Class of 2025 Commencement Program

Two-Hundred and Ninth Commencement

Kimball Union Academy 1813

Meriden, New Hampshire May 24, 2025 Head of School, Tyler Lewis

The Class of 2025 Sarah Rose Adler ◊

Nicholas Allan Evans

Malcolm O’Malley Albert

Jack Keithley James Fincher

Madeleine Allen

Lindi Rose Finn

Brandon Ross Arnold

Ty Colby Foster

Sorawat Banyong

Hannah Jackson French ◊

Caden Barnard *

Matthew Logan Fussteig

Leo Turek Barta *

Jinoi Da Juan Garcia Robinson

Tobey Robert Bellows

Brynn Priya Garg ○^

Isobel Bent •^

Aidan Robert Gracey

Portia Hope Berard

Cheyenne Star Graham

Hadley McCloe Bethke

Sabrina Elise Haberstock

Kai Anne Bodell *

Charles Fitzgerald Hamner

Cole Boerner

Isaiah M. Henderson

Caleb Andrew Boonisar

Bleyton Neal Hopps-Thompson

Luke Matthew Boudouvas

Alexander Hoyt *◊

Declan Brandis

Addison Lee Hubert

Lindie Grace Brinkman

Jon Robert Jarjosa

Alexandra Chloe Carnehammar

Charles Edwin Jennings

John (Runhao) Chen

Miles Keating

Jason Cheng *

Sebastian Jacob Keen

Gwendolyn Leoni Claman

John Michael Kelley

Mallory Francine Clark

Lane Catesby Kilduff ^

Nathan Lawrence Clay

Maxwell Ryder Kimelman

Reese Caroline Combe

Stella Kyralynn Kozak ◊

Dakoda Correia

Devon Blaine LeBlanc

Hunter Samuel Crowell

Emily Elizabeth Leonard

Norwood Howe Davis IV *^

Zihao Li

McKenna Rose Dockery

Margaret Carolina Lopez

Siri Elizabeth Douglas

Theodore John Lykouretzos *⌂

Daniel Machado Jr.

Henry Eric Steffen ⌂

Lucas Nelson Mandel *

Zoie Elizabeth Stevens

Hadley Anderson Masson

Yiqian Sun *⌂

Sylvia Mae McClure

Ian Comai Surgenor

Blake Thomas McMeniman

Lily Rebecca Swidler

Ryan E. McPhee

Mickael Henri Tissier

Jitzelin Montas De La Cruz

Shang Shang (Charles) Tong

Eileen Chaelynn Moon

Mark Jerrold van der Schoot

August Hope Moran

Patrick Healy Vollmann

Liam Evan Moran

Milla Matilda Vuolteenaho

Horace Simpson Morel

Jack Riley Wajda

Brodie Robert Muyskens

John Wallace ◊

Simon Peter Nowlan

Zizhu Wang *◊

Iain Olsen

Phuminut Wangmanee

Jake Parodneck

Christopher Michael Watroba Jr.

Isabella Perez Pliego Camarena

Charles Campbell Williams

Zachary Allan Phillips

Christian Williams

Macy May Piersiak

Michael Jack Archie Winham *

Ian Lind Press

Ada Sophia Yoder

Zeze Leon Probstein Zihan Qiu

• Valedictorian

Ava Valeria Rosi

○ Salutatorian

Adi Louise Runge ⌂

* Cum Laude Honor Society

Adam Alexander Shaver

◊ Arts Scholar

Corwith Clayton Simmers *

^ Global Scholar

Lucas Judah Siomos

⌂ Giles Family STEM Scholar

Bethany Lynn Solari Angus McKinney Spence ○⌂ Anna Lucia Marie Staiano

The Program THE PROCESSIONAL “Pomp and Circumstance”

–E. Elgar

INVOCATION Rev. Amanda Swoyer PRAYER

WELCOME Tyler Lewis P’28

Head of School VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Isobel Bent ’25

CLASS SPEAKER Bleyton Hopps-Thompson ’25 INTRODUCTION OF THE Tyler Lewis P’28 SPEAKER

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Scribner Fauver P’09, ’12

Chair, World Languages Department MUSICAL INTERLUDE The Kimball Union Alma Mater

The Graduation Chorus THE ANNOUNCEMENT Tyler Lewis P’28 OF AWARDS Angela Yang-Handy P’28

Assistant Head of School

AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS Tyler Lewis P’28 Scribner Fauver P’09, ’12

CHARGE TO THE CLASS Tyler Lewis P’28 BENEDICTION Rev. Amanda Swoyer THE RECESSIONAL The Four Seasons: Spring

Antonio Vivaldi

Musical Interlude The Graduation Chorus THE KIMBALL UNION ALMA MATER Come you friends of Kimball Union, now our song we raise For our school upon the hilltop, sing a song of praise.

Kimball Union, Alma Mater hear us as we sing Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring.

Here we forge the bonds of friendship deep within our hearts And those ties that we have formed here, may they ne’er depart.

Kimball Union, Alma Mater hear us as we sing Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring.

May the name of Kimball Union where so e’re we be Always bring us back in fancy, dearest School to thee.

Kimball Union, Alma Mater hear us as we sing Words of love and fond devotion which to thee we bring.

– Text by Floyd E. Jarvis, KUA Faculty 1932-1945

AWARDS Henry Mann Silver Awards

Henry Mann Silver, graduate of the class of 1867 and donor of the Silver Gymnasi­um, established a prize to be awarded each year for the students who best exemplify the ideal of sound mind in a sound body. The faculty elects three seniors to receive the Henry Mann Silver Award each year.

The Class of 1895 Award

The class of 1895 at the Academy, the 77th graduating class, instituted an award to be given to a member of the Senior class for the attainment of high scholastic merit together with high conduct of citizenship.

The Royal Burnham Townsend Award

Mr. and Mrs. Townsend gave this award in memory of their son, Class of 1912, who died while a student at the Academy. A memorial window in the former Pope Chapel with the inscription “Remember the Lilies of the Field” also commemorates this young man. The Townsend award is given each year to a senior who is most deserving because of courtesy of conduct and cleanliness of life.

The Porter Award

The Porter Award is given to that member of the Senior Class who, after the fash­ion of Mr. and Mrs. Porter who were long-standing members of the faculty at the Academy, has unselfishly given of time and effort to the benefit of Kimball Union Academy.

The Mikula Award

The Mikula Award was established in 1987 by Allan Munro ’55, in honor of the efforts and legacy of Headmaster Emeritus Thomas Mikula H’89, who served the Academy from 1974-1989. Among his many accomplishments and contributions to the Academy, Mr. Mikula was instrumental, as a past fellow of Dartmouth College’s Tucker Foundation and as program director of A Better Chance (ABC) Program, in bringing diverse students to Kimball Union through ABC and continuing to provide guidance and support for students through college and beyond. Selection for this award is made by the Head of School.

The Charles Alden Tracy Award

This is the Academy’s highest award and goes, by vote of the faculty, to the graduating senior whose character, scholarship, and citizenship best represent the ideals of the Academy.

Class of 1920 Award

The Class of 1920 Award is given to a senior who, in the opinion of the senior class, best represents them and the values of the Academy.