91st Graduation Exercises I
t was a beautiful day for Tower Hill’s 91st Annual Graduation Exercises on June 4, 2011, the first held at the Hayward House. Joseph Smolko, English Teacher and Webmaster, gave the invocation, followed by greetings from Headmaster Dr. Christopher Wheeler. Class president Grace Firestone and Andrew Gates, the classes’ selected speaker, addressed the graduates and guests. After an introduction by graduating senior Brooke Kelly, John Robinson, Upper School English teacher, delivered the commencement address. The Headmaster, Board of Trustees Chair David P. Roselle and Associate Headmaster Harry Baetjer presented diplomas to members of the Class of 2011. Following the ceremony, the graduates and their guests celebrated with a reception on the grounds of the Hayward House.
Class of 2011 College Choices Mark Aboff................................................... Carnegie Mellon University Kyriakos Atmatzidis................................................. Washington College Nolan Bacchieri...................................... Franklin & Marshall College Kathleen Batman............................... Southern Methodist University Zöe Blake..................................................................... Columbia University Caroline Blatcher..................................University of Georgia-Honors Lauren Boudreaux..............................................University of Delaware Samantha Bush....................................................University of Delaware Laura Carpenter................................. George Washington University Alessandra Ceretto.............................................University of Delaware Ryan Chenault............................................................... Eastern University Noah Chodos............................................................ Columbia University Michelle Cooper.......................................................American University Elise DeDominicis............................................. Georgetown University Nikki DeShane.....................................................University of Delaware Kali DiGate.......................................................................... Tufts University John Edinger................................................................. Gettysburg College Grace Firestone.................................. University of Delaware-Honors Sarah Garland.................................................................... Duke University Andrew Gates.............................................................American University Amanda Girard........................................ University of South Carolina Harrison Greenberg...................................................... Drexel University Elizabeth Grubbs........................................ Purdue University–Honors Anne Hobbs.................................................................University of Miami Christine Ianni......................................................... Mt. Holyoke College Brett Isken........................................................................... Drew University Alexander Johnson................................... Loyola University-Maryland
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Brooke Kelly.................................................................... Haverford College Ellen Kettler..................................................................Stanford University Sonia Luther................................................................... Cornell University Michael McCloskey...........................................................Boston College Michael Mistras.......................................................... Dartmouth College William Morton....................................................................... Bates College Gregory Pape..............................................................American University Serena Pierce...............................................................Bryn Mawr College Christie Pletz.........................................................................Boston College Victor Prieto.......................................................................... Rice University Natasha Qureshi............................................................ Lehigh University Samantha Reichard................................................. Swarthmore College Charles Robino...................... University of Massachusetts-Amherst Maria Rocca.......................................................... Wake Forest University Margery Saunders......................................................Stanford University George Searle................................................................... Drexel University Christopher Sepelyak........... University of Maryland-College Park Rory Slatko..................................................................American University Eleanor Smith.......................................................University of Delaware Andrew Sommers................................................University of Delaware Christopher Stott............................................................... Oberlin College Abbey Thompson.................................................University of Delaware Devin Tracy............................................. Pennsylvania State University Taylor Van Sickle....................................................... Syracuse University Tyler von der Luft.......................................................... Lehigh University Margretta Willemin.....................................................Colgate University Basil Williams.............................................................Villanova University