The sun shone on all 98 graduates at Rye Neck High School’s 118th Commencement Ceremony June 20.

 

 

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The sun shone on all 98 graduates at Rye Neck High School’s 118th Commencement Ceremony June 20. The Class of 2013 marched to the football stadium as the school band played “Pomp and Circumstance” and parents cheered from the bleachers. Principal Dr. Barbara Ferraro welcomed one and all, while Superintendent Dr. Peter Mustich declared, “You’re on the brink of a new adventure.”

 

Julia Rubin, who will be attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the class Salutatorian. Valedictorian Ryan Baal, spoke eloquently about taking on new challenges and expanded the “RN” of Rye Neck to mean, “Ready Now.” Cornell-bound in the fall, he noted, “Rye Neck is a part of who we are. What we’ve accomplished here will impact future classes. The experiences we’ve shared as a class will forever be etched in our minds and hearts.”

 

Keynote speaker Senator George Latimer was occupied in Albany, so Director of Guidance Ann Wallace expressed his regrets and read his remarks. The senator, a Rye resident of almost 30 years, said this day marked a commencement to the many stages of the graduates’ lives and called them all to public service. Congratulations, Class of 2013!

 

— Janice Llanes Fabry

Rye Neck High School Graduating Class of 2013
Robert Allen Bryan Ampuero Alex Anderson Carley Anderson Ryan Baal Carlo Balsamo Joshua Barach Christian Barreto William Bermingham Matthew Brennan Jonathan Bruenn Connor Byrne Jennifer Calderón Nicholas Cannon Damiana Carolini Allison Carruthers Barsha Chakraborty Megha Chakraborty Sydney Chiera Martin Colman Will Corrigan Corrine Corsa Jonathan DaSilva Jared  Daskal Anthony DeCicco Christopher Dellner Ignacio DeLucca Julia De Sanctis Nicolas Di Battista Alan  Espinoza Carissa Fernandez Talia Fiorentino Spencer Gelhard	Isaias Gonzalez Mark Patrick Hassenfratz Timothy Hogan Elena Hurlbut Peter  Ianniello Tyler Juscen Chisa Kakegawa William Kebbe Brian Kerr Michael Kopy Chelsea Kwong Anastasia Lafond Gavin  Lagani German Leveron Claudio Lisella Remy Litvin Alessandro Maffei Tild Maliqati Jeanine Mancheno Jibbrael McField Rio McGuire Eric Mendoza-Conner Rafael Mestanza Micaela Morelli Nickole Morgan Henry Murphy Athena Nathan Richard Nathan Joshua Noodt Paige O’Donnell Theresa O’Quinn Rita Orazi	Edward Perlman-Radcliffe James Quigley Skyler Radcliffe-Spina Jeffrey Robinowitz Julia Rubin Jennifer Rubinstein Jonathan Rubinstein Jacqueline  Sanchez Jessica Sensi Matthew Sickles Julia Solazzo Whitney Soriano Michael Spiegel Whitney Spiegel Nicholas Spiegler Taylor Stenroos Natalie Tanner Arianna Tardio Alexandra Tartaglia Alexander Thompson Rehema Ulli Victoria Valentine Tyler Vallejos Brolin Vasquez Erika Vidales Alyssa Vinzons Rachaela Violi Rachel Vollenweider Sara Wright Anthony Yellen Christina J. Yoo Midori Yoshino Daniel Young

Rye Neck High School College Choices
Adelphi University The University of Alabama American International College University of Baltimore Barnard College Bentley University Binghamton University Boston College Boston University University of Buffalo/SUNY Brooklyn College of the CUNY Buffalo State College of SUNY University of California/ Santa Barbara Cape Fear Community College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Castleton State College The Catholic University of America Champlain College University of Chicago City College of New York/CUNY Coastal Carolina University Colgate University Columbia College Columbia University Concordia College Concordia University, Montreal University of Connecticut The Cooper Union for     the Advancement of     Science & Art Cornell College Cornell University  CUNY Macaulay Honors College Dean College University of Delaware DePauw University Dickinson College Dominican College of Blauvelt Drexel University Duke University Eastern Connecticut State     University Elon University  Endicott College  Fairfield University  Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College Georgia Institute of     Technology Gettysburg College Hampshire College University of Hartford Hartwick College Harvard University High Point University  Hofstra University College of the Holy Cross Hunter College of the     CUNY	Indiana University at Bloomington Iona College Ithaca College James Madison University John Jay College of Criminal Justice Johns Hopkins University Keene State College Lehman College of the CUNY University of Louisville Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Macalester College Manhattan College Manhattanville College Marist College University of Maryland Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Massachusetts, Amherst Mercy College Miami University, Oxford University of Miami University of Michigan Mitchell College Mohawk Valley Community College Mount Ida College Mount Saint Mary College College of Mount Saint Vincent Muhlenberg College Nazareth College University of New Hampshire University of New Haven New York Institute of Technology New York University University of North Carolina Northeastern University University of Notre Dame Occidental College Ohio University Pace University, New York City Pace University, Westchester Pennsylvania State University Polytechnic Institute of NYU Providence College Purchase College Queens College of the CUNY Quinnipiac University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Rhode Island Rider University Robert Morris University	Roger Williams University Rollins College Sacred Heart University Saint Joseph’s University The College of Saint Rose Sarah Lawrence College Skidmore College Sophia University, Tokyo University of South Carolina So. Connecticut State University Southern Methodist University St. John’s University St. Thomas Aquinas College SUNY Albany SUNY New Paltz College of Staten Island Stonehill College Stony Brook University (Honors College) SUNY College at Brockport SUNY College at Cobleskill SUNY College at Cortland SUNY College at Geneseo SUNY College at Oneonta SUNY College at Potsdam SUNY College of Technology at Canton SUNY Fredonia SUNY Oswego SUNY Plattsburgh Susquehanna University Syracuse University The University of Tampa The New Community College] (CUNY) Towson University Tulane University Union College United States Naval Academy Utah Valley University Utica College Vanderbilt University Vassar College University of Vermont Villanova University Wake Forest University Waseda University, Tokyo Washington and Lee University Washington College Westchester Community College Westminster Choir College of Rider University Western New England University York College of Pennsylvania