Program for the 147th Commencement (Class of 2025)

One Hundred Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement of

Saint Peter’s Preparatory School

James F. Keenan, S.J. Field Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Welcome

Thank you for joining us as we celebrate the Saint Peter’s Prep Class of 2025. Our ceremony today is a celebration of two journeys. Our graduates have walked many roads together as Prep students for four years, and over the rest of their lives they will walk many more, forging paths all their own, as Prep men forever—Prep men for life.

This is a joyful moment not only for our graduates and their families, but for the faculty, staff, administration, and trustees of Saint Peter’s Prep. Today, the young boys we met four years ago walk together one last time as young men, formed in our tradition of Jesuit education. And today, once again, we see our mission and our work made awesomely real in the form of our newest alumni.

In recognition of this moment’s significance, and out of respect to our graduates and their guests, we ask that you observe a few simple courtesies today: •

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Please remain at and in your seats. Remember, everyone here this morning has someone they have come to see and applaud. We invite you to take pictures or video of the proceedings, but ask that you do not distract or block the view of others.

Please be sure to silence all mobile phones and electronic devices during the ceremony.

As our graduates receive their diplomas today, we will pause periodically in the reading of names. Please hold your applause until these pauses so that each graduate’s name can be heard.

Please refrain from smoking, eating, or drinking (aside from water) while on the Keenan Field turf.

We are honored to welcome you to James F. Keenan, S.J. Field and our Downtown Jersey City home, and hope you enjoy your time with us today. Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Order of Exercises Processional

Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 (Edward Elgar) Prep Concert Band Steve Caslowitz, Director

Invocation

Susan Woolever, Ph.D., Director of Campus Ministry

National Anthem

Prep Vox Emily Fencik, Director & Concert Band

Welcoming Remarks

Christopher Caulfield, ’03, Principal

Academic Awards

Kimby Heil Assistant Principal

Student-Athlete Awards John Morris, Dean of Students

Speaker for the Class of 2025 Evan Nguyen, ’25

Student Life Awards Mr. Caulfield

Interlude

You Are the Sunshine of My Life (S. Wonder, Arr. M.Taylor) Prep Jazz Band & Prep Vox

Address to the Graduates Jeffrey Hartling, Ph.D. Theology Department

Presentation of Diplomas

Michael Gomez, Ed.D., ’91, President with Mr. Caulfield, Ms. Heil, and Mr. Morris

Closing Remarks Dr. Gomez

Alma Mater

Pride & Glory, led by Prep Vox & Concert Band

Benediction

Rev. Lito Salazar, S.J., Director of Ignatian Identity

Postlude

Rondeau from Premiere Suite ( Jean Joseph Mouret) Prep Concert Band

Named Awards The following awards are presented each year at commencement, and celebrate the very best of the qualities Prep, as a Jesuit school, seeks to foster in our community.

They are listed here with their respective recipients from the past three years.

This year’s recipients will be announced during today’s ceremony.

John McGovern, ’80 Award

A graduate who embodies leadership and dedication to the spirit of teamwork.

2024: Lorenzo Enright 2023: Jackson Tindall 2022: Nicholas Marusic

Jeff Kachel, ’89 Memorial Student-Athlete Award A graduate whose perseverance, commitment, and leadership are the marks of a true student-athlete.

2024: Ryan Miqueli 2023: Matthew Corwin 2022: Jack O’Donnell

Jesuit Veterans Service Award

A graduate whose selfless service to others exemplifies our mission to instill the courage to advance the common good.

2024: Aidan Maione 2023: Theodore McCarthy (Award Introduced in 2023)

Agape Award

A graduate living a life of faith and service, shaped by God’s love for all people.

2024: Nick Valente 2023: Eliot Jablonski 2022: Matthew Blomgren

Jerome B. Pedersen, ’92 Award

A graduate modeling the values that Jerome Pedersen lived so well: good humor, faith, and selfless service to the Prep community.

2024: Cole Holland 2023: Jose Valverde 2022: Charles Dino & Biaggio Guido

Named Awards Jesuit Schools Network Award

A graduate who is intellectually competent, open to growth, religious, loving, and committed to justice.

2024: Gerrit Bankuti 2023: Maurice Williams 2022: Dermot Alvidrez & Cyril Maliakal

Rev. John E. Browning, S.J., ’46 Award

A graduate modeling the virtues Fr. Browning lived with such distinction: courage, wisdom, and humble service in pursuit of justice.

