The Herald Courier, Friday, July 1, 2016
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FLORAL PARK High School Abreu, Diomeli Albertson, Sarah Ann Alexander, Lovelle Alvarado, Samantha Amezcua, Giselle Anderson, Riley Kay Aviles, Gilberto Aziz, Zain Bachas, Shanoy T. Bateau, Jax Batista, Randolph Belsky, Carly Elizabeth Benedetto, Samantha Ann Biswas, Noor Quddus Bousaid, Dani Bowe, Erica Brandt, Christopher J. Bressmer,, Jamie Allison Briganti, Ariyana Brophy, Mary T. Bruno, Peter J. Bucchino, Andrew Burrous, William R. Byrnes, Katherine Elyse Caballes, Philson York Cal, Matthew Charles Calo, Anthony Canzius Jr., Mervyn A. Cartmell, Timothy Richard Ceraulo, Jenny Chaver, Wynny S. Choisez, Nicole Lili Chowdhury, Azmain Cirineo, Pamela Clarke, Patrick Alfonso Clune II, John J. Cohen, Jacqueline Coleman, Erica Juliette Colinet, Woodley Colon, Jordan B. Conway, Emily Rose Corbett, Joshua D. Correale, Gabrielle Couluris, Christopher Paul Cristo, Nicole Cuevas, Sara Taylor Curran, Madison Blake Dalrymple, Javan Matthew Damas, Kevin D’Amico, Julian Danyi, Samantha Darden, Kyle Robert Dat, Padmini David, Serina M.
Davidson, Rebekah DeClemente, Evan James DeJesús, Frank E. DeLaRosa, Paola Dellolio, Jessica Ann Denaro, Matthew Deol, Kamalvir DeVita, Louis DiCanio, Samantha M. DiRico, Nicholas John Donado, Julian Matthew Donovan, Kate Elisabeth Earley, Meagan Nicole Edouasie Shadner Engel, Ryan Espinal, Kate Estupinan, Nicholas Richard Fahr, Sandra M. Farrell, Madeline C. Farruggia, Marc Felicetti, Nicholas William Ferone, Jonathan Fiorenza, Emily Fitzgerald, Connor Francis, Tranell A. Gartner, Robert Gasparino, Nicholas Ghai, Sakshi Gomez, Sebastian Gonzales, Viban Gonzalez, Thomas Goss, Zachary William Gould, Alexander Grant, Kamil Greaney, Thomas John Groshans, Kimberly M. Guilliod, Emilie Hanamy, Sara Lynn Haneman, Aimee Elizabeth Harley, Damien Hendelman, Reina L. Hilaire, Kaela Hodge Rodriguez, Darlene Hodgson, Connor Holahan, Megan Patricia Howell, Lindsay Elizabeth Hunter, Brianna Lenor Husein, Melissa Priyanka Husein, Shabena Iftekhar, Ameera Inzone, Brittany Jakob, Grace Jamal, Neema James, Khristopher
Floral Park Memorial High School’s Class of 2016 celebrated their commencement ceremony on Saturday at Hofstra University. Jayasinghe, Semini Nisakya Johnston, Dorothy Joseph, Kevin Iveten Joseph, Lauren Elizabeth Karran, Dillan Davendra Kaur, Gurkiran Keane, Tyler J. Kenna, Thomas John Keyloun, Sarah Khan, Imran King, Michaela Kumar, Reema Lalgie, Keenen Jamal Lambros, Christina Lanning, Olivia Kathleen Lascala, Raffaele J. Latham, Sara Lauria, Christopher Lee, Michelle Lehner, Katja Franziska Leonardi, Sarah Beth Leyva, Jorge Lohen, Tyler G. Longo, Tara López, Graciela N. Macena, Katrel Maickel, Gianna Mairaj, Joshua Pervaiz Maldari ,Nikkole Lauren
Martin. Mikayla Frances McAllister, Breanna McDonald, Dakota McLoone, Carroll Mealing, Tajadda Mejia, Jonathan C. Mejia-Meza, Gabriela Jose Mejia-Meza, Luis Carlos Mekhaeil, Marly Emad Nasif Melendez, Myles Antonio Miah, Yazmi Mikolajczyk, Caroline Mills, Kalei Nicole Mink, Dennis Minogu,e Mia Mirchandani, Pawan S. Monahan, James R. Monroe, Mayasa Morgan, Sarah Munro, Ryan Anthony Nardi, Matthew R. Natarajan, Meena Nelson, Kenneth Neubert, Nicholas Daniel Nicklas, Harry Nieves, Kayla Niles, Kenny Eric Nolan, Kristen Catherine O’Connor, Abigale Lynn
