friday, may 23, 2025 the one hundred and ninety second commencement exercises of
Sydney Dror Amerson
Guru Anand
Luke Arnold
Diana Efua-Abolie Baffor
Nyah Leanne Bailey-Burton
Junyuan Bao
Mikayla Mae Barthel
Chase Patrick Beloin
James DeMarco Bois
Jack Robert Booth
Kellen Farrell Booth
Mercedes Bourgeois
Kyla Mae Brogan
Jacob James Brook
Zoey Patricia Bujak
Brandon Pierre Burke Jr.
Kurt Allen Burkhart
Jack Steven Carey
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Caron
Elizabeth Lee Cerrato
Alex Junhyun Cha
Oliver Peter Cherry
Jihoo Choi
John Francis Eduardo Clancy
Ian Fletcher Cooper
Azerionna D’nique Crudup
Maxwell Spencer Dashefsky
Josephine Alexandra Davis
Riccardo De Corato
Lauren Rose Dobler
Sydney Elizabeth Drinan
Meghan Elizabeth Drury
Skylar Taeya Fiske
Devin Coyne Flanagan
Noreen Mao Flanagan
Charles Joseph Gamere
Joshua David Gamere
Ayden Wycliff Charles Gardner
Benjamin Thomas Gorman
Christophe Gourdeau Coossa
Edward Joseph Grace
the class of 2025
Carys Cummins Grant
Anthony John Greco
Ryan Jason Haines
Ashlee Sage Huixu Hodgkins
Jaeyoung Hong
Campbell Louise Hudkins
Lathan Anthony Hudson
Matthew Thomas Hulst
George Matias Hunt
Ava Elizabeth Jacobson
Dalida Milly Janevathanavitya
Garvey-Elise Khalilah Johnson
Haruka Kajiwara
Charles George Kaludis
Joshua Hawool Kim
Ryan Junwoo Kim
Naoya Kobayashi
Andrew Joseph Lange
Paw Law Eh
Chloe Alexandra Hara Lawrence
Sophie Marie Lawry
Nicholas Bartlett Lemmond
Mason Robert Lester
Nicholas Tobin Llanos
Jakub Lomička
Nico Alexander Luciani
Bernardo Eugenio Lujan Lalieu
Andrew David Mack
Ava Fort Maglieri
Isabelle Paige Marzouca
Claire Katherine Mastella
O’Shae Alexander Maxwell
Alivia Isabelle McKay
Ashley Mercede
Avery Maurice Mickens
Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Keegan Martin Milne
Timothy Patrick Mitchell
Luis José Montalvo Jr.
Adande Nartey
Jonathan Jordan Niv
Mack Henry Noorily
Samantha Jo Nudelman
Brandon Minsung Park
Shalin Kushal Patel
Kennedy Marie Pelletier
Nicholas Van Penuvchev
Matthew S. Pinzon Pacheco
Jahmir Zion Pitcher
Kyryl Chernikov Popov
Vincent Prescott
Abigail Brianna Quinby
Andrew Yash Rana
Austin Luke Rappaport
Evan Louis Riccelli
Gabriel Rivera
Jayvon Vonny Robinson
Isabel Angela Rodriguez
John Sewall Rusnock
Alijah Paul Sanford
Maeve Caroline Selvitelli
Robert August Sendlenski
Sariah Samer Shawwaf
Reagan Marie Silva
Alison Quinn Slade
Melissa Sharyn-Elease Smith
Thomas Jackson Stanley
Alan Suárez Vargas
Colette Caye Tcherevkoff
Sawyer Tierney Plimpton
Vyom Tiwari
German Troshin
Owen Douglas Tulley
Geronimo Vargas Deandar
Joaquin Vargas Deandar
Tilden Anne Wasley
Benjamin Q. White
Julia Lauren Wilner
Alexi Winston Wolkoff
Kristian Yan
Izabela Zajac
Zhixin Zhang
order of events
processional of trustees, faculty, and the class of 2025 welcome charles cahn iii | head of school presentation of prizes & awards
frederic B. powers iii ’83, P’14 | president, board of trustees
“america the beautiful” o beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! america! america! god shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea! commencement address
Jim Calhoun
alma mater
to fair suffield, your name so dear, we will raise in song and cheer. through endless days we’ll sing your praise, so all the world can hear.
and when our days at school are over, in classroom and on field, in each one’s heart there’ll be a spark, for friendships made at old suffield. presentation of the candidates
SEan Atkins P’26 & Amy Randall ’09 presentation of the diplomas
charles cahn iii | head of school senior class speaker
Nyah Bailey-Burton ’25 head of school remarks to the class of 2025 the bell ceremony
prizes & awards
class of 1874 mathematics prize
ralph f. hansen economics prize
kenneth i. lindfors history prize
collins religion & philosophy prize
senior science award
Computer Science Award
emmett kent english prize
edward manning gallup english prize
c.w. austin language prizes
Françoise L. Waskiewicz Award
jeanice h. seaverns art prize
jonathan brian steinberg kaufman ’09 head of school prize
allan h. fuller prize in Performing arts
hinsdale smith photography prize
bradford c. gooch music award
emmett kent public speaking prize
charles g. davis oratory prize
suffield academy class of 1999 unsung hero award for athletics
robinson environmental award
class of 1947 extra-class achievement prize
gordon g. glover prize
george a. butler cup for athletics & sportsmanship
courtney robinson ’88 spirit cup
george g. pervear unsung student award
h. meade alcorn, jr. award for scholarship & athletics prize
william bradford bates scholarship & activities prize
appleton h. seaverns award
faculty award for citizenship & service to suffield henry thevenin ’10 award
the parker regan ’12 prize
solon e. goldstein class of 1916 leadership award
the bintou f. ojomo ’07 memorial award the cum laude society
the torch society prize
faculty awards
donald p. richter award
elisha benjamin andrews award
Pervear-Kinne Coaching Prize