2024: Evan Merkov & Julian Rodriguez 2023: Charles Burt 2022: Ellis Reid

Rev. Francis J. Shalloe, S.J. Award

A graduate who best exemplifies loyalty to the ideals of Prep and personal development characterized in the phrase, “A Man for Others” 2024: Nicolas Bambrick-Santoyo & Pape-Racine Ndiaye 2023: Mossimo Infante-Meehan & Jackson Tindall 2022: Connor Bankuti

Vincent J. Kennedy, ’39 Award Presented to the student speaker for the class, in recognition of his dedication to the ideals of Saint Peter’s Prep.

2024: Nicolai Mendoza 2023: Rishi Bhandari 2022: Logan Elliot

Charley Rooney, P’67,’69 Award

Presented to the faculty commencement speaker, in recgognition of his or her dedication to the ideals of Saint Peter’s Prep.

2024: Kitty McNally 2023: Salvatore Veniero, ’05 2022: Erin Stark

The Class of 2025 Elieser Abreu

Raiven Cirio§‡

Hamilton Akabueze

Dylan Colavitti

Ryan Aidukas

Ryley Alonsozana*

Julian Coen

Darryl Coleman

Maximiliano Arias‡

Andre Concepcion*§‡

Christian Auerbach

Santino Cortés-Gil

Anthony Balin

Aaron Cu*§‡

Joseph Ashe*§‡ Luke Bae*

§

Luca Barone*§

Ethan Bartoszek

Donte Copeland Noah Craft

Daniel Cutola

Eryk Dabkowski

Douglas Bauman

James Dagistanli

Luca Blake*§

Julian De Avil *§

Ebram Bishai

§

Jake Dagro*§

Thomas Blunda*‡

Anthony DeFilippis*

Austin Bottino

James Develin

Mark Boccassini*§

Alexander Delano§‡

Jackson Briamonte

Anthony Duarte‡

Nicholas Buckley*§

Henry Eig*§‡

Daniel Brown§

James Ecock

Joseph Burt

Adam Elshenawy

David Capo

Aiden Ferrante

Lorenzo Camilleri §

Collin Cassels

Cristiano Cevallos

Gabriel Espinosa Giovanni Fiore Joseph Fiore

Nathan Chang

Michael Florentino*§‡

Joseph Cifarelli

Connor Fojas*§

Stephen Charles*§ §

Adrian Flores

The Class of 2025 Alexander Forero§

Luca Herrera

Joseph Frangie

Jacob Holicki

Peter Franco

Filip Hidas§

Michael Fritz*

Isaac Holland*

§

Adam Gad

Viktor Hrechynsky

Hernan Gamble

Yassine Jaballah§

Nicholas Gallucci

Maxwell Huang*§

Theodoros Georgiadis

Jeremy Jang§

Gavin Gerstenbluth*§‡

Dylan Jensen

Justin Giani

Zackari Kaspar§‡

Alfonso Gonzalez*§

Justin Klein*§

Finn Getz*§

McKenzie Gibbons§‡

Elijah Jones§

Yash Khanna

Evaristo Gonzalez

Elijah Knowles

Nicholas Grasso

Henry Kuhn§

Justin Gonzalez

William Kohl

Kyron Grayson

Akshay Kumar

Corey Greenfield

Martin Kurilovich*§‡

Michael Gronda*

Brandon Larraga Barrita

Edward Gutorov

Enes Lazim§

Daniel Gronda

§‡

Lucas Gumpel

Aidan Lamb

Cole Laskowski

Emmett Haughney§ William Heinze Evan Henning

§

Eldon Lempa

Charles Jacob Lim

Lucas Hernandez * National Honor Society

Ryan Lee*

Roy Liu*§

Language Honor Society

n cum laude: G.P.A. 3.7 or higher

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Prep Science Honor Society

n magna cum laude: G.P.A. 4.0 or higher

The Class of 2025 Jonathan Lopez

Daniel Nemeth Szerdai*§‡

Joshua Lowney

Simon Newhouse*§‡

John Mack*§‡

Nivik Nolt

Aiden Louro

Jared Luongo§

