The 148th Commencement: Class of 2026

One Hundred Forty-Eighth Annual Commencement of

Saint Peter’s Preparatory School

James F. Keenan, S.J. Field Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Welcome

Thank you for joining us as we celebrate the Saint Peter’s Prep Class of 2026. 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 2026!

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 2026 Aiden Ahn, ’26

Student Life Awards Mr. Caulfield

Interlude

Fly Me to the Moon (Bart Howard, Arr. Michael Sweeney) Prep Jazz Band & Prep Vox

Address to the Graduates

Grace Morris Associate Director of School Counseling

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. Robert O’Hare, S.J., Mathematics Department

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.

2025: Erik Porch 2024: Lorenzo Enright 2023: Jackson Tindall

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

2025: Ray Stein 2024: Ryan Miqueli 2023: Matthew Corwin

Jesuit Veterans Service Award

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

2025: Dylan Sullivan 2024: Aidan Maione 2023: Theodore McCarthy

Agape Award

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

2025: Noah Mendoza & Jake Piechocki 2024: Nick Valente 2023: Eliot Jablonski

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.

2025: Jaycen Peterson 2024: Cole Holland 2023: Jose Valverde

Named Awards Jesuit Schools Network Award

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

2025: John Mack 2024: Gerrit Bankuti 2023: Maurice Williams

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.

2025: Corey Greenfield & Andres Perez 2024: Evan Merkov & Julian Rodriguez 2023: Charles Burt

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” 2025: Maxwell Middleton 2024: Nicolas Bambrick-Santoyo & Pape-Racine Ndiaye 2023: Mossimo Infante-Meehan & Jackson Tindall

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.

2025: Evan Nguyen 2024: Nicolai Mendoza 2023: Rishi Bhandari

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.

2025: Jeffrey Hartling 2024: Kitty McNally 2023: Salvatore Veniero, ’05

The Class of 2026 Taha Abdellah

Ishmael Abraham

123

Anderson Acevedo Aiden Ahn 1 2 4 Noam Alster

Jonah Briggs

Seamus Brown 2 3 4 William Brown 1 2 Jaden Bryan

James Buckley

Lucas Alvarez

Matthew Bush

Jacob Anderson

Kaan Camelo 1

Aedan Amato 1 2 4 Dylan Anderson-Bosco

Ryan Byrne

Patrick Cansino 1 2 4

Giulio Andreassi 1 2 4

Ryan John Carbonell 1 4

Joshua Avila

Mayeul Catelin 4

Derek Barber

Callum Chapman 2

John Barron

Cyrus Cheng 2

Amanuel Asnake Derek Baez 2 4

Sam Carey

Daniel Caulfield

Tyler Barksdale 1 2 4 Ryan Bartels

Anthony Bautista

Patrick Chavez 1 2 4 Logan Chi

Gabriel Cillie 1 2

Alexandor Beke

Julian Contreras

Hulbert Belvis

Garreth Core 2

Tyler Bell

John Coogan

Julian Bernal 1 2 4

Shane Costalos 1

Henry Bohlman

Christian Cruz

Dash Blaylock 2

24

Anthony Borrometi

Henry Craft Julian Cruz

Salvatore Borrometi

Joachim Dalloran 1 2

Andrew Breihof 1

Christopher DeTrizio 1 2 4

Lucas Bossman

Cooper Brennan 4

Ronan Daly 1 2

Dennis DiGiacomo 4

The Class of 2026 Carlos Dominguez 2 Evan Donath

Logan Graham

Sebastian Gray 2

123

Christian Duarte

John Halleron

Aiden Dunn 4

Eunsung Han

Jackson Emma

Pelayo Hardeway

Christian Espiritu 1 2

Braden Jacobs

Tiago Enright

Laudan Henry

Eli Farmer

Oliver Jakubowicz

Thomas Fecowycz 1 2

William Jasolosky 1 4

Claude Ferdinand

Adrian Jiansky 1 2 4

Justin Fernandez

Max Jose 1 2

Kabir Farnum 1 2 4

Jackson Jantas

Santino Feniello 1 2 4

Aaditya Jhaveri

Zachary Fernandes

Jay Johnson 1 2 4

Desmond Ferrara 2

Dieudonne Kabundi

John Fitzgerald 1 2 4

Thomas Kolakowski

Grant Fischer

Andrew Kelly 1

Timothy Fitzpatrick 1 2 4

Anthony Kucharczyk

Zane Fritz 1 2

Lucca Lachica 1 2 3

Findley Gardiner

Mac Leitner

Dmytrii Frenkel

Colin Kuretski

124

John Gambale

Skyler Lee

Jack Gaughan 1 4

Theodore Leon 1 2

Samuel Gayle 1 2 4

Nicolas Leonardo

Derek Gomez

Alvin Lindsey

Konstantin Gjeroski

Fedor Leonov

Emmanuel Gonzalez 1

National Honor Society

2

Language Honor Society

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

Juan Pablo Lombera Bejar 1 2 3

Tri-M Music Honor Soc.

