Class of 2021 Commencement Digital Program

The Northwest School Commencement June 8, 2021

The Northwest School

Class of 2021 Ella Armstrong

Ethan Jarvik

Teo Rank

Alpha Bah

Emily Jiang

Sophie Raymond

Faizaan Bhemat

Lily Kinerk

Jiayi Ren

Haylie Bleakley-Harris

Ava Langstraat

Joaquin Rodriguez

German Castro Leonardo

Zora M. Leck

Chris Sakellariadis

Griffin Cheng

Isaac Levin-Delson

Eli Saliman

Makeda Clements

Lynn Rosabelle Levy

Jasper Schwartz

Devon Colee

Quin Lewis

Faaris Shaik

Juniper Copeland

Audrey Liu-Sheirbon

Maleda Genet Sims

Pelham Anderson Curtis

Ziqian Liu

May Sorkin

Dale Dai

Lareina Lu

Logan Talia Spoonemore

Owen DeVore

Shea MacDonald

Maceo Suggs

Lillian Driver

Kai McAlpin Godsey

Aaron Teklu

Zheming Du

Isabel McGinty

Brian Tokheim

Eliza Dworkin

Samuel McGinty

Michael Tsiakalis-Brown

Marcel Feseha

Emily Mehalchin

Graycie Viscon

Cesar Fregoso Elena

Wuhib Mekonnen

Julian Voros

Caroline Friedman

Annika Daphne Meyers

Kien Warren

Claude Joseph Duren Gagnon

Oscar Morrison

Wyatt Allan Washburn

Minh Nhat Ngo

Ella Welcker

Ethan Thomas Gail

Jack Noble

Lewis White

Iliana Gonzalez

Lucas Oktay

Ian Wiltamuth

Rilke Laughlin Kushner Grimlund

Ceci Oshins

Luc Wu

George Packard

Yulin Xie

Preston Niles Palomino

Zoidberg (Cheng) Zeng

Avery Jane Patterson

Williams Zhang

Tri Pham

Coco Zhang

Anna Collins Gustafson Adnah Haid Amelia Hare Reese Heipt Charlotte Howell Hana Hurst

Hannah Pierce Talia Porter

Commencement Program Brian Tokheim, Emcee Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Bisgaard, Head of School “Hideaway,” Jacob Collier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucas Oktay Senior Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iliana Gonzalez “Allegro for Hydroponic Systems,” Christopher Tin arranged by Zoidberg (Cheng) Zeng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Northwest School Orchestra Jo Nardolillo, Director, Video Editor Including: Michael Tsiakalis-Brown, Amelia Hare, Hana Hurst, Emily (Xinyue) Jiang, Maleda Sims Senior Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amelia Hare “Time Adventures,” Rebecca Sugar . . . . . . . . . Juniper Copeland and Claude Gagnon (bass guitar) Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Berner-Hays, Upper School Director Senior Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Xie “Happy/Sad” from The Addams Family Musical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isaac Levin-Delson Faculty Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isaac Meyer Senior Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pelham Curtis Awarding of Diplomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Bisgaard, Head of School Cynthia Tee, President, Board of Trustees Amy Berner-Hays, Upper School Director

Acknowledgments The class of 2021 offers its thanks to Amy Berner-Hays, Rachel Fumia, Susan Kurlinski, Jack Lloyd, Erin Miller, Justin Peters, Barbara Pinti, Cecilia Tung, Kathryn Wallace, and all others who have helped with the process of graduation and moving on. Also sincere thanks to the parents of seniors who were instrumental in pulling off this year’s graduation ceremony, and to members of the The Production Network who facilitated the tech portion of the event.

The seniors also wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to the faculty of The Northwest School who shared so much of themselves during our time here.