Maxwell Nevlin

Evan Nguyen*§‡

Maximilian Majewski§

James Anthony Nonaillada*§‡

Christopher Mariniello

Thomas O’Brien§

Christian Markos

Kyle Oh*§‡

Nicholas Malloy

Micholas Marko

Daniel O’Brien§ Jean Oh*§‡

Ignacio Marro§

Oluwatosin Olubobola

Charles Mays III

Emil-Federico Ordonez*§‡

Axel Martinez§

Samwel Onserio

Jake McAndrew*§‡

Michael Ortega-Roderick§‡

Daniel McMahon

Jack Ostromogilsky

Peter McLaughlin*§‡

Tomas Osorio§

Owen Meagher*§‡

Nathaniel Palmerino

Noah Mendoza*§

Hugh Park*§

Kyan Melendez

Zachary Mendoza

Alex Park‡

Gabriel Pena

Maxwell Middleton*§‡

Christian Pereira Velazquez

Aidan Miklas

Jaycen Peterson

Liam Mifsud

Andres Perez

Lucas Mira-McKenzie*§‡

Justin Pidane*§‡

Gavin Moreno*§‡

Landon Pinho

Peyton Monaghan Liam Morrison Sho Nadata§

Jake Piechocki

Alexander Pola‡

Carlos Pomares*§

The Class of 2025 Roman Popowski Erik Porch

Jack St. Ledger*§‡ Raymond Stein

Aidan Prucher*

§‡

Felix Puig Seppalainen*

§‡

Augustine Stocker Dylan Sullivan*

Arjun Puri

Jake Sullivan

Kyle Quinn

Connor Reynolds*§

Abanoub Tadrous*§‡ Aviv Talmor§

Caedyn Ricciardi

Matthew Tejada

Dexter Roberts

Jeremy Thiele

Lucas Rodriguez*§ Oscar Rodriguez

Arghya Trivedi*§

Brennan Trowbridge*§

John Rohrbacker

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Jack Tuckman

Luke Rohrbacker

Maximus Varea§

Marcus Saldua*

Pascal Vino

Samer Saleh§‡

Jake Vogel§

Liam Sandino

Brady Wallace*§‡

Lucas Santos§

Aneel Ward§

Justin Scheurer

Elisha Wasden§

Wyatt Schneider

Aiden Weisman

Declan Schultz§‡ Leo Servidio*§

Abraham Went*§‡

Nicholas Smith*§‡

Kynan Williams

Conor West§‡

Aayush Sherchan*‡ Matthew Sobreiro§ Alexander Soltys§‡ Austin Spencer§

* National Honor Society

§

George Zacchino*§

Anthony Michael Zamora*‡ Matthew Zepeda

Language Honor Society

n cum laude: G.P.A. 3.7 or higher

‡

Science National Honor Society

n magna cum laude: G.P.A. 4.0 or higher

2024-25 Prep Faculty, Administration, and Staff

Ms. Erica Abbondante • B.F.A., New Jersey

Mr. Christopher Caulfield, ’03 Principal •

Ms. Salwa Abdelhamid • M.A., New Jersey

Mr. David Caulfield, ’77• M.A., Fordham U.;

City U. v

City U.; B.A., Arts, Science, and Education School for Girls

Mr. Kevin Albers Director of Operations • M.B.A., B.S., Saint Peter’s College

Mr. Michaelangelo Allocca • M.A., U. Chicago; B.A., Columbia College

Ms. Alexandra Amodei • B.S., Loyola U. Chicago Mr. Daniel Apadula • M.A., Stony Brook U.; B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Ms. Maysoon Awwad • M.A., B.S, New Jersey

M.S., Fordham U.; M.A., B.A., Boston College B.A., Saint Peter’s College

Mr. Charles Coccaro Jr. • B.S., Montclair State U. Mr. Keith Cummings, ’10 Assistant Director of

Campus Ministry • B.S., The Citadel

Mr. Steven Dahie Ms. Christine Davis Director of the Browning

Center • L.D.T.-C., Kean U.; M.A.T., Monmouth U.; B.A., The U. of Georgia

Mr. Jerry Davis Ms. Miryam DeChiaro • M.Ed., Saint Peter’s

City U.

