There was plenty of pomp and encomiums and, happily, no challenging circumstances or pandemicomiums to prevent the 90th Rye High School Graduation Ceremony from proceeding as planned on June 19.
The crowd was welcomed by Principal Dr. Martin Fitzgerald who turned the podium over to Superintendent Dr. Eric Byrne.
The Latin orators described the journey of their class — its transitions, challenges, and triumphs — and shared indelible memories.
Before students walked with heads held high to the podium to receive their diplomas, they listened to the senior oration by Ezekiel Meulbroek, the salutatory address by Alexis Francis, a musical interlude by the Scales Club, and the valedictory address by Elizabeth Fink.
After mortar boards came down from the afternoon skies, families were heartened to gather with their graduates and friends linked arms, surely not for the last time.
Rye High School Class of 2021
Charles C. Abt
Hannah F. Adler
Sofia Ahumada
Wyatt Daniel Allen
Kyle Andrew Andrade
Paul Neil Angelastro
Peter Philip Angelastro
Sophie Annett
Kaisei Arai
Leslie Arellano
Catharina Ausfahl
Sofia Marie Axelrod
Naved Azim
Caitlyn Bach
Logan Tyler Baer
Emily Elizabeth Bainbridge
Mara Mae Ball
Jack Cameron Bartlett
Catherine Rebecca Batal
Joseph Samuel Beazely
Rachel Kristine Belanger
John A. Bergamini III
Noah William Birdsall
Sophie G. Brett
Francesca Brizio
Tyler Michael Brooks
Sophie Ariel Bross
Breanna Danielle Brownson
Dayana Bubb
Jonathan Bubb
Dylan Williams Bunder
Marion Kirby Burbank
Luke Hamilton Burnham
Eva Cantalapiedra
Matthew Dalton Capaldi
John Patrick Cassidy
Nicole Ceron
Kai F. Chait
Gloria Chang
Isabella Jane Chiaravalle
Madeleine Childs
Teague JDR Clark
Lucille Elizabeth Clarke
Nathan H. Collins
Kimberley Collinson
Alexander Vincent Conn
Kathlyn Coyne
Cara Michelle Cunningham
Anne Sanford Dailey
Tatum Shea Dailey
Luke Daly
Joshua Daniel Davies
William Tyler Deertz
Jaclyn Ann De Paola
Jamie Christine DePauw
Andrew F. DeRusso
Eoghan John Donnelly
Jeremy August Doornick
Shervin A. Dsouza
Nicolas Ian Eckstein
Sally Fraine Eggers
Stephanie Nicole Margaret Ellis
Benjamin Charles Elsen
Ewan J. Farr
Gabrielle Grace Fazzalari
Virginia Evangeline Field
Luke William Filor
Elizabeth Whitney Fink
Kevin Fitzgibbons
John Arthur Foresman
Jessica H. Foster
Alexis Lydia Francis
Matthew Franco
Gregory Darius Franzetti
Nathan Froah
Emma Christine Gagliano
Clara Maria Gallagher
Mercedes Gárate Sanz
Talia Gardner
Lindsay Drew Garfinkel
Jordan Mekhi Gaylord
Matthew Douglas Gencarelli
Laya Divyasree Gollamudi
Katherine Angela Gonzalez
Noelle Samantha Gori
Thiago Augusto Heider Drummond Gough
Ava Magdalena Greto
John Hall Griffiths
Jack Gruber
Gabriel A. Gurgitano Jr.
Athena Hadjipanayis
Ken Johannes Haesslein
Oliver Wilson Hager
Julianna Rose Halasz
Olivia H. Ham
Carolina Mercon Hammes
Helena Elizabeth Hargraves
Andrew Korff Harris
Ellie Jayne Hartman
Austin Connor Harvey
Nina Hanna Hauswirth
Marcos Antonio Hendler
Chase Stratmann Henjes
Allyson Natalie Hernandez
Chloe Herzog
Jack Benjamin Hirsch
Madeline Day Howson
Liam W. Hurley
Cory Hylton
Katherine Grace Iuliano
Chase M. Jackson
Emma Susan Jackson
Amar S. Jaswal
Ivy Emma Johnson
Emma Taylor Jones
Mia Josephina Kacha
Eason Kamander
Riki Katayama
Lucas Michael Kavulich
John Peter Keith
Bridget Genevieve Kelleher
Shane Elanor Kelly
Elisabeth C. Kirk
Isabelle Rose Knott
Clara Kruijtzer
James Richard LaMagna
Lucy T. Langer
Alexandra Eugenia Langley
Kaitlin M. Larkin
Madeleine Sally Louise Larzul
Amanda J. Latkany
Liam Lavelle
Alberto Laverón Blanco
Casey Brennan Lehmann
Andrew Lent
Geoffrey Thomas Lien
Hannah Alexandra Lloyd
Nicholas Van Logan
Jessup Daniel Lopez
Courtney Allison Lopp
Anisah Lozada
Hannah Josie Lutz
Elizabeth Mary Mackle
William Arthur Madigan
Joseph Magnus
Ilan Mark Mahmoudov
John A. Mambrino Jr.
