Newark Academy Class of 2024 Commencement Exercises Program

CLASS OF 2024

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES June 9, 2024

CLASS OF 2024 Mehmet Berk Acikel† Aydan D. Aran Taner Devrim Aran Anuj Awasthi† Justin Christopher Baker† Larisa Kate Basile Isabel Becker† Arsema Berhanu† * Tyler J. Betlow James Andrew Bradstock Wesley Brock† Henry Castelblanco Anirudh Chakravarthy† * Nathanial J. Choi† Shayne Cleeve Avery Grace Cohen† * Damian Westley Correa† * Andrew Joseph Crawford† Olivia Riella Croshaw Katerina Dakos Andrew Deng† * Jack Joseph DeVirgilio† Evan Sebastian Dias-Sotiriou† Molly Egan† Noah Bellamy Elwyn Tiana Evans Vanessa Simsir Fang† * Ava Hope Finger* Chloe Sabrina Flores† Ethan Freed† Sean Gilsenan Kaitlin Goguen-Compagnoni† Katherine Guo† Kevin Ha† * Nicholas Hacking Shreyas Hariharan† Reina Hassell Mia Patricia Heinold

Abigail Herbert† * Asher Tobin Herman† Lavarra Melvin Hines Jr. Emily Rachel Horowitz† Logan Frasier Horowitz Inchara Hosanagar† Ewan Badridze Jack Alexa Jacob† * Andrew David Kapferer† Jakob M. Kaplan† Eva Kaykov† Kieri Keys† Aanya D. Kothari† Andrew Michael Kotzen Meghan Lai† Alyssa Lee† Hudson Lee† * Aaron Li* Anika Anjali Lippke† Ada Lu Aiden J. Lu† Vincent Luo† Zinnia Magill Joshua Mandelbaum Jean-Luc Marchand Owen Matthew Markowitz* Isadora Dianit Martinez Correa London Victoria McKnight Julia Emily Miller Jason Mo James Robert Morris† * Svanfridur Mura* Claire Nowak† Rounika Nuni†* Luka Henrique Opačić Rodrigues† Abigail Pacheco† Olivia Palker† *

† International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate

* Cum Laude Society Member

Neil Kamal Pandey† * Marvin Glenn Peart III Tomas A. Pesquin Victoria Pevzner Julia Mei Polen Stevie Hannah Raisman* Sanjana Samyuktha Rajan Saira Virmani Rajparia† Zachary Ryan Rosner† Michael Russo Lucas D. San Miguel Jasper Schnieders-Smith Benjamin Lawrence Schwartz Jayan Niraj Shah† Ambika Sharma† * Cadmus Sheffield Jamie Joyce Shen† Jenna Shoman Nicholas Sikellis† * David Silliman† Eva Sirichenko† Dagny Jade Slomack Ishaan Solanki Lily Fox Sternlieb† Fedila Stith Sienna Talles Kathryn Amrta Tipnis Jacob Tolentino Anya Vashisht Suved Wali† * Evan Wang Dylan Han Wapner Marley Weidhorn Brian Yun† Vivian Zhang Julia Zheng† * Sophie Zhou

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Gathering and Processional Welcome

Brass Choir Donald M. Austin Head of School Rochelle Outlaw Edwards Director of Equity and Inclusion

Choral Selection T.C. Abbey Oration

Toward The Light (Alma Mater) Performance by Concert Choir Avery Grace Cohen ’24

Introduction of Speaker

Lawrence G. Cetrulo ’67 Secretary of the Board of Trustees

Commencement Address

Clayton S. Rose Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice Harvard Business School

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 Tassel Turn & Cap Toss Recessional

Pegeen Galvin Director of Upper School Student Life Kieri Keys ’24 Senior Class President Brass Choir

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

T H E T. C. A B B E Y O R A T I O N 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 Chairman, 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 2024 President, Upper School Council

Jamie Shen

Senior Class President

Kieri Keys

Senior Class Vice President

Suved Wali

Class Representative

Shreyas Hariharan

Class Representative

Lily Sternlieb

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