U.; M.D., Juan N. Corpas School of Medicine

Ms. Emma Bagg Director of Educational

Ms. Andrea Dedmon • M.Div., Union

M.A., New York U.; B.A., Dartmouth College

Ms. Jacqueline DeJesus

Technology & Data • M. Ed., New Jersey City U.;

Mr. David Bailey, ’95 Chief Technology Officer • B.S., U. of Scrantonv

Mr. Mark Baltazar • M.Ed., B.S., Saint Peter’s U. Mr. Sean Barowski • B.A., Rutgers, U. Mr. Shamir Bearfield, ’14 • M.S., Louisiana State U.; B.A., College of William and Mary

Mr. Clayton Bellamy Mr. Sean Benedict • M.S., John Hopkins U.; B.A., U. of Wisconsin-Madison

Mr. Adam Bouley • M.S., City College of New York; B.A., Canisius College

Mr. Daniel Brown Mr. David Burokas, ’85 • M.A., B.A., New York U.

Mr. Walter Butler

Theological Seminary; B.A., Kenyon College

Mr. Dominick Della Fave, ’91 • B.A., Trinity College

Ms. Maria Teresa D’hyver • B.A., Centro de Diseno, Cine y Television

Mr. Hugo Elo Ms. Catherine Eppler Dean of Student Life•

M.Ed., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Randolph-Macon College

Mr. Stephen Fahy • M.A., Montclair State U.; M.S., Columbia U., B.S., Fordham U.

Ms. Emily Fencik • M.Ed., Saint Peter’s U.; B.M., U. of North Carolina – Greensboro

Ms. Patricia Carey Fitzpatrick Director of

Marketing & Public Relations • M.B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson U.; B.A., Fairfield U.

Mr. Gerald Campbell-Clark • M.S., Fordham

Mr. Michael Fletcher • M.A., Boston College;

Mr. Steven Caslowitz • M.A., Hofstra U.; B.M.,

Mr. Antavius Franklin • Th.M., M.Div, Emory

U.; B.A., Canisius College

New England Conservatory of Musicv

B.A., Wheeling Jesuit Collegev U.; B.S., Upper Iowa U.

2024-25 Prep Faculty, Administration, and Staff

Ms. Shaina Franklin • M. Div., Emory U.; M.A., U. of Southern California; B.A., Spelman College

The Rev. Frederick Galano Director of Financial Aid • B.A., Seton Hall U.v

Mr. Pete Geary, ’05 • M.S., Fordham U.; B.A., Loyola U. Maryland

Ms. Mackenzie Gelber • B.S., Montclair State U. Mr. Giuseppe Giglio, ’87 Director of Guidance and College Counseling • B.A., College of the Holy Cross

Ms. Kaitlyn Giroux • B.A., Saint Thomas Aquinas College

Dr. Michael Gomez, ’91 President • Ed.D., U. of Pennsylvania; M.A., Teachers’ College, Columbia U.; M.A., Binghamton U.; B.A., Providence College

Mr. Jair Gonzalez Ms. Alison Gorab • M.A., New York U.; B.A., Gettysburg College

Mr. James Horan, ’70 V.P. for Planning & Principal Giving • M.A., Fordham U.; B.A., Marquette U.v

Ms. Caroline Hutchinson • M.A., Eastern U.; B.A., U. of Pennsylvania

Mr. John Irvine, ’83 Director of Admissions • B.A., Saint Peter’s Collegev

Mr. Devin Jackson Mr. Sung Jun Jeon • M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology; B.S., Kyung Won U., Kyunggi-Do, Korea

Mr. Michael Jiran, ’03 Director of

Communications • B.A., New York U.

Mr. Andrew Katsock Director of Advancement Services • B.S., Berkeley College

Mr. Anthony E. Keating, ’78 • J.D., Gonzaga U.; B.A., Boston Collegev

Mr. Michael Kelly • B.S. University of Scranton Ms. Megan Klim • M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art; B.F.A., The College of New Jersey v

Ms. Grace Gualario v Mr. Richard Hansen Director of Athletics • v

B.A., New Jersey City U.

Mr. Richard Hansen III, ’03 • M.A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Saint Peter’s College v

Dr. Jeffrey Hartling • Ph.D., M.A., Catholic U.; B.A., College of the Holy Cross v

Ms. Kristen Harris • B.S., Northwestern U. Ms. Kimby Heil Assistant Principal • M.Ed., Columbia U.; M.Ed., Vanderbilt U.; B.A., Boston College

Mr. Kevin Kuhl, ’14 • M.A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Saint Joseph’s U.

Ms. Sarah Lacz V.P. of Advancement • M.B.A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Monmouth U.

Mr. Patrick Laguerre • B.A., Jacksonville U. Ms. Jaimee Laurie • M.A., B.A., Montclair State U.

