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C L A S S O F 2 02 6 C O M M E N C E M E N T E X E R C I S ES June 7, 20 2 6

Kayra Aran†

Kunal Arora†*

Xavier Irikura Atwell

Madison Gabrielle Bartie†*

Annabelle Davis Bauer

Hayden Alexa Berger†*

Luke Davis Betlow†*

Vidya Thakur Bindal*

Natalie Blake

Lyra Ainsley Brock†

Jacob Logan Brodsky†

Trevor Booker Brown

Lydia Castelblanco

Zeke Castillo

Nikhil Roco Chatterjee†

Joshua Chernin†

Krisha Chhabra†

Avery Michele Croshaw

Aami Dahiya

Olivia Dai

Alexander Dang†

Benjamin Derman

Carly Isabella Dub

Jacob During

Madeline Eaton†

Reagan Edwards†*

Gavin Elbert

Talia Eve Elwyn†

Catherine Juliet Li Estilo†

Ayotunde Fagbemi†

Alexa Jayne Fastov

Sloane Dylan Finger†*

Ava Adele Finkel

Gibson Fischer

Maxim Jacob Fleysher†

Alix Rachel Fliegler†

Jackson Flores

Zach Freed

Caspar Aristides Freiherr von Hollen†*

CLASS O F 2026

Andrew Jacob Garrod

Gabriel Gerber†

Owen Gershwin†

Zachary Gershwin†

Elle Mary Gjivoje†*

Charles Morgan Goldstein†

Olivia Emilie Stina Goransson†

Aryan Grover†

David Anthony Guadiane II†

Donatus Leopold

Johannes Guth†*

Sophia Ha†*

Camille Hacking

Jordan Hall

Emily Herbert†

Corey Hobbs

Chloe Elle Horowitz

Sophie Hu†*

Daniel Eiji Kamikawa Ikuno†*

Sophie Amaline Jacobs

Natalie Kapferer†

Lukas Oliver Kaplan†*

Arjun Nath Kapur

Miriam Kassa†

Pablo Pierre Koestel†

Evan W. Lai

Matthew Duehyung Lee†

Leslie Yolanda Llivicota†

Andrew Yuxuan Lu

Luca Mandel

Greta Marazzi†

Niccolò Marazzi†*

Alec Marchand

Nathan Margolis

Lauren Grace Markowitz

Andrew Joseph Mata

Naveen Daniel McNeal

Sebastian McNeilly-Anta†

Quinn Beckett Miller

Karla Antonella Morocho

Emily Sage Opper

Michael Paragano

Mark Peña†

Connor Polen

Carly Jade Polow

Kirkland Hugh Powell, Jr.

Lucas Rui Quinteros

Divya Rai

Diya Ramachandran†*

Erica Kristen Reed

Tyler Ren†*

Leila Ricot

Indie Margaret Bean Robinson

Chloe Ayden Rosner†

Shane Schuyler Sampson

Nathan Scheck

Gina Schreier†*

Bryson Selig†

Avani Shah†

Chloe Amelle Shirodkar†

Zachary Shirodkar

Aadit Shrivastava†*

Emma Jane Siegel

Christina Lourdes Silva†

Tyler Suwankosai†*

Sabrina (Yulin) Xiao Tang†

Alexis Tolentino

Sadie Lefcourt Trynin†*

Vedh Vinayak†

Margot Eve Waxman

Louis Alexandre Whitley†

Kate Dylan Wise

Skyy Azaline Woods

Zhihe (Emma) Yin†

Leif Mihir Youngren†

Alexis Zhang†

Ryan Zhu†*

Alexandr Zhukov*

Sarah Lily Anne Zucker

C O MME N CE M ENT P R O G R A M

Gathering and Processional Brass Choir

Welcome Tom Ashburn Head of School

Choral Selection Toward The Light (Alma Mater) Performance by Concert Choir

Greeting Marc Schwartz Incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees

T.C. Abbey Oration

Madison Gabrielle Bartie ’26

Class Speaker Naveen Daniel McNeal ’26

Presentation of the Class

Awarding of Diplomas

Closing Remarks

Tassel Turn & Cap Toss

Tom Ashburn Head of School

Catherine Atwell, Ed.D. Upper School Principal

Nancy Celente

Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning

Pegeen Galvin Director, Upper School Student Life

Elle Mary Gjivoje ’26

Senior Class President and Vice President, Upper School Council

Recessional Brass Choir

Following the ceremony, there will be a reception at the Somberg Family Athletic Hospitality Building (concession stand) for graduates, faculty, families and friends.

THE T . C . ABBEY O RAT 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 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.

O FFICERS O F

T H E CLASS O F 2 026

President, Upper School Council Charles Morgan Goldstein

Senior Class President and Elle Mary Gjivoje Vice President, Upper School Council

Senior Class Vice President Daniel Eiji Kamikawa Ikuno

Class Representative Jordan Hall

Class Representative Matthew Duehyung Lee

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