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GREENFIELD — The last class to be schooled in the old Greenfield High School became the first class to graduate in the new high school building — but not before “filling this beautiful new building with class and spirit,” said Superintendent Jordana Harper. “This is a class I’ve been particularly proud to know; they were not only good scholars, but good people.”
Class President Samuel Kennedy said his classmates “have learned to lose and learned to win, but most of all we have learned to live as a piece of life’s puzzle.” He went on to talk about how his classmates, each a different puzzle piece, have fit together. “We are still connected,” he said. “We grew up together.”
Valedictorian M. Stefan Walker said his goodbyes to classmates by performing a solo piano piece called “New Day.”
Salutatorian Claire Abelson told of how someone dampened her enthusiasm for speaking at graduation by telling her: “Keep it short. No one cares what you have to say, they’re just here to see their kid graduate.”
Abelson said, “For the rest of our lives, people are going to be telling us what we think doesn’t matter. People want us to be quiet, submissive and small. Class, make some noise,” she told classmates, who let out a roar. “Be larger than life. Don’t accept things just because people tell you that is so. … Never be afraid to speak your mind.”
Principal Donna Woodcock’s parting advice to the class was to take time to identify the things they are grateful for, and to stick to their values.
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation,” she said, “because your character is what you really are and your reputation is what people think you are.”
SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE:
HONORS: Otniel Cojan, Kyle Conlin-Stolberg, Mirandah Coulombe, Julian DeCarr, Ajah Farrington, Rachel Howe, Samantha Hunting, Katherine Lamp, Natalie Lamp, Stephen Lively, Lena Mendoza, Alexandra Ortega, Liuba Sinigur, Meghan Sullivan, Mollie Sullivan, Cairo Usher,
HIGH HONORS: Grace DuSell, Zachary Lowell, Benjamin Poirier, Elizabeth Reed, Andrew Toritto, Leah Wallner.
HIGHEST HONORS: Claire Abelson, Eugenia Cojocaru, Robert Dods, Samuel Kennedy, Hannah Kieffer, Owen Schilling, M. Stefan Walker.
VALEDICTORIAN: M. Stefan Walker.
SALUTATORIAN: Claire Abelson.
Blanker Memorial Award-Benjamin Poirier.
Principal’s Service Award-Brendan Horan.
Frederick W. Porter Memorial Award — Claire Abelson and Samuel Kennedy.
Academic Awards:
Claire Abelson — French 5, Film Production, Green Wave Production.
William Alicea-Baez — Work Readiness Class, Life Skills.
Class Amber Avery — TV Studio Management, Financial Planning.
Gary Babineau — Transition Geometry, Transition ELA 11-12.
Karra Beauchesne — Work Readiness Class, Life Skills Math.
Mykal Bloom — Work Readiness Class, Life Skills Math.
Richard Bukowski — Weight Training
Joshua Cady — Modern Literature, French 5, Accounting I, Permaculture, Wellness Eugenia Cojocaru — AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, Accounting I Mirandah Coulombe — Precalculus, Permaculture
Robert Dods — The Study of South Africa, French 5, Culinary Arts II, Film Studies, Weight Training.
Grace DuSell — Journalism, 2-D Design, Ceramics Ajah Farrington — Spanish 4.
Carlos Gonzalez — The Study of South Africa, Exploring Computer Science, Financial Planning.
Nathaniel Herzig — Academic Support
Brendan Horan — Culinary Arts I.
Rachel Howe — Film Production, Green Wave Production.
Samuel Kennedy — Advanced European History, Green Wave Production, Athletic Director Internship.
Hannah Kieffer — AP US History, Wellness.
Jucarrah LaBelle — Green Wave Production.
D’Naisha Lewis — Creative Writing, Conceptual Chemistry, Poetry Fall Semester, 2-D Design.
Stephen Lively — Weight Training.
Zachary Lowell — Advanced Precalculus, Guitar Class.
Alyssa Mendoza — Chorus, Songwriting and Guitar.
Lena Mendoza — Film Production, Permaculture.
Kaitlyn Noyes — Accounting I, Physical Education 11/12.
