Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
The Episcopal Academy holds 232nd Commencement Exercises
134 students graduated on June 8
NEWTOWN SQUARE » The Episcopal Academy graduated 134 seniors at its 232nd Commencement exercises on Thursday, June 8. The ceremony took place in The Class of 1944 Chapel on the Newtown Square campus.
Students were recognized for their accomplishments and congratulated by Dr. T.J. Locke, Greville Haslam Head of School; Mr. Edward H. Vick ’62, Chair of the Board of Trustees; Dr. Delvin Dinkins, Head of Upper School; and Mr. Sam Willis, Form Dean and The Right Reverend Daniel G.P. Gutierrez, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. This year’s student speakers were valedictorian Corinne Ruth Patton Zanolli and salutatorian Cathy Luojia Wang. The Episcopal Academy Class of 2017 graduates include: Nickolas Christopher Alikakos,
Colson Michael Andrews, Daniel Scott Baker, Timothy Maguire Baker, Elizabeth Brooke Baxter*, Emily Barlow Beinkampen,Jack Lawson Brown, Helena Calhoun Bryant,Nicole Arianna Cannon, Nicolas H. Christianson*, Abigail Anne Chupein,Shane Ryan Conlin. Shannon Grace Conlin, Jeffrey James Coote,Dejah Cosby, Kayla Katrina Costalas, Lindsay Jane Craig, Shreya Saha Dalal,Alexa Nicole D’ Ambrosio *, Kevin Daniel, Ann in Kathleen Decker, Conner Stephen Delaney, Erika Nicole DeSantis, Sydney Glenn Donaldson, Madeline Rose Donatucci, Quinn Thomas Dudek, Jacqueline Hope Dzwonczyk, Nathan Robert Emrick, Alex Edward Eringis, Griffin Joseph Ernst, Dylan Thomas Everly, Ariana Marie Feliziani,Alexis Elizabeth Fischer, Caroline Elizabeth Fizzano, John Galliker Floyd-Jones, Kelly Rose Flynn*, Kathleen Elizabeth Foster, Ryan Gary Foster, Robert Joseph Frazier, Jon’avin Emmanuel Freeman, Matthew Andrew Geary Freese*, Elodie Julie Furey*,Ramon Doel Gallegos, Cyrus Jonathan Ghaderi,Shannon Patricia Gillespie*, Elizabeth Bunting Giordano, Connor Gates Gunsalus, Maxwell Hao Guo*, William Patrick Haab, Camryn Casey Pearl Hardy, Piper Hamilton Hartman, Kyle Patrick Hogan, Nicholas Talbot Horbowy*, Denny Lee Howell III, Emma Grace Howley, Colton Tanner Johnson, Maya Beatrix Johnston,Jakob Peter Jorgensen*, Sarah Anne Keffer*,Emma Elizabeth Kelly, Elizabeth Sara King*, Michael Richard Larkin, Amanda Frances Lee*, Audrey Morgan Lee, Theresa Trinity Lemke, Peter Donlon LeRoux,
HaYoung Stephana Lim, Jenna Louise Lotsis, Anran Lou, Alexis Joy Lowber*, Ashley Marie Lowber*, Taylor Elizabeth Lucey, Akinola Kofi Maja, Abhay Malik*, Tyler Reese Manion, Sydney Nicole Maple, Anthony Joseph Marcucci Jr., Matthew Henry Marino, Jake Norman Martellucci, Charles Joseph McAnally, Alexander John McLaughlin, Virginia Lee Carver McNeil, Margaret Elaine Mengel, Isabella Fiona Merchant, Jason Christopher Miller, Maximo Luciano Moyer*, Eloise Fay Nimoityn, Molly Kate O’Brien, John Kevin O’Connell, Madison Christine O’Reilly, Anja Marie Pelkola, Philip Alexander Persaud, Clara Alcira Petrucelli, Benjamin Buck Pinheiro*,Ian Kenneth Pott*,William Charles Purtill,
Jermaine Anthony Rhoden, Alexandra Helen Rider, Connor Harrison Ringwalt, Kasey Eleanor Riordan, Elizabeth Brooke Royer, Christopher Michael Rushton, Sonam Saxena, Ryan Allgood Schiller*, Jared Colin Seegars, Emma Walsh Seiberlich, Avikar Jay Shah, Lillian Ittle Shaner, Brandon Jeremiah Sheppard, Kelsey Harrison Slack, Gregory Paul Smith*, Brian Patrick Snow, Nicholas Gregory Stagliano, Nina Linda Stavropoulos, Gabriella Nicole Stockett, Sasha Ve’Nae Tancemore, Dallas Cameron Taylor, Philip Luis Tobar, Saliho Abraham Toure, Cameron Edward Van Hoorebeke, Kyle William Virbitsky, Cathy Luojia Wang, Maximilian Christopher White, Michael Thomas Wilkinson, Sarah Margaret Wingfield*,Thomas Curtis Woodville, Reilly Judith Wright*, Rachel Marie Yackel, Gossen Yang, Corinne Ruth Patton Zanolli*, Edward S. Zhao*, Felicia LinYue Zhu*, Megan Joan Zimmerman, Heidi Jane Zirnkilton. *Cum Laude Society
Class of 2017 facts: 45 AP Scholars; 28 National Merit Commended and Semi-Finalists; three students are attending college abroad; one student obtained a patent for his invention; and 800 hours of community service performed.
Founded in 1785, The Episcopal Academy is a PreK-12, coeducational, independent, day school that offers excellent academics, competitive athletics, diverse arts, strong community outreach, and superb facilities. The school offers a college-preparatory curriculum that blends time-honored approaches to education with new ways of learning that are aimed at preparing boys and girls for the world of tomorrow. The school’s mission is to challenge and nurture mind, body, and spirit, and to inspire boys and girls to lead lives of purpose, faith, and integrity.