This morning at a beautiful ceremony on the Hill, 144 members of the Class of 2016 graduated from Hopkins, surrounded by family, friends, faculty and staff.
Head of School, Barbara Riley, started the festivities, followed by an Invocation by Imam Omer Bajwa, Coordinator for Muslim Life of the Chaplain's Office at Yale University. Senior Class President, Sophie Cappello, gave the Salutatory address, and later presented Mrs. Riley with the Senior Class Gift. This year, the seniors raised over $14,000 to begin an endowed scholarship fund in honor of Barbara Riley, who is retiring as Head of School this year. Senior Michael Bass delivered an eloquent and powerful Valedictory Address. Vince Calarco, President of the Hopkins Committee of Trustees, accompanied by Head Adviser Lars Jorgensen, delivered diplomas to each graduating senior. Following the conclusion of the Commencement ceremony, the Faculty and Committee of Trustees formed a receiving line to congratulate every graduate. Handshakes, smiles, hugs, and tears continued for about half an hour as the students said goodbye to their Hopkins teachers and mentors and found their way to their proud families.
Please see the attached videos for the Salutatory and Valedictory speeches and Barbara Riley's Address. A complete video of Commencement can be watched online here: https://www.gobleachers.com/hopkins
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The Hopkins School Class of 2016
Ryan William Abbott * Ji Woo (Kristine) Ahn Jordan Benjamin Allen Lauren Anna Antonelli Stephen Liam Archer Emma Elizabeth Banks David Thomas Barber Julia Rose Bartimer Michael Grayson Bass * Shira Levy Bedford * Jaclyn Alexis Berkowitz Charlie Amelia Blair * Zachary Samuel Blitzer * Zachary Lewis Bloom Clare Arlington Boyle Isabelle Freed Breier * Zoe Alexandra Brodkin Gillian Beatrix Pfefferle Burns Sasha Nicole Cabin Maya Isabela Caicedo Omari Sewell Caldwell Sophia Charles Cappello Evan Cheng Kami Jingwei Chin Emmanuel Chishimba Chinyumba Mira Chugh Carmen David Ciardiello Calvin Robert Coffey Alison Leigh Cofrancesco William David Collier Lauren Elizabeth Corradi Thomas Christopher Coughlin Eleanor Grace Czepiel Bennett James Daponte-Smith Devika Das Lisanne Maria Bannister de Groot * Emma Deshpande * Simon Edgar Doss-Gollin Fiona Gordon Drenttel Annika Elizabeth Hartup Eberle Ryan Eccleston-Murdock Elliot Jerome Eisenberg Oliver Samuel Eisenberg * Aurora Sara Fernandez Maeve Aisling Marianne Flaherty Edens D'Andre Fleurizard Alexander Paul Florian William Colby Gardner Philip Alexander Geanakoplos * Rica Alexa Generoso Gabriel James Goodspeed Rachita Gupta Lauren Melanie Hagani * Thomas Jeffrey Halvorsen Henry Michael Shisheng Hanlon * Emily Shannon Hao * Megan Theresa Hickey Grant Christian Hill Annalise Yolanda Hilts Benjamin Maurice Hurwitz Maksym Kargin * Kai de Kadt Keevil Reed Nielsen Kelly Walter John Dean Kennedy James Riley Kesselring Serena Linnea Kleeman Eric Yu-Han Kong * Isabel Juliette Kristan Christiana Marie Lano Rebecca Jae Won Lee * Ethan Reid Lester * Daniel Joseph Leszczynski Jennifer Anne Levine Lynn Yuying Liu * Elizabeth Bloom Loffredo Miles Dixon Scipio Lourenco Spencer Winchester Lovejoy Fangxu Tiger Lu Avery Grace MacMullen * Emily Marie Malison * Kathleen Anne Malison * Ethan Joseph Marchetti Julian Hawkins Markese Catherine Gabriella Martin Lindsay Rose Martin Thomas Dalton McCaffery IV William Francis McGrath Adam Mehal Lindsay Elizabeth Meyerson * Arman Ranjan Mitra Grant Michael Moberg * Kaitlyn Rose Modzelewski Cameron Chi Morris Andrew Joseph Mosellie Eva Simone Mullineaux Justin Luangraj Nitirouth John Drew Laurence Nolan Qiu Shi Pan Raymond Richard Joseph Pantalena III Natalie Rose Passarelli Mitchell Thomas Patton * Evan Render Pham Meghan Isabelle Podolsky Madeline Therese Prister William Raymond Prum Jackson Bourke Quinn Eliza Anne Renn Jaileen Rivera Chrisshara Johnay Robinson Daniel Jacob Rock Jared Rene Rosamilia Thomas Michael Rosiello Catherine Maya Russell Katherine Flynn Sargent Andrew Jacob Herse Sedlack Mollie Rose Seidner William Thompson Simon Damini Singh James Robert Speer Matthew David Alexander Spence * Neha Srivastava Lidian Emerson Strange Preston Faitoute Stump Ruth Johanna Tomlin * Shannon Traynor Greyson Brian Twombly Juliette Hélène Verlaque Theodore Samuel Pritzker Vlock Alexandra Doering von Riesemann Nichlas Gustav Vranos Emily Zhihan Wang Shihan Wang Dorothy Miriam Warner Allison Hannah Weiss Emma Davi Weiss Leora Rebecca Weitzman David Peyton Wisdom Claire McGeady Yin * Grant Masao Young Charles Christopher Zane Maya Lee Zanger-Nadis Nikolas Antonis Zarikos Jonathan Frederick Zarrilli Michael Zhou *
Hopkins is a private middle school and high school for grades 7-12. Located on a campus overlooking New Haven, CT, the School takes pride in its intellectually curious students as well as its dedicated faculty and staff.