Alexandra Ortega — American Literature, Journalism, Spanish 4, Physical Education Internship.
Benjamin Padua — Physical Education Internship, Wellness 11/12.
Austin Picard — Physical Education Internship.
Benjamin Poirier — AP Chemistry, Accounting II.
Raylyn Rockwood — Wellness 11/12.
Owen Schilling — AP Literature, TV Studio Management.
Brayten Stack — Wellness.
Matthew Stears — Accounting II, Permaculture, Wellness.
Andrew Toritto — APES.
Leah Wallner — Wellness 11/12.
Ashley Wheeler — Academic Support.
Stephen Wheeler — Entrepreneurial Business, Poetry Spring Semester. Tiffany Williams — Adaptive Physical Education Internship.
Nicholas Xayasouk — 2-D Design, Drawing, Weight Training.
Student Council Awards: Claire Abelson, Grace DuSell, Joshua Cady, Rachel Howe, Samuel Kennedy, Stephen Lively, Katherine Lamp, Leah Wallner, Nicholas Xayasouk
Athletic Awards: Claire Abelson — Cross Country 5, Indoor Track 4, Outdoor Track 5.
Mirandah Coulombe — Soccer 3, Outdoor Track 4.
Joshua Day — Soccer 3, Outdoor Track 2.
Ajah Farrington — Outdoor Track 4.
George Felogloy — Tennis 4.
Gail Gates — Fall Crush 4, Winter Crush 4.
Rachel Howe — Tennis 4.
Tyler Jacques — Baseball 3.
Katherine Lamp — Tennis 3.
D’Naisha Lewis — Fall Crush 3, Winter Crush 3.
Josiah McBarry — Soccer 3.
Alexandra Ortega — Volleyball 3 Maxim Pirozhkov — Football 3 Kelsey Roberts — Field Hockey
5, Basketball 5, Softball 4 Owen Schilling — Baseball 3 Brayten Stack — Football 4, Tennis 3 Meghan
Sullivan — Soccer 4 Mollie Sullivan — Soccer 4 Evelina Taraburca — Soccer 4 Andrew Toritto — Soccer 3.
M Stefan Walker — Tennis 4
Leah Wallner — Volleyball 4, Softball 4.
Elijah Xeno — Tennis 4.
Science Awards: Joshua Cady, Eugenia Cojocaru, Samuel Kennedy, Stephen Lively, Owen Schilling, Matthew Stears, Andrew Toritto
Paul Ainsworth Memorial Hockey Trophy — Antonio Velez.
Smith College Book Award: Sarah O’Sullivan.
Saint Michael’s College Book Award: Farrah Day, Mariam Samake.
Mount Holyoke College Book Award: Anna Jackowski.
Honor Cords: Art — William Alicea-Baez, Nicholas Xayasouk; Physical Education/Wellness-Benjamin Padua, Leah Wallner; Business Technology — Matthew Stears, Stephen Wheeler; Foreign Language — Ryan Barnes, Robert Dods, Ajah Farrington, Alexandra Ortega; Science- Samantha Hunting, Benjamin Poirier, Andrew Toritto; Construction Technology- George Felogloy; Mathematics- Eugenia Cojocaru, Samuel Kennedy, M. Stefan Walker; Music-Allison Fortin, Gail Gates, Hannah Kieffer; English — Joshua Cady, Carlos Gonzalez, D’Nashia Lewis; Exceptional Learning- Mykal Bloom; Social Studies-Claire Abelson, Katherine Lamp; Culinary — Zachary Lowell.
The US President’s Educational Gold Awards: Clarie Abelson, Otniel Cojan, Eugenia Cojocaru, Mirandah Coulombe, Julian DeCarr, Robert Dods, Grace DuSell, Samuel Kennedy, Hannah Kieffer, Katherine Lamp,Zachary Lowell, Lena Mendoza, Benjamin Poirier, Elizabeth Reed, Owen Schilling, Mollie Sullivan, Andrew Toritto, M. Stefan Walker, Leah Wallner.