Mr. Wayne Lawrence Ms. Carolyn Lieu • M.A., Montclair State University; B.B.A., Villanova U.

Ms. Kate Lillis-Magnus Director of

Ms. Lili Hermeline Head Librarian • M.S.,

Engagement • B.A., Saint Peter’s College

Rutgers U; B.A., U. of California, Irvine

Mr. Joseph Lisella • M.S., B.S., Seton Hall U.

Ms. Maureen Hess • B.A., Rutgers U.

Mr. Anthony Locricchio, ’96 • M.A., Saint

Mr. Matthew Holowienka, ’11 Assoc. Director of Communications • B.A., Saint Peter’s U.

Peter’s College; B.A., The College of New Jersey v

Ms. Jessica Macias

v Recipients of the Bene Merenti Award, conferred after 20 years of service to Saint Peter’s Prep.

2024-25 Prep Faculty, Administration, and Staff Ms. Samantha Martinez-Allegretta • B.S.,

Ms. Elisabeth Oberhollenzer • M.A., Fordham

v

Mr. Ryan O’Flaherty • M. A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.A.,

Rutgers U.

Ms. Diane McCabe

University; B.A. Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze

Mr. Patrick McCoy • M.A., Seton Hall U.;

New Jersey City U.

Ms. Mary Anne McElroy • M.A., Saint John’s

U.; Th. M., M. Div., Weston Jesuit School of

B.F.A., William Paterson U.

v

U.; B.A., Saint Joseph’s College

Ms. Kelly McGinniss • M.B.A., Misericordia U.; B.A., Lycoming College

Mr. Patrick McGovern, ’99 • J.D., Rutgers U.; M.A., B.A., Georgetown U.

Mr. Michael McLean • M.Ed., Saint Peter’s U., B.A., Montclair State U.

Ms. Kitty McNally • M.A., Teachers’ College, Columbia U.; B.A., College of Saint Elizabeth

Mr. Vincent Menafro, ’15 • M. A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson U.

Ms. Jan Merski • M.A., Saint Peter’s U., B.A., Rutgers U.

Ms. Molly Molino • M.A., Brooklyn College;

Rev. Robert O’Hare, S.J. • M.A., Harvard Theology; M.A. Loyola U.; B.A. Fordham U.

Ms. Manye Otu • M.A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Seton Hall U.

Mr. Remi Pastorek • M.A., Centenary College of Louisiana; B.A., Louisiana State U.

Mr. Richard Peters, ’85 • M.A., Rutgers U.; B.A., Manhattanville Collegev

Mr. Scott Petrillo • M.A., Kean U.; M.A., Seton Hall U.; B.S., King’s College

Mr. John Pettus • B.S., Fordham U. Ms. Virginia Piccolo V.P. of Finance • B.A., William Paterson U.

Mr. Josue Pierre • B.A., Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago

B.S., Stevens Inst. of Technology

Ms. Nicole Placencia • B.A., New Jersey City U.

Ms. Grace Morris • M.A., Seton Hall U.; B.A.,

Ms. Yajaira Pons • M.S., Manhattanville College;

Fairfield U.

B.A., U. of Rhode Island

Mr. John Morris Dean of Students • M.A., B.A.,

Mr. Joseph Popovich Jr., ’14 • M.S., Southern

Mr. Michael Murcia, ’08 Director of Alumni

Mr. Peggy Popp-Murphy • J.D., B.A., U. of

Ms. Cynthia Mustafa • B.A., U. of Richmond

Mr. Douglas Porter

Fordham U. v

Relations • B.A., Saint Peter’s U.

Mr. Jaymes Nixon Ms. Jessica Nordstrom • M.Ed., M.A., Teachers College, Columbia U., B.A., Villanova U.

Ms. Jessican Norton Assistant VP of Finance • B.A., New Jersey City University

Methodist U.; B.S. , Creighton U. Kentucky

Mr. Michael Prescia • M.A., B.A., Fordham U. Mr. Robert Puhak, ’16 • M.Ed., B.S., Rutgers U. Mr. Jose Que, ’99 • M.Ed., B.S., Saint Peter’s U. Ms. Danielle Raikes-Nathan • M.A., B.A.,

CUNY Herbert H. Lehman College

2024-25 Prep Faculty, Administration, and Staff Ms. Rebecca Rausch Director of Special Events

Ms. Lisa Siracuse • M.A., The College of Staten

Ms. Christine Ricca • M.A., Ramapo College of

Mr. William Springer, ’15 • B.A., College of

& Parent Engagement • B.A. High Point U. New Jersey; M.A., B.A., Marist College

Mr. Nathan Riley • M.Ed., St. John’s U.; M.S., Sc.B, Brown U.

