NA 2026 Commencement Program Issuu

C L A S S OF 2 0 2 6

COM M E NC E ME N T E X E RC I SE S June 7, 2026

C L A S S OF 2 0 2 6 Kayra Aran†

Andrew Jacob Garrod

Emily Sage Opper

Kunal Arora†*

Gabriel Gerber†

Michael Paragano

Xavier Irikura Atwell

Owen Gershwin†

Mark Peña†

Madison Gabrielle Bartie†*

Zachary Gershwin†

Connor Polen

Annabelle Davis Bauer

Elle Mary Gjivoje†*

Carly Jade Polow

Hayden Alexa Berger†*

Charles Morgan Goldstein†

Kirkland Hugh Powell, Jr.

Luke Davis Betlow†*

Olivia Emilie Stina Goransson†

Lucas Rui Quinteros

Vidya Thakur Bindal*

Aryan Grover†

Divya Rai

Natalie Blake

David Anthony Guadiane II†

Diya Ramachandran†*

Lyra Ainsley Brock†

Erica Kristen Reed

Jacob Logan Brodsky†

Donatus Leopold Johannes Guth†*

Trevor Booker Brown

Sophia Ha†*

Leila Ricot

Lydia Castelblanco

Camille Hacking

Indie Margaret Bean Robinson

Zeke Castillo

Jordan Hall

Chloe Ayden Rosner†

Nikhil Roco Chatterjee†

Emily Herbert†

Shane Schuyler Sampson

Joshua Chernin†

Corey Hobbs

Nathan Scheck

Krisha Chhabra†

Chloe Elle Horowitz

Gina Schreier†*

Avery Michele Croshaw

Sophie Hu†*

Bryson Selig†

Aami Dahiya

Daniel Eiji Kamikawa Ikuno†*

Avani Shah†

Olivia Dai

Sophie Amaline Jacobs

Chloe Amelle Shirodkar†

Alexander Dang†

Natalie Kapferer†

Zachary Shirodkar

Benjamin Derman

Lukas Oliver Kaplan†*

Aadit Shrivastava†*

Carly Isabella Dub

Arjun Nath Kapur

Emma Jane Siegel

Jacob During

Miriam Kassa†

Christina Lourdes Silva†

Madeline Eaton†

Pablo Pierre Koestel†

Tyler Suwankosai†*

Reagan Edwards†*

Evan W. Lai

Sabrina (Yulin) Xiao Tang†

Gavin Elbert

Matthew Duehyung Lee†

Alexis Tolentino

Talia Eve Elwyn†

Leslie Yolanda Llivicota†

Sadie Lefcourt Trynin†*

Catherine Juliet Li Estilo†

Andrew Yuxuan Lu

Vedh Vinayak†

Ayotunde Fagbemi†

Luca Mandel

Margot Eve Waxman

Alexa Jayne Fastov

Greta Marazzi†

Louis Alexandre Whitley†

Sloane Dylan Finger†*

Niccolò Marazzi†*

Kate Dylan Wise

Ava Adele Finkel

Alec Marchand

Skyy Azaline Woods

Gibson Fischer

Nathan Margolis

Zhihe (Emma) Yin†

Maxim Jacob Fleysher†

Lauren Grace Markowitz

Leif Mihir Youngren†

Alix Rachel Fliegler†

Andrew Joseph Mata

Alexis Zhang†

Jackson Flores

Naveen Daniel McNeal

Ryan Zhu†*

Zach Freed

Sebastian McNeilly-Anta†

Alexandr Zhukov*

Caspar Aristides Freiherr von Hollen†*

Quinn Beckett Miller

Sarah Lily Anne Zucker

† International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate

Karla Antonella Morocho

* Cum Laude Society Member

Tyler Ren†*

CO M M E NC E M E N T P ROG R A M

Gathering and Processional Welcome Choral Selection Greeting T.C. Abbey Oration Class Speaker Presentation of the Class Awarding of Diplomas

Brass Choir Tom Ashburn Head of School Toward The Light (Alma Mater) Performance by Concert Choir Marc Schwartz Incoming Chair of the Board of Trustees Madison Gabrielle Bartie ’26 Naveen Daniel McNeal ’26 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

Closing Remarks

Pegeen Galvin Director, Upper School Student Life

Tassel Turn & Cap Toss

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.

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 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.

OF F I C ER S OF THE C LA S S OF 2 0 2 6 President, Upper School Council Senior Class President and Vice President, Upper School Council Senior Class Vice President

Charles Morgan Goldstein Elle Mary Gjivoje Daniel Eiji Kamikawa Ikuno

Class Representative

Jordan Hall

Class Representative

Matthew Duehyung Lee

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