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PEABODY<br />
WEEKLY NEWS<br />
SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1957<br />
CONGRATULATIONS<br />
VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL<br />
CLASS OF 2021<br />
Class of 2021 members toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony on June 5.<br />
Photos by Spenser Hasak and Julia Hopkins
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Valedictorian Kira Shapiro delivers her address to graduates on June 5.<br />
The year that redefined success<br />
KIRA SHAPIRO<br />
CLASS VALEDICTORIAN<br />
Good morning friends, family,<br />
teachers, administrators and<br />
of course the graduating Class of<br />
2021.<br />
Before I begin this speech I<br />
want to thank all of you for giving<br />
me the opportunity to speak<br />
in front of you today at such an<br />
important occasion. I wanted to<br />
talk about something that is most<br />
likely on all of our minds today:<br />
success.<br />
Of course this word is going<br />
to be talked about a lot today.<br />
We're seniors about to graduate<br />
high school and that is a huge<br />
accomplishment itself. However<br />
cliche as this might sound I want<br />
to talk about the very definition<br />
of the word success. When I was<br />
little,this word had a very rigid<br />
definition for me as I'm sure it<br />
did for all of you as well. In order<br />
to be quote on quote successful<br />
you have to get the highest<br />
grades possible, go to the best<br />
school, make the most money,<br />
marry at a reasonable age, have<br />
kids and grow old, all while providing<br />
for your family. At least<br />
that's what society taught us.<br />
I don't know how many of<br />
us kept true to that definition,<br />
however I know I did. For some<br />
reason this was so ingrained in<br />
my head that I didn't see another<br />
way to be successful for<br />
13 years of my life I have done<br />
everything possible to be able to<br />
stand in front of you today and<br />
give this speech.<br />
While I'm grateful for everything<br />
I've accomplished and to<br />
have the opportunity to stand<br />
here in front of you today, this<br />
despite popular belief did not<br />
come naturally to me at all. In<br />
order for me to reach my unreasonably<br />
high goals I started to<br />
put an extreme amount of pressure<br />
on myself.<br />
I put school above everything.<br />
From dance to clubs to<br />
my own health, school always<br />
came first. Just as many of<br />
you, the schedule to maintain<br />
that success was ludicrous. In a<br />
normal year we are expected to<br />
go to school for six and a half<br />
hours, stay after for a game, go<br />
to practice or a club and then<br />
come home later that night to do<br />
all of our homework and studying<br />
before getting five hours of<br />
sleep just to do it all over again<br />
the next day.<br />
As much as hard work pays<br />
off, living like this definitely<br />
took a toll on my well being just<br />
as it would anyone else's. As<br />
GPAs and class ranks came out<br />
in the beginning of junior year,<br />
I had a sort of realization. This<br />
obsession that I had always had<br />
finally paid off when I saw that<br />
Number One next to me in the<br />
rank section. Or so I had thought.<br />
This was supposed to be the<br />
first step to me being successful<br />
so really this should have been<br />
my happiest moment. I know<br />
it may be hard to believe but it<br />
wasn't. I never understood why<br />
until I heard this quote a little<br />
while ago. It goes like this: "If<br />
you're happy doing what you're<br />
doing then nobody can tell you<br />
you're not successful."<br />
I know this probably sounds<br />
a little bit rich coming from me<br />
but it did come down to hearing<br />
this quote to truly understand<br />
where I went wrong. Through<br />
my twisted definition of success<br />
I had thought that if I lived up to<br />
this impossible standard I would<br />
finally be happy. Clearly that<br />
was not the case. In fact it was<br />
the exact opposite. Some immeasurable<br />
standard of success<br />
can never complete happiness.<br />
I had to learn this the hard way.<br />
All of our grades, GPAs, test<br />
scores, they are quantifiable<br />
amounts. They are standards<br />