The US President’s Educational Silver Award: Amber Avery, Gary Babineau, Richard Bukowski, Kyle Conlin-Stolberg, Joshua Day, Ajah Farrington, George Felogloy, Allison Fortin, Carlos Gonzalez,Brendan Horan, Rachel Howe, Samantha Hunting, Jucarrah LaBelle, Natalie Lamp, D’Naisha Lewis, Stephen Lively, Josiah McBarry, Alexandra Ortega, Kelsey Roberts, Raylyn Rockwood, Liuba Sinigur, Matthew Stears, Meghan Sullivan, Cairo Usher.
Art Department Book Award- D’Naisha Lewis.
ConstructionTechnology Book Award-Zachary Lowell.
English Department Book-Claire Abelson.
Foreign Language Department French Book Award — Eugenia Cojocaru.
Foreign Language Department Spanish Book Award — Elizabeth Reed
Mathematics Department Book Award — M. Stefan Walker
Music Department National Choral Award- Alyssa Mendoza.
Music Department John P. Sousa Award — Hannah Kieffer
Phys. Ed. and Wellness Department Book Award — Samuel Kennedy, Benjamin Poirier.
Science Department Book Award — Claire Abelson.
Dalton Chemistry Award — Benjamin Poirier.
M.Ross Burns Special Book Award — Andrew Toritto.
History Department Book Award — Mirandah Coulombe.
Special Education Book Award — William Alicea-Baez.
Silver G Award — Samuel Kennedy, Leah Wallner.
Tristan Molongoski Achievement Award — Brendan Horan.
American Legion School Award — Grace DuSell and Robert Dods.
Thomas Suchanek Athletic Scholarship Fund — Claire Abelson, Ajah Farrington, George Felogloy, Samuel Kennedy, Benjamin Poirier, Andrew Toritto.
Varsity Trophy — George Felogloy.
Sears Roebuck Trophy — Claire Abelson and Kelsey Roberts.
GHS Field Hockey Award — Kelsey Roberts.
The Stephen Golosh Memorial Football Award — Brayten Stack.
Jill E. Harrington Hanzalik Memorial Fund Scholarship Award — George Felogloy and Allison Fortin.
Caddie Consulting Hockey Scholarship — Antonio Velez.
Michelle Dupont Memorial Scholarship Award — Alexandra Ortega.
Lodge of Elks 1296 Sandri,Ulrich, Russell Scholarship — Alexandra Ortega.
Greenfield Kiwanis Club Awards,William A. Carlson Scholarship Awards — Claire Abelson, Eugenia Cojocaru, Joshua Day, Samuel Kennedy, Hannah Kieffer, Zachary Lowell, Andrew Toritto.
Daniela Zinn Memorial Scholarship Award — Hannah Kieffer.
David M. Petrin Memorial Award — Hannah Kieffer and Zachary Lowell.
Greenfield Police Association — Frank S. Roche II Memorial
Award — Josiah Camero.
Vision Source Award — Eugenia Cojocaru.
GCTV Media Award — Lena Mendoza
REAM(Retired Educators Association of Massachusetts) — Leah Wallner.
Aaron Franceschi-Green Memorial Award- Zachary Lowell.
Franklin First’s Scholarship — Eugenia Cojocaru and Hannah Kieffer.
Student Council Scholarship — Claire Abelson, Grace DuSell.
Massachusetts Student Council-Commonwealth Awards — Grace DuSell, Samuel Kennedy.
Nancy Mauri Robertson Memorial Award — Allison Fortin.
Alber Hearing Services Awards — Liuba Sinigur and Otneil Cojan.
Richard Russo English Writing Scholarship — Stephen Lively.
Gail Steinbring Memorial History Award — Claire Abelson, Louis J. Bush Science Award — Eugenia Cojocaru.
Weymouth Science Fund Award — Hannah Kieffer.
Jonathan W. Malloy Memorial Award — Zachary Lowell.
Maureen Carey Smith Memoria l- Kelsey Roberts.
Scott K. Woodcock Memorial Award — Benjamin Poirier and Andrew Toritto.