4

Prep Science Honor Soc.

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

The Class of 2026 Filip Loncar

Conor Naughton 1 2 4

Thomas London 4

Patrick Naughton 1 2 4

Benjamin Lucas

John Newall

Alexander Lopez 2 4

Spencer Neissen 1 2 4

Nicholas Lutsky

Anthony Novello 2

Daniel MacMillan 1 2 4

Liam O’Neill 1 2 4

Neko Luzzi-Liggins

Terence O’Farrell

Anthony Maffia

Remington Ochoa

Chase Maharaja

Chayane Ory Hurley

William Maloof

Cortlandt Paisley

Carmen Marano

Thatcher Partelow 1 2

Javone Maximin

Jonathan Perez 1

Steven Mazewski

Nicholas Ponczek 4

John McClelland

Hudson Prichard

Finnian McHugh

Archangelo Ranieri

Maximiliano Mendoza

Jordan Rodriguez

Michael Mittenzwei

Richard Rosa

Robert Maffia

Maxwell Makarewicz Brendan Mannion Daniel Markferding Bryce Mays

Ari McClean 4

Aiden McHugh

Andrew Medina Luca Merletti

Brian Morales Xavier Muniz

Hadyn Murphy

Dylan Ongkingco Joakim Pagcu 1 2 Maciej Part 2

Marco Penalba 2 Justin Perez 4

Aidan Poole 1 2 4 Will Raeppold Isaac Rivers 2 4 Eric Roman

Aiden Rosales

Stephen Rossilli Noah Rousson

The Class of 2026

1

Otavio Rubies 1 2

Sebastien Thomson

Joseph Ruiz

Harrison Thorburn 1 4

Sigmund Ruiz

Noah Toledo

Christian Russell

Robert Tomasso

Mason Santiago

Christian Towindo

Nicholas Santos

Brady Traba 2

Matthew Sapp 1

Alexander Tyazhelkov 1 2 4

Noah Scheiman

Fionn Tynan

Giovanni Schinina

Oscar Ulrich

Silas Schultes

Marco Valdivia Jr.

Ethan Seals 2 3 4

Sebastian Varela 1

Siddhipriya Settra 1 2

Benjamin Vassallo 1 2 4

Kane Sheridan

Dean Vassilakas 1 2 4

Zachary Sommer

Anthony Verdi Jr.

John Soriero 1 2

Shane Waldron

Joel Sosa

Hunter Watson

William Spadora 1

Aden Webb

Chad Stone

Nicolas Weizmann

Mateo Suarez

Aidan Williams 1 2

Griffin Sweeney 2

Nicholas Wojciechowicz 2

David Tallarida

William Wuillamey

Liam Telesca

Conlin Yuscavitch

Quentin Thomas

Nikolozi Zakaidze

Frederick Thompson

Felix Zhang 2

National Honor Society

2

Language Honor Society

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

3

Tri-M Music Honor Soc.

4

Prep Science Honor Soc.

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

2025-26 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.;

for Girls

Mr. Liam Christman, ’19 • M.S.T., Fordham U.; B.A., College of the Holy Cross

City U. v

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

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

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. Michaelangelo Allocca • M.A., U. Chicago;

Mr. Keith Cummings, ’10 Assistant Director of Campus Ministry • B.S., The Citadel

Mr. Arturo Amigon

Mr. Steven Dahie

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. Christine Davis Director of the Browning

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

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

Ms. Miryam DeChiaro • M.Ed., Saint Peter’s U.; M.D., Juan N. Corpas School of Medicine

Ms. Emma Bagg Director of Educational

Theological Seminary; B.A., Kenyon College

City U.

Technology & Data • M. Ed., New Jersey City U.; M.A., New York U.; B.A., Dartmouth College

Mr. David Bailey, ’95 Chief Technology Officer • v

B.S., U. of Scranton

Mr. Mark Baltazar • M.Ed., B.S., Saint Peter’s U. Mr. Sean Barowski • B.A., Rutgers, U. 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

Ms. Andrea Dedmon • M.Div., Union Ms. Jacqueline DeJesus

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

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

Ms. Patricia Carey Fitzpatrick Director of

Mr. Walter Butler

Dickinson U.; B.A., Fairfield U.

Mr. Gerald Campbell-Clark • M.S., Fordham U.; B.A., Canisius College

Mr. Steven Caslowitz • M.A., Hofstra U.; B.M., New England Conservatory of Musicv

Marketing & Public Relations • M.B.A., Fairleigh

Mr. Michael Fletcher • M.A., Boston College; B.A., Wheeling Jesuit Collegev

Mr. Antavius Franklin • Th.M., M.Div, Emory U.; B.S., Upper Iowa U.

