallika Pekati Reddy

Sobia Sammah Reid

Bryce Jaden Rhodeman

David Louis Rodin III†

Alyssa Rubin†

Evan James Samaro† *

Paige Elizabeth Schachtel†

Arielle Lily Scheichet†

Torin Wilhelm

Gottschalk Schraven

Daniel Joseph Schwarz-Ruso

Julia Seebach†

Ashna Shah† *

Rebecca Shan

Yasmeena Atia Sharif†

Lauren Siegel† *

Makenzie Elise Smith†

Oluwaseyi Somorin

Matthew Ethan Susilo†

Gabrielle Nicole Tassé

Matthew Teytel†

Anusha Thapa

Lauren Sun Thomases

William Aris Tsai†

Rachel Marissa Usatine†

Abhishek Varadarajan†

Jadyn R. Vichengrad

Yavan Vyas†

Jolene Wang*

Claire Annalie Waskow† *

Taylor Allen Weeks

Jacques Louis Whitley†

William P. Wong

Ada Chandler Wright

Cameron Bennett Wright*

Andrea Yan†

Ian Zhang† *

Ashton Zhao†

Jayden H. Zhou

Olga Zhukova† *

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM

Gathering and Processional Brass Choir

Welcome

Donald M. Austin Head of School

Samuel W. Croll III ’68 Chair of the Board of Trustees

Rochelle Outlaw Edwards Director of Equity and Inclusion

Choral Selection Toward The Light (new Alma Mater)

Composed by Jack Bender, NA Faculty Premiere performance by Concert Choir

T.C. Abbey Oration Juliet Bu ’23

Introduction of Speaker Alexandra Mahoney Dean of the Class of 2023

Commencement Address Francis Lam ’94 Food Journalist

Presentation of the Class Donald M. Austin Head of School

Awarding of Diplomas Catherine Atwell, Ed.D. Upper School Principal

Traci Osterhagen Brock Dean of Faculty

Pegeen Galvin Director of Upper School Student Life

Closing Remarks Tim McCall

Humanities Department Chair NA Yearbook Dedicatee

Tassel Turn & Cap Toss Rahul Arora ’23 Senior Class President

Recessional Brass Choir

Following the ceremony, there will be a reception at the Concession Stand for graduates, faculty, families and friends.

THE T . C . ABBEY ORATION

Newark Academy established the T.C. Abbey Oration in 1982 to honor the memory of this beloved teacher, who died on October 22, 1981. Each year at Commencement a senior, chosen by the Cum Laude Society, delivers the oration.

T.C. “Charlie” Abbey devoted more than 50 years of his life to the education of young men and women. He was on the faculty at Newark Academy for 22 years, serving at various times as English Department Chair, Debate Coach, Director of Admission and Chairman of the Discipline Committee. Prior to coming to Newark Academy, Mr. Abbey taught for 31 years at the Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

OFFICERS OF THE CLASS OF 2023

President, Upper School Council

Harold Fullilove

Senior Class President & Rahul Arora

Vice President, Upper School Council

Senior Class Vice President Claire Waskow

Class Representative Ethan Garcia

Class Representative Paige Schachtel