Memoria Day Concert
May 22, 2026
Program
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA
All Students
THE HEART OF AMERICA
Grimaldi, Pretto, Thomas
THIS LAND
All Students
THANK YOU SOLDIERS
1st half: Makaris, Mills
2nd half: Kerrigan, Smith
COMING TO AMERICA
All Students
First Grade Students
Kerrigan:
Caelyn Alexander*
Shahim Alroud
Adeena Baig
Lorena Bassmaji*
Ethan Cotruta*
Yzabella Jimenez
Jad Matarbazi
Aiden Maughn
Chaseton Mc Neil
Matthew Ozturk
Samarah Pachano Rendon
Isabelle Peralta
Sebastian Rivera Gonzalez
Jessalyn Rivera
Issac Rodriguez*
Emmalynn Smith
Yana Trinchuk
Mia Valenzuela Garcia
Grimaldi:
Tarik Ahmetovic
Armani Alvarez
Penelope Dinatale*
Joseph Dubicki
Kamena Furnadzhieva
Diego Gamboa
Annabelle Gonzalez
Sara Kania*
Adam Kapan*
Julian Kubik*
Benjamin Marin Briones
Alice Martinez Lopez
Mia Moreno
Jayden Ortiz Ortiz
Matvii Priyimak
Mohamed Sahli
Lamyia Walton
Makaris:
Sara Boukeffa
Avamarie Bowcock*
Octavia Cardenas
Lorenzo Casaccio
Mason Cotto
Victoria Duran
Emilio Gonzalez
Julian Ledesma
Eduardo Lujan Anaya*
Henry Ly
* speaking role
Pretto:
Jaime Aguilar
Marcel Bielski
Leonardo Campos Nava
Pawel Czachor
Grace Dawson*
Sofia Hozhenko
Leah Lanowy
Erik Lefebvre*
Gabriela Malinowski*
Polina Moroz
John Ozturk
Emily Polkowski
Malia Reyes
Maverick Reynoso
Isabella Salinas
Julian Sandoval*
Anastaisa Von Patterson
Thomas:
Agustin Alvarez*
Azael Arroyo*
Mika Babic
Julia Babula
Nuraida Bakytova*
Jaretzi Gonzalez
Anastasia Kovalenko
Isabella Martinez
Alexander Milanov
Myah O’Laughlin
Yevhen Palashchuk
Brayan Ramos
Nasir Sanchez
Daniel Vandiak*
Liam Venegas Cordero
Ximena Zizumbo
Ariyana Martinez*
Catalina Martinez-Rodriguez
Zoe Nicolalde*
Alaia Ortega
Vincent Pennavaria
Abigail Pyska
Demir Rahic*
Jayleen Rios
Gianluca Roman
Mathias Velasco Gonzalez
Amaliia Voitovych
Mills:
Mohammad Alshathli
Nikodem Blacha
Arturo Campos
Luna Cuevas
Avery Escobar Baez
Jacob Gomez
Marcel Grych*
Valeria Maldonado De Los Santos*
Xophia Marquez Gonzalez
Rosana Matarbazi
Eithan Navarrete
Milani Olmos*
Payton Quintero
Elijah Valdovinos
Gabriela Wencel
Lucille Williamson Santana*
Amaya Wolfe
Smith:
Ellen Alset
Julian Baba
Carmelo Barrera
Daniel Borysovskyi
Jemma Carbone
Iker Carrillo Mejia
Laryah Carroll
Scarlett Delgado Gomez
Anthony Guerrero Colon*
Ezekiel Jusino
Noah Lozano*
Jose Montejano Garcia
Hiba Suleiman
Lincoln Torres
Nathan Torres Martinez
Amelia Urbanek
Lithan Vazquez*
Lora Zaneva*
T H A N K Y O U F O R C O
M I N G
T O O U R M E M O R I A L D A Y
C O N C E R T ! A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:
School District 81 Board of Education
Dr. Melissa Kartsimas, Superintendent of School District 81
School District 81 Administration
School District 81 Custodial Staff
Kennedy School Staff
District 81 Music Department
Thank you to all staff, parents, administrators, and students for working so hard.
Thank you to all our veterans and active service members in the armed forces for protecting us every day.