created by society just like the<br />
definitions of success. Something<br />
as abstract as happiness<br />
and success cannot be created<br />
by these numbers. It is happiness<br />
itself that truly shows how<br />
successful one is. I would have<br />
never thought that just a simple<br />
quote would change my outlook<br />
on life but it has.<br />
When we look back on this<br />
graduation our class will be<br />
made up of entirely different<br />
people. Wherever your path will<br />
take you, whether it's moving to<br />
a different state or an entirely<br />
new career choice than the one<br />
you have planned now, I can<br />
only hope this small moment in<br />
time will have some impact on<br />
you all. With the year we have<br />
gone through this class has never<br />
been more prepared for what is<br />
to come. I can't wait to see where<br />
our lives take us.<br />
So to our future doctors, lawyers,<br />
teachers or anything else<br />
that the Class of 2021 will become,<br />
if you take only one thing<br />
from this speech focus on your<br />
happiness because that is the<br />
true way to success. I hope the<br />
class will one day look back and<br />
realize we have not only become<br />
successful, but we are unconditionally<br />
happy with our lives.<br />
Thank you for listening to my<br />
speech and congratulations to<br />
the Class of 2021.<br />
Congratulations to the Class of 2021!<br />
Wishing you the best of luck!<br />
“Do all the other things, the ambitious things - travel, get rich,<br />
get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…<br />
but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the<br />
direction of kindness.” - George Saunders<br />
Maria Salzillo<br />
Vice President, Realtor®<br />
Special congrats to my<br />
daughter, Chiara!<br />
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Maia Cummings<br />
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Matthew Dalton<br />
Anh Dang<br />
Kyleigh Daniels<br />
Emma Darling<br />
Arlene Davila<br />
Dylan Davis<br />
Peabody High School<br />
Class of 2021<br />
Be bold, be courageous, be your best.<br />
Let your Tanners’ Pride shine through!<br />
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Mathew Devin<br />
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Emily Dipirro<br />
Hallie Dipirro<br />
Daniel Dunbar<br />
Levi Duval<br />
Tristan Ell<br />
Arianna Espaillat<br />
Christopher Fabbo<br />
Chris Faraca<br />
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Karissa Fennelly<br />
Eric Ferguson<br />
Serena Finnemore<br />
Harrison Fisher<br />
Brandon Flammia<br />
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Congratulations to Vanessa Torosian<br />
and the Entire Class of 2021<br />
Wishing you a safe and healthy future<br />
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Brandon Glass<br />
Matthew Goggin<br />
India Goodman<br />
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Ava Haley<br />
Elizabeth Hart<br />
Jason Harvey<br />
Atiya Haynes<br />
Emma Hayward<br />
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Mia Hitchcock<br />
Sophia Hollingshed<br />
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Sophia Izzo<br />
Emily Jeter<br />
Samar Kandan<br />
Diana Karaj<br />
Pal Keka<br />
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CONGRATULATIONS 2021 GRADUATES!<br />
Best Wishes for all of your future dreams!<br />
& COM PA N Y<br />
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Danny Machado<br />
Erin MacNiel<br />
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Kyle Maglione<br />
Jake Malionek<br />
Alise Maltsev<br />
Emma Margossian<br />
Paul Martin<br />
Sara Martins<br />
Matthew McDonald<br />
Aidan McFadden<br />
Brianna Mcgillicuddy<br />
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Class of<br />
2021!<br />
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and Continued<br />
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Avery Swanson<br />
Nathaniel Swanson<br />
Joseph Swanton<br />
Amber Tafini<br />
Briana Tavarez<br />
Jonathan Teixeira<br />
Emily Thomas<br />
Juan Tolentino<br />
Zoe Torres<br />
Edson Uvalle<br />
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Class of 2021 members wait for the start of commencement at Veterans Memorial Field on Saturday, June 5.<br />