Vincent J. Mandracchia
Frank G. Maro
Marin Martin
Issei Matsumoto
Airi Matsushita
Sophia Alexis McCarthy
William Judge McCullough
MaryKate McDermott
Eloise Grace McKinnon
Chantal Madeline McNairy
John Nicolas Melfi
Ezekiel W. Meulbroek
Natasha Anne Meyer
Ronin Alexander Miceli
William Stephen Mongillo
Joseph Robert Montalto
Cecily Pettus Mooney
Kenyon Walker Moore
Gerard J. Mosconi II
Samantha K. Mosconi
Ava Catherine Mullooly
Julian Hendrik Murdoch
Nicholas C. Murphy
Ramsey Nachman
Elinore Amy Neeves
Owen Thomas Trinh Nguyen
Lucia Nievas Molina
Amanda Maria Nilsson
Kaitlyn Marie Nolte
Wesley Simon Norton
Felix Sanders Nusbaum
Holly Emerson Nye
Jack Ronan O’Byrne
John McQuiggan O’Connor
Shotaro Odaka
Kenan Robert Oktay
Devon Lauren Ott
María José Pachón Fuentes
Christian J. Panagos
Tatiana Maria Paris
Sophie Elizabeth Parkin de Magalhaes
Simone Passarelli
Alyssa Makayla Pavlovsky
Christopher Michael Pecora
Lucas Andres Perez-Segnini
Elizabeth Reid Peron
Julie Charlotte Plink
Emma Gray Quinn
Jacqueline Karen Quirke
Ava Jennifer Ramachandran
Nicolas Alexander Read
Barrett James Regan
Zachary Ajay Rentala
Nicholas Anthony Rinaldi
Quinn McCabe Roche
Dylan Patrick Rodilosso
Alexandra Rosales
Donald Roger Roveto IV
Colin Lazar Rozowsky
Carina Emily Rudolph-Math
Caleigh L. Russo
Ryder Chase Ruttenberg
Keir Alick Sadler
Alessandra Rose Santia
Sean Savage
Daniel A. Saya
Gage Noah Schadt
Spencer Davis Schultz
Charles Stephen Schulz
Thomas William Sciulli
Matthew Scott
Trace Sculti
Jonathan Grant Sears
Joseph Holcombe Seitz
Lindsey Kayla Serena
Niklas Parag Sheth
Michael P. Sinnott
Brendan Matthew Slater
Madelyn Grace Slattery
Sora H. Small
Miles Mackenzie Smith
Mare Smits
Nathaniel Alexander Spierings
Rachel Emily Spiro
James T. Stanley
Caroline Elizabeth Stevens
Aidan John Sullivan
David R. Suranyi
Benjamin Adam Swartz
Jackson Scott Swiader
Samantha Rose Talt
Julie A. Tiedemann
Peter James Tonkel
Guian Maui Torres
Gisele Abbie Treichler
Meredith Jean Tutun
Elizabeth Anna van der Voort
Bianca Vitiello
Alexander Max Vollbrecht
Riley Theresa Volpe
Olivia Phoebe Walker
Dylan Walsh
Pamela M. Weckessar
Tom Weiss
James A. Weld
Amelia Caroline Welling
Caitlin Wexler
Zoe Whitehead Rockas
George Wong
Taylor Grace Worman
Yuki Yamashita
Aidan Thomas Zaicek
Nina Asia Zambianchi
The Colleges They Will Attend
Amherst College
Babson College
Bates College
Berklee School of Music
Binghamton University (8)
Boston College (7)
Boston University (3)
Bowdoin College
Brookdale Community College
Brown University
Bucknell University (3)
Catawba College
Catholic University
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College (2)
Colgate University (3)
College of the Holy Cross
College of William and Mary (4)
Columbia University (3)
Columbia University International Dual BA Program
Columbia University/Trinity College Dublin
Cornell University (6)
CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
CUNY Queens College
Dartmouth College
Denison University
Elon University (6)
Emerson College (2)
Fairfield University (2)
Fordham University
Furman University
Geoge Washington University (4)
Georgetown University (6)
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Hofstra University
Indiana University – Bloomington (3)
Johns Hopkins University (2)
Landmark College
Lehigh University
Lesley University
Lincoln Technical Institute
Manhattan College (2)
Marist College
McGill University
Miami University – Oxford (2)
Montclair State University
New York University (3)
Northeastern University (7)
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University (7)
Princeton University
Purdue University
Reed College (2)
Rice University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Roger Williams University
Sacred Heart University (3)
San Diego State University
Santa Clara University (4)
Skidmore College (2)
Southern Methodist University
Springfield College
St. Bonaventure University
St. Lawrence University (2)
SUNY at New Paltz
Stony Brook University
SUNY at Purchase College (3)
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Morrisville
SUNY Oneonta
SUNY Westchester Community College (2)
Syracuse University (3)
Tel Aviv University
Temple University
The New School (2)
The University of Tampa
Tufts University (5)
Tulane University (7)
U.S. Navy
Universidad de Navarra
University at Albany (SUNY)
University of California – Berkeley (3)
University of California – Davis
University of California – Irvine (2)
University of California – Los Angeles
University of California – San Diego
University of California – Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Colorado – Boulder (4)
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Exeter
University of Groningen
University of Miami (6)
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (2)
University of Notre Dame (2)
University of Oxford (2)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond (8)
University of Southern California (2)
University of St. Andrews (2)
University of Texas at Austin (2)
University of Vermont (2)
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin – Madison (6)
Vanderbilt University (2)
Villanova University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (2)
Wake Forest University (6)
Washington and Lee University
Washington University
Western University
Williams College (3)
Yale University