Greenfield Community College-Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation Scholarship Award — Ryan Barnes.
Gary Bitzer Memorial Music Award — Hannah Kieffer.
G.H.S. Memorial Music Awards — Alyssa Mendoza and Hannah Kieffer.
Women of the Moose Chapter 316 Award — Eugenia Cojocaru.
Barney and Evelyn K. Michelman Awards — Richard Bukowski, Josiah Camero, George Felogloy, Natalie Lamp, Zachary Lowell, Josiah McBarry, Don Nguyen, Austin Picard, Benjamin Poirier, Kelsey Roberts, Owen Schilling, Andrew Toritto.
Greenfield High School Award — Claire Abelson
2016 McScholar Athlete Awards — Samuel Kennedy and Clarie
Abelson.
Abigail and John Adams Scholarship Awards — Claire Abelson, Eugenia Cojocaru, Mirandah Coulombe, Julian DeCarr, Robert Dods, Grace DuSell, Samantha Hunting, Samuel Kennedy, Hannah Kieffer, Natalie Lamp, Stephen Lively, Lena Mendoza, Maxim Pirozhkov, Benjamin Poirier, Elizabeth Reed, Kelsey Roberts, Owen Schilling, Mollie Sullivan, Andrew Toritto, M. Stefan Walker, Leah Wallner.
Wells Trust Awards — Eugenia Cojocaru, Allison Fortin, Hannah Kieffer, Owen Schilling, Andrew Toritto, Nicholas Xayasouk.
Haskins Scholarships — Claire Abelson, Zachary Lowell.
Claire Halle Abelson, William Enrique Alicea-Baez, Casey Marie Antunes, Tamara Sunshine-Pearl Arsenault, Amber Jeanne-Marie Avery, Gary James Babineau, Ryan Thomas Barnes, Karra Ann Beauchesne, Mykal William Bloom, Richard Bukowski III, Joshua Herbert Cady, Josiah J.Camero, Otniel Cojan, Eugenia Cojocaru, Kyle L .Conlin-Stolberg, Mirandah Alexia Coulombe,
Joshua Day, Julian M. DeCarr, Robert M. Dods, Grace Lorraine DuSell, Ajah I. Farrington, George Felogloy, Allison N. Fortin, Gail Marie Gates, Carlos Maniel Gonzalez, Nathaniel James Herzig, Brendan James Horan, Rachel May Howe, Samantha J. Hunting, Tyler Paul Jacques, Ethan Thaddeusz-Bouthillier Joseph, Marie Clare Kashima, Samuel Lawrence Kennedy, Hannah Ruth Kieffer,
Jucarrah Rayne LaBelle, Katherine Lamp, Natalie Lamp, Naisha Lamarah Lewis, Stephen Gerald Lively, Zachary Tyler Lowell, Benjamin Andrew Magdalenski, Josiah Heath McBarry, Timothy Edward McCarthy, Andrew Ryan Boddie-McIntosh, Alyssa Thi Mendoza, Lena Thi Mendoza, Jackson T.Morgan, Don M. Nguyen, Austin Jeffrey Noyes, Kaitlyn Marie Noyes, Alexandra Marie Ortega, Benjamin Damien Padua, Sadie Anne Pelletier, Dylan Jacob Phillips, Chelsea Helena Phothirath, Austin Joshua Picard, Maxim S. Pirozhkov, Benjamin Joseph Poirier,
Elizabeth Rodriguez Reed, Kelsey J. Roberts, Raylyn Rockwood, Owen J. Schilling, Ryan Alexander Shaw, Ludmila Nicholaevna Sherstyukova, Liuba Sinigur, Brayten Stack, Matthew Taylor Stears, Meghan Ashley Sullivan, Mollie Alicia Sullivan, Evelina Taraburca, Andrew J. Toritto, Cairo Cordell Usher, Axel Javier Vazquez, Antonio R. Velez, M. Stefan Walker, Leah C. Wallner, Ashley Marie Wheeler, Stephen Worth Wheeler, Tiffany Beth Williams, Nicholas Cage Xayasouk, Elijah J. Xeno.