On June 22, Rye Neck High School held its 122nd Commencement. After the 127 members of the Class of 2017 proceeded to the tune of Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance, Dr. Scott Mosenthal, welcomed a big and enthusiastic crowd of family and friends.
The Valedictorian was Fraser Shaw, class president. Emily Crook was the Salutatorian. Both students were recipients of several departmental awards as well.
After keynote speaker Isabel Richardson, a 2007 Rye Neck grad, shared her experiences over the last decade, Patty Nashelsky, president of the Board of Education, had the pleasure of presenting the diplomas.
Photos by Pedro Garcia
The Rye Neck High School Class of 2017
| Alyson Miller Abbatantono | Adrian Henry Dawkins Samantha Calderon Figueroa Kyle Fox |
Reed Ernest Peterson |
| Adrian David Aguilar | Ian R. Gabriele | Jaycie K. Pillig |
| Gabriel Ajram | Luis Galeano | Demi LaAn Pirrone |
| Robert Norman Alter | Peter Gallagher | Matthew Ponticiello |
| Marco Andreoli | Lizbeth Garcia | Alexsander Preldakaj |
| Benjamin Abraham Banker | Daniel Garofalo | Samantha Madeline Pulcino |
| Jesse M. Barreto | Jessica Giordano | Michael Raymond Quartararo |
| Philip Thomas Beebe | Aliya Glattstein | Cole Redding |
| Oliver Sam Beecham | Amoré Santese Gordon | Kevin Reimers |
| Jack Bharucha | Hunter Judd Greenhill | Brian Reyes |
| Lisa Jane Bianco | McNeil Guzzetta | Jose Reynoso |
| Maria Bianco | Franklin D. Rios | |
| Julia Blondel | Jillian B. Hurlbut | Neffin Sanchez |
| Haley Bruno | Helena Elizabeth Jones | Steven Saputo |
| Gabriela Cajas | Claire Elizabeth Julian | Fraser Shaw |
| Hana Kawano | Henry Shiffer | |
| Jacqueline Capossela | Alexander Kebbe | Christina Anne Shin |
| Gabriela R. Carducci | Timothy Kelley | Sharleen Simo |
| Jack Carducci | Noah Klur | Carly Rose Sonenclar |
| Luigi Carolini | Pierre Klur | Bruna Souto |
| Nicolas Carucci | Matthew Wynne Lawhon | Logan Richard Spencer |
| Russell Thomas Caster | Madeline Sue Leeds | Emma Port Stainkamp |
| Christian Cefaloni | Kol Arthur Xavier Lewis | Justin T. Sturgis |
| Nicole Lee Chmelecki | Kathryn Lia Loffredo | Benjamin S. Styler |
| Mary Rose Cintron | Jacquilyn C. Longbucco | Camryn Eliza Sullivan |
| Alison Cohen | Alissa Luceno | Kaitlene Liv Tan |
| Benjamin Colantonio | Gabriella Maffei | Luisa Tito |
| Matthew Collado | Giovanni Gustavo Maffei | Nicolas Toutoungis |
| Jahliv Cornelius | Kelly Maitland | Jack Robert Van Buren |
| Grace Cozine | Viktoriya M. Manolova | Ogla Yanira Vasquez |
| Emily Crook | Nicole Adelina Manzella | Amberly A. Velasquez |
| Pedro Augusto Cueto | Bria Rose McClain | Elizabeth M. Violi |
| Alex Dean DeLitta | Davidson Sonny Mede | Victoria A. Violi |
| Anthony Michael DeRose | Isaak Meier | Henri Wang |
| Cristina Michelle DeRose | Nadia Naeem | Taleeya J. Ward |
| Nicholas John D’Errico | Owen Riley Nashelsky | Molly Lucas Weiner |
| Erin Rose Drace | Alexandra Mendes Oaks | Ellie Williams |
| Agustin Duarte | Kiara Veronica O’Day | Rachel Marie Wurzburger |
| Emma Dufault | Andrew R. O’Hanlon | Amber G. Yang |
| Mia Dunn | Cosimo Panetta Jr. | Nikolas Alexander Yergo |
| Jack Anthony Michael Evans | Corey Alexander Parker | Catherine Yoo |
| Jake Fagen | Maxwell Pasquina | Gabriel Zangiacomi |
| Cristal Finkenberg | ||
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