O’Donnell, Kaitlin Nicole Ollen, John Ordonez, Guillermo R. Ortiz, Stephanie Ost, William Joseph O’Sullivan, Shane Owens, Diamynn M. Owens, Steven J. Papile, Andrew Patel, Komal Patel, Timil Pathiranage, Pasan Persaud, Christopher Harry Persaud, Vivika A.K. Picardi, Michael Francis Piccione, Amanda Michelle Pickman, Henry G. Pierre, Nigel Powell, Samantha Power, Jack Thomas Quinlan, Thomas John Rahimy, Samir Ramirez, Arryagnni Gerandine Rana, Jaspreet Rankin, Genevieve Rattigan, Brian Joseph Reidy, Dalton Bryan Reisch, Noah J.
Rivera-Cruz, Jhonny Russell,Thérèse M. Sabino, Jonathan Santarelli, Caroline Sawicki, Matthew P. Scheer, Jason Patrick Schlechter, Emma Rose Schmid, Hannah C. Scott, Makia Danyel Shahbaz, Saba Sheehan, Maggie Sherry, Brianna Julia Shields, Nicholas Shinde, Bobby Shipsky, Jackson G. Silva, Neyra Meredy N. Singh, Adesh Siragusa, Daniel Slaney, Mark Howard Smolinski, Nicholas Martin Sollecito, Anthony Sollecito, Giovanna Stern, Philip E. Streiber, Laura Eileen Sullivan III, Thomas F. Sylvarnes, Sonje Thomas, Christian Manuel Tiwana, Manvir Tiwari, Mahesh Toppa, Rabiah Trainor, Emma Tramantana, Nicholas J. Troche, Julia Tuminaro, Courtney Tursi, Steven Joseph Tymecki, Jessica Elise Uhric, Robert Ulmer Jr., Paul Eric Valencia, Paul D. Valentine-McCollum, Shaheed Vargas, Alyssa H. Vasconez, Caitlyn Vasconez, Jacob Villegas Hernandez, Jeanette S. Viola, Salvatore Joseph Vithal, Alexandria Washington, Ayanna Genice White, Autumn Domonique Williams, Darilrique Joseph Williams, Skylar Danielle Carolyn Zacchea, Owen D. Zagajeski, William Thomas
Valedictorian to class: don’t forget world’s ‘crises’ by C h r i s A da m s In his address to the Floral Park Memorial High School Class of 2016, the valedictorian, Mahesh Tiwari, celebrated with his peers the achievement of completing another step in their education, but also noted the responsibility that lies ahead. He said this generation will confront issues such as climate change, threatened global security and the stripping of natural resources.
“As an optimist, I would like to think that humanity will always find a way, but as a pragmatist, I know that the solutions to the world’s challenges come only with hard work and collaboration,” Tiwari said. “Therefore on this day of our graduation, let us commit to collaborating, solving these crises head on.” During Saturday’s 59th annual commencement ceremony for at Hofstra University, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and state Sen. Jack Martins gave speeches be-
fore the students, both congratulating the 244 graduates on their accomplishments. Martins said speaking at the ceremony was bittersweet, as his time serving as senator comes to an end. “This is the last time I’ll be able to have the opportunity to address you as a senator because I am not running for reelection this year,” Martins said. “But it has been an honor to represent this great community.” Martins, who is running for Congress
in the Third District, said he’s been able to see graduation from different perspectives, as senator addressing the Floral Park students, and as a parent seeing his own daughter graduate from high school last year. He listed some rules for the students to live by. Among them, he said they should never stop learning, respect everyone and not be afraid to fail. “Although no one likes to fail, someContinued on Page 59