Mr. Brendan Roche • M.S.Ed. Fordham U.; B.A., Harvard U.

Mr. Renato Rodrigues, ’10 • M.A., Saint Peter’s U.; B.S., Kean U.

Island; B.A. SUNY Geneseo College Saint Rose

Ms. Erin Stark • M.A., Saint Peter’s College; B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers U.

Mr. Carlos Tabora, ’87 • M.Ed., New Jersey City U.; BS., New Jersey Inst. of Technology

Mr. Anthony Tejada, ’18 • B.S. Saint Peter’s U.

Mr. Anthony Rodriguez • M.A., B.A., Saint

Mr. Ricardo Tejada v

Mr. Ian Rogers • B.A., Loyola U. Chicago

U. of Pennsylvania; B.S., East Stroudsburg U. of

Peter’s U.

Mr. Stephen Torregrossa • M.S., California

Ms. Rosalie Romano • M.A., Middlebury College;

Pennsylvania

Ms. Claudia Ross • B.F.A., New Jersey City U.

Mr. Salvatore Veniero, ’05 Director of Global

v

M.A., New Jersey City U.; B.B.A., Pace U.

Mr. Matthew Russell, ’19 Alumni Service Corps • B.F.A., New Jersey City U.

Rev. Jose-Luis Salazar, S.J. Director of Ignatian Identity • Ph.D., Radboud Universiteit Njmegen, Netherlands; M.A., Weston Jesuit School of Theology; B.S., Divine Word University, Leyte, Philippines

Ms. Dalma Santana Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion • MA., B.A., Rutgers U.

Mr. Roldan Sarmiento • M.A., New York U.; B.A., Michigan State U.

Ms. Donna Saulys • M.S., Rutgers U.; B.S., College of Saint Elizabeth

Mr. Arvind Sawh Assistant Director of Operations v

Ms. Maureen Sheppard • R.N., Mountainside Hospital

Mr. Michael Uy, ’20 • B.A., Boston College Initiatives • M.A., Middlebury College; B.A., Catholic U.

Mr. Anthony Verdi, ’95 • M.A., Saint Peter’s

College; B.A., Monmouth U. v

Ms. Emma Wagner • B.A., Montclair State U. Ms. Elizabeth Walsh • P.A.-C., New York U.;

B.S., Saint Peter’s U. v

Mr. Andrew Watts • M.S., B.S., Elizabethtown College

Dr. Susan Woolever Director of Campus

Ministry • Ph.D., Drew U.; M.A., U. of Iowa; M.A., Argosy U.; B.A., U. of Illinois

Mr. Michael Wright, ’10 Assoc. Director of Admissions • B.S., Saint Peter’s U.

Ms. Vilma Zelaya

v Recipients of the Bene Merenti Award, conferred after 20 years of service to Saint Peter’s Prep.

Academic Recognition

Please join us in congratulating the following graduates, who have achieved recognition at the national level for their academic performance and potential.

National Merit Finalists Gavin Gerstenbluth Jean Oh National Merit Commended Students Raiven Cirio Andre Concepcion Henry Eig Evan Nguyen Isaac Holland Owen Meagher

Maxwell Middleton Lucas Mira-McKenzie Gavin Moreno Kyle Oh Felix Puig Seppalainen Conor West

Ignatian Global Scholar

Awarded by the Jesuit Schools Network

Roy Liu

Pride & Glory The melody of “Pride & Glory” is adapted from a 1919 composition by the legendary American songwriter, Cole Porter. At the conclusion of the ceremony, we will continue a time‑honored tradition by inviting all Prep alumni in attendance—and particularly our newest alumni, the Class of 2025—to stand and join in singing Prep’s alma mater.

It is our pride and our glory, Old in song and in story.

And we cherish your name, And we love your fair fame For the days of long ago.

And we your sons will be loyal To Saint Peter’s so royal.

May your banners still guide us, Wherever we go!

It is a story of gladness, With no shadow of sadness: Our years spent with you, Saint Peter’s so true, And you hold our hearts’ love yet.

And through the years we will treasure, With a joy beyond measure, The gifts you have given.

We shall never forget!