2025-26 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

Ms. Grace Gualario v Mr. Alexander Gudaitis, ’20 • Ed.M., Boston U.; B.A., Boston College

Mr. Richard Hansen Director of Athletics • B.A., New Jersey City U.v

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

Ms. Kristen Harris • B.S., Northwestern U.

of Communications • B.A., Saint Peter’s U.

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 Dr. John Kender • Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon U.; M.S., U. of Michigan; B.S., U. of Detroit

Ms. Megan Klim • M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art; B.F.A., The College of New Jersey v

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.

Dr. Jeffrey Hartling • Ph.D., M.A., Catholic U.;

Mr. Wayne Lawrence

Ms. Kimby Heil Assistant Principal • M.Ed.,

University; B.B.A., Villanova U.

B.A., College of the Holy Cross v

Columbia U.; M.Ed., Vanderbilt U.; B.A., Boston College

Ms. Lili Hermeline Head Librarian • M.S., Rutgers U; B.A., U. of California, Irvine

Ms. Maureen Hess • B.A., Rutgers U. Mr. Matthew Holowienka, ’11 Assoc. Director

Ms. Carolyn Lieu • M.A., Montclair State Ms. Kate Lillis-Magnus Senior Director of

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

Mr. Joseph Lisella • M.S., B.S., Seton Hall U. Mr. Anthony Locricchio, ’96 • M.A., Saint

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

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

2025-26 Prep Faculty, Administration, and Staff Mr. Chris Maloney, ’16 • B.A., Loyola U. Maryland

Mr. Jaymes Nixon

Ms. Jessica Macias Ms. Samantha Martinez-Allegretta • B.S., Rutgers U.

Ms. Jessica Marroquin-Nantwi • B.A., Thomas Edison State U.

Ms. Diane McCabe

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

Ms. Elisabeth Oberhollenzer • M.A., Fordham University; B.A. Universita’ degli Studi di Firenze

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

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

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

Rev. Robert O’Hare, S.J. • M.A., Harvard

B.F.A., William Paterson U.

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U.; B.A., Saint Joseph’s College

Ms. Molly McGarry Director of Annual Giving • B.A., York College of Pennyslvania

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.

Mr. Alex Mirabel • M.A., Grand Canyon U.; B.S., New Jersey City U.

Ms. Molly Molino • M.A., Brooklyn College; B.S., Stevens Inst. of Technology

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

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

Mr. Michael Murcia, ’08 Director of Alumni Relations • B.A., Saint Peter’s U.

New Jersey City U.

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

Ms. Nicole Placencia • B.A., New Jersey City U. Ms. Yajaira Pons • M.S., Manhattanville College; B.A., U. of Rhode Island

Mr. Joseph Popovich Jr., ’14 • M.S., Southern Methodist U.; B.S. , Creighton U.

Ms. Peggy Popp-Murphy • J.D., B.A., U. of Kentucky v

Mr. Douglas Porter Mr. Michael Prescia • M.A., B.A., Fordham U. Mr. Robert Puhak, ’16 • M.Ed., B.S., Rutgers U.

2025-26 Prep Faculty, Administration, and Staff 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

Ms. Rebecca Rausch Director of Special Events & Parent Engagement • B.A. High Point U.

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.

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

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

Mr. Patrick Rooney, ’21 • B.A., U. of South

Ms. Lisa Siracuse • M.A., The College of Staten Island; B.A. SUNY Geneseo College

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

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

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. Ricardo Tejada v

Mr. Stephen Torregrossa • M.S., California

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

Mr. Michael Uy, ’20 • B.A., Boston College

Carolina

Mr. Salvatore Veniero, ’05 Director of Global

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

Catholic U.

Rev. Jose-Luis Salazar, S.J. Director of Ignatian Identity • Ph.D., Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen,

Netherlands; S.T.L., Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Boston College; S.T.B., M.A., London Missionary Institute, Leuven University; B.S., Divine Word University, Leyte, Philippines

Ms. Dalma Santana Director of Community & Belonging • 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

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

Initiatives • M.A., Middlebury College; B.A.,

Mr. Anthony Verdi, ’95 • M.A., Saint Peter’s College; B.A., Monmouth U. v Ms. Emma Wagner • B.A., Montclair State U. Mr. Andrew Watts • M.S., B.S., Elizabethtown

College

Mr. Drew Williamson, ’14 • M.A., B.A., Drake U.

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 Scholar Spencer Neissen National Merit Commended Students Aiden Ahn Aedan Amato Jonah Briggs Dennis DiGiacomo Kabir Farnum Timothy Fitzpatrick Adrian Jiansky Jay Johnson

Fedor Leonov Juan Pablo Lombera Daniel MacMillan Aidan Poole Alexander Tyazhelkov Marco Valdiva Sebastian Varela

Ignatian Global Scholar

Awarded by the Jesuit Schools Network

Juan Pablo Lombera

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 2026—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!