HS Graduation Program 2026

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Saturday, May 30, 2026

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4:00 p.m. | FAC Theater

GRADUATION CEREMONY

Saturday, May 30, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.

Arrival & Prelude Music

High School Symphonic Band

HS Faculty Processional

Crown Imperial ...................... Orchestral March by William Walton

Student Processional

Pomp and Circumstance .......................................... Edward Elgar Performed by High School Symphonic Band

Welcome from the Class of 2026

Ms. Jiyun Yang | Welcome in English Ms. Sumukhi Pashupathy | Welcome in Tamil

Lighting of the Lamp

Dr. Greg Clinton, Mr. Ravishankar Pillai, Ms. Justyna McMillan, Ms. Jiyun Yang, and Ms. Sumukhi Pashupathy

Welcome from the Head of School

Dr. Greg Clinton

Faculty-Chosen Student Address

Ms. Rosalie Johnson Introduced by Mr. Dheeban Kumar Saravana Kumar (Student Council Vice President)

Musical Interlude

For Good......................................................... Stephen Schwartz Performed by Airi Otani, Archisha Sarath, Sanjay Ravichandran, Varsha Arvind, Yash Bilagi, Youngeun Kim, and the HS Choir (Accompanied on the piano by Mr. Wesley Newbegin)

Recognition of AISC Faculty & Staff Faculty Address

Ms. Michelle Johnson Introduced by Mr. Chris Galaty (Associate Principal)

A Moment of Gratitude

A Thousand Years ........................................... Cristina Perri

Senior Class Address

Ms. Vijay Shania Penker Introduced by Mr. Yash Bilagi (Student Council President)

Senior Slideshow

Class of 2026

Presentation of the Class of 2026

Ms. Justyna McMillan | High School Principal

Awarding of Diplomas

Mr. Ravishankar Pillai | Board Chairman | AISC Board of Directors Dr. Greg Clinton | Head of School Ms. Justyna McMillan | High School Principal

Conferring of Graduates

Ms. Justyna McMillan | High School Principal

Recessional

End of Beginning ................................................... by DJO

There will be a reception in the Atrium of the Fine Arts Center (FAC) immediately following the commencement ceremony.

AISC CLASS OF 2026 Nayanika Adarsh

Junyoung Koo N

Arick Agarwal IB

Seungwon Kwak N

Sooa Ahn

Jonghyuk Lee

Mehaan V. Ahuja

Farah Mecca

Chaitanya Amudhan Vel IB

Jamil Mukthar N

Varsha Aparna Arvind

Jasim Mukthar

Sihyeon Bae

Airi Otani IB N

Eunwoo Baek

Hyein Park

Henry R. Behringer

Sangwoo Park

Yash Sandesh Bilagi IB N

Sumukhi Pashupathy

Adam Challal IB

Vijay Shania Michaela Penker IB N

Minju Cho N

Valentina Lucita Phillips Quiñones IB

Wonhee Cho N

Yuvan Boaz Ramesh

Senthil Guru

Sanjay Ravichandran

Lara Ann Narayan Hodges

Kyoungrim Ryu N

Seojun Hwang

Archisha Sarath IB N

Sukhyun Jang

Dheeban Kumar Saravana Kumar IB N

Lance G.Johnson

Ritwik Shanmugam

Rosalie Christine Johnson

Shahnaz Sithik IB

Chanwoo Kim N

Hyunwoo Sohn

Kangmin Kim

Agasthya Viswanath

Taewon Kim

Wan Sarah Soffeya Binti Wan Ahmad Tarmizi IB

Youngeun Kim

Jiyun Yang IB N

ENDORSEMENTS IB - IB Diploma Candidate

N - National Honor Society Member

ADMINISTRATION

Greg Clinton | Head of School Justyna McMillan | High School Principal Christopher Galaty | Secondary Associate Principal for Academics Riedwaan Kader | Secondary Associate Principal for Student Life Samir Jamal | High School Counselor Shelley-Ann Francis | High School Counselor Lisa Levi | HS English & IBDP/AP Coordinator LEARNING COACHES

Abena Baiden

Luis Carlos Moreno

HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY

Bob Krebs Bounama Keita Chris Bailey Divya Sharma Doug Mabie Geetha Venugopal Gregg Phillips James Carter Jodi Thompson John Lund Joshua Cannon Kala Ganeshan

Karthikeyan P. Raj Sharma

Krista Quint Kyle Quint Lakshmi Induprasad Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan Manoharan Krishnan Matt Kelly Matthew Ignash Meyyammai Venkatachalam Michelle Johnson Miriam Chakko Nick Pollman Nicole Merletti HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Suresh Kulothungan Nandini Navalan

Norman Coady Patricia Marie-Therese Power Sagaya Mary Sandhya Gopinath Sara Clark Serge Nicolai Suzanne Brigham Toby Decker Triston McMillan Victoria Jones

Ramkumar K. Sheeba Mary

SECONDARY PARAEDUCATORS

Anjala Nilofar

Divya Krishnan

Lynda Mathews

Shruthi Abraham

SECONDARY PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

Neeraja C.

Ranjana R.P.

PIANO ACCOMPANIST

Wesley Newbegin

HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS

Priya Sarath

Sunita Suchith

SPECIAL THANKS

This celebration reflects the care, dedication, and support of an entire community.

The American International School Chennai extends sincere gratitude to all those who

contributed to the success of this ceremony and to the journey of the Class of 2026. Special thanks to: the Members of the Board of Trustees, the School Leadership Team, AISC Faculty & Staff, the Facilities, Advancement, Operations, Theater and Technology Teams, the Grade

12 Parent Graduation Planning Team, Student Council, Student Leaders, and Performers, The Families and Friends of the Class of 2026.

To the Grade 12 Parents and Caregivers — thank you for walking beside this class every step of the way.

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