Dr. Timothy Purnell
Somerville Schools Superintendent Dr. Timothy Purnell has been named 2016 Superintendent of the Year by the National Association of School Superintendents. He has served as the superintendent in Somerville since 2011. A Seton Hall University alum, he serves on the New Jersey State Board of Examiners and as an adjunct professor. Prior to his post as superintendent of Somerville Public Schools, he worked as the superintendent in Harding Township. He also served as a middle school principal, elementary vice principal and science teacher in Harding Township and Montclair. He was selected as the 2015 New Jersey State Superintendent of the Year and the 2015 top-rated professor in the nation by Rate My Professors.
128th Graduation Ceremony Held at SHS
Somerville High School sent forth 315 graduates on June 24 in the 128th Commencement Ceremony on Brooks Field. Christina Schuler was valedictorian, and Michael Wong was salutatorian. Senior Class President was Emily Millar, and Rose Bielat was Student Council President. All four student leaders are from Branchburg. Following is a list of Branchburg’s SHS graduates: Marisa Rose Adelman, Zoe M. Adkins, Akhil Agarwal, Kunal Agarwal, Peter A. Aldrich, Janan A. Amin, Braden Ammerlaan, Haley Apicella, Brandon M. Apisa, Nicholas Apisa, Haley Jessica Armstrong, Skylar Zoe Aurichio, Sarah Alexandra Barkman, William Merle Barr, Thomas James Belunis, Rebecca E. Bielasiak, Rose Elizabeth Bielat, Joseph C. Blass, Reilly Christopher Brenn, Alexander Philip Burns, Mariah Ann Burns, Courtney Caferra, Kyle Caferra, Lauren Caferra, Kimberly Camacho, Joseph Carini, Jeffrey Cassell, Cayla Jayne Casucci, Garrett Paul Cecere, Antonia M. Ceresa, Kathy Chen, Christina Z. Christodoulou, Matthew Peter Christopulos, Hannah J. Cinti, Anastasia Lynn Cintron, Eric Cochran, Alexa Rose Cumello, Devyn Marysia Dabrowski, Parama L. Das, Camile Nossa DeMacedo, Michael Della Penna, Lawrence Douglas Deng, Dana Taylor DePirri, Justin Paul DePrado, Alicia Marie DeQuesada, Giuseppe Deserio, Maxwell Augustus D’Amico, Arielle Marie D’Elia, Kyle Joseph Diamond, Christopher Robert DiCostanzo, Thomas Andrew Disch, Morgan Christina-Marie Dluhy, Evan Michael Drill, Kimberley Duffy,
Pictured is Somerville High School’s 2016 Valedictorian Christina Schuler of Branchburg. She is attending the University of Notre Dame to study Business Administration and Management in the Mendoza School of Business. Ryan Christopher Ebert, Erik Tomas Echevarria, Maura Margaret Elwood, Connor Earl Emerson, Madison Anne Evens, Nicholas Fantasia, Christopher Richard Finlan, James Donald Fitzpatrick, Jada Keron Fletcher, Daniel Brendan Flynn, Brian C. Foley, Erica Franchino, Romario Franco, Jessica Fu, Jacqueline Gassler, Christopher Mathew Gesualdo, Frank Gesualdo, Brianna Gorczynski, Patrick J. Gorman, Jeremy Vincent Grabiec, Cassidy Taylor Gray, Sarah Greb, Jared Scott Grimm, Denise Allison Grohn, Patrick Russell Haggerty, Kyle Stephen Hannon, Kellen Hardy, Allyson N. Hiering, Rene L. Hill, Allison Hovey, Justin Lee Hrabinski, Paul Michael Huff, Joi Ishikawa, Nicole R. Iuzzolino, Briannah Teri-Lynn Jackson, Timothy Andrew Jackson, Sydney N. Jaeger, Yoo Jung Ji, Amarylis Jimenez, Jennifer Johnstonbaugh, Laura Mary
Karg, Thomas Kelly, Ashley Lynn Kiesel, Delaney Jane Koddenberg, Christina Marie Rose Kolatac, Victoria Kornas, Nikolas Korzoun, Andrew Michael Krawsek, John C. Lally, Christopher Pearse LaMalfa, Jennifer Leigh Levonaitis, Kaylee Ann Lewis, Sebastian J. Lijo, Kevin Neill Linde, Michael Louis Linder, Kevin Michael Liss, Kathryn Livelli, Ethan Jacob Lott, Julia Lucas, Nicole P. Maggio, Mark Alexander Malmstrom, Douglas H. Manz, Victoria Marcune, Mikayla Anne Marin, Daniel O. Marquez, Julia Renee Middleton, Corinne Mastrella Presti, Daniel Robert McCormick, Mark Randall McLaughlin, Jennifer Leigh McNally, Emily Louise McVerry, Maxwell G. Mescher, Donald Herman Methfessel Jr., Amanda Rose Middleton, Julia Renee Middleton, Emily Nicholena Millar, Joshua M. Miller, Daniel Frank Modrowsky, Steven Paul Modrowsky, Jake Michael Moore, Joseph William Mosca, Kathryn Rose Mosca, Autumn E. Moya, Connor Thomas Mulreed, Hunter Muratore, Christopher Brian Murphy, Kylie Elizabeth Murphy, Ciara B. Nicholson, Jenna Nugent, Daniel Declan O’Hare, Liam Michael O’Hare, Mitchell James Oller, Amr M. Osman, Corey Ann Pabst, Jordan Kenlan Pabst, Jill Danielle Pace, Luke Richard Pacini, Samantha Pellicane, Samantha Taylor Perrotti, Melissa Ann Phillips, Dominique A. Pisani, Karissa K. Port, Andrew William Prescott Jr., Aaron Bennett Proodian, Alexander Paul Puno, Robert Henry Quick, Kayleigh Ann Quinn, Kieran Robert Quinn, Jordan Ellen Ray, Emily Ann Reger, Samantha Marie Sakele, Kyle Joseph Scanlon, Makenzie Lee Scholer, Kyle
R. Schroeder-Feyrer, Christina Denise Schuler, Justin Scott, Francesca Noel Sena, Christopher J. Shaffer, Gabriel Shen, Thomas A. Shust, Kenneth Lewis Siciliano, Ajit Singh, Kate Molly Snyder, Sarah Ann Stedtler, Brandon R. Stoeckel, Neeraj Sudhakar, Emily M. Tanjala, Jake Hampton Tarver, Michael Richmond Tarver, Sarah Jean Todoroff, Jozsef Toth, Victoria Lisette Trautman, Nina Christine Tutunjian, Julia Michelle Urban, Claudia Elizabeth Uy, David James Ventura, Jack August Ventura, Mark B. Ventura, Debbie M. Vergara, Kelly Ann Wabuda, Randall Christopher Walko, Joseph Warzybuk, Olivia Warzybuk, Brianna Weber, Brad Thomas Weber, Nick Weimann, Joshua Kevin Weiner, Melanie Winkle, Michael Kin Ming Wong, Sarah Elizabeth Wooby, Destini Kaira Young, Samantha Lynn Zelnock
About this article… The Branchburg News inadvertently omitted three Branchburg names from the Somerville High School graduates’ list and transposed the names of the valedictorian and salutatorian in the July/August issue. We apologize for the errors and are rerunning the article in its entirety. We hope this revision is complete. If we left you out, please send an email to branchburgnews@gmail. com.
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Somerville Schools Chief Wins High National Honor