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Fun in sun to end a year like no other<br />
Senior Brandon Pszenny, left, pitches the ball to Cam Cuzzi as they enjoy the senior luau at<br />
Veterans Memorial High School on May 25.<br />
Emma Margossian plays cornhole during the senior luau.<br />
Diána Karaj plays cornhole during the senior luau.<br />
From left, Brodie Slate-Surrette, Matt Dalton, Aj Franklin, and Daniel Dunbar play Spike Ball<br />
during the senior luau.<br />
We are very proud of<br />
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Final fling of fun and games<br />
From left, Jolene Murphy, Jenna Lombard, Kira Shapiro, Paulina Straticos, Sydney O’Donnell,<br />
Emily Thomas, and Olivia Barrete soak up the sun during the senior luau.<br />
Dereck Perez leaps into the air to catch a football as he enjoy<br />
the senior luau with friends.<br />
Nicholas Sablone plays cornhole during the senior luau.<br />
Alex Denisco, left, Juan Tolentino, center, and Shay Palmer enjoy the senior luau.<br />
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Class of 2021 hits the road<br />
Seniors get ready to take part in the senior car parade on May 28 on the Veterans Memorial High School campus.<br />
From left, Maggie Brennan, Alysa Cavanaugh, Olivia Lavalle. Brianna McGillicuddy, Hailey<br />
Baker, and Elise Staunton pile into a convertible as they get ready to take part in the senior parade.<br />
Amber Kiricoples, left, Skylar Girard, center, and Hailey<br />
Baker fire off a confetti cannon as they take part in the senior<br />
car parade.<br />
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Seniors on a roll to success<br />
Amber Kiricoples, left, Skylar Girard, center, and Hailey Baker wave to teachers on a walk<br />
bridge during the senior car parade on May 28.<br />
Brianna Clary, left, and Julia Paulino decorate a car before<br />
the start of the parade.<br />
Jack O’Hara, left, and Cam Cuzzi get ready to take part in<br />
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Hailey Baker, Amber Kiricoples, and Skylar Girard get ready to celebrate during the senior parade.<br />
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Tanners pride drives senior car parade<br />
Isabella Catinazzo signs the windshield of Cam Cuzzi’s car before the start of the senior parade.<br />
Stephanie Guglielmo waves to classmates.<br />
A Peabody High School senior puts his “bulls up” as he takes<br />
part in the senior car parade around the school.<br />
NEWLY<br />
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Congratulations and Best of Luck to the Class of 2021!<br />
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Kicking back for fun on senior movie night<br />
From left, Tristain Ell, Brady Carpenter, Drew Lucas, Hailee Lomasney, Paulina Straticos, Sydney O’Donnell, Kayla Bonfanti, Jordyn Collins, and Amber<br />
Kiricoples attend the Peabody Senior Movie Night on June 3.<br />
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Senior celebrated June 3 with movie night<br />
Seniors gather together for the Peabody High Senior Movie<br />
Night on the high school grounds.<br />
From left, Zoe Cassidy, Carly Calnan, and Arlene Davila attend the Peabody High Senior Movie Night.<br />
Seniors gather together for the Peabody High Senior Movie Night held at the high school.<br />
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Veterans Memorial High School Class Essayist Olivia Barrette delivers her speech to graduates.<br />
We are lucky to be here today<br />
Olivia Barrete<br />
Class essayist<br />
It is an honor today to welcome<br />
you all to our commencement<br />
ceremony. I never thought<br />
this day would come so soon.<br />
Time really does fly. It feels like<br />
just yesterday that I was walking<br />
into this school as a freshman,<br />
getting lost trying to find my<br />
way to AP bio.<br />
I would like to take a moment<br />
to thank all of our friends, family<br />
and teachers for the unwavering<br />
support and guidance they<br />
have provided us for the last four<br />
years. Without them today truly<br />
would not be possible. I would<br />
also like to give a special thanks<br />
to my mom for all of her sacrifices,<br />
hard work and support<br />
throughout this journey with me.<br />
She truly is my inspiration and<br />
my hero.<br />
I want to start off by saying<br />
that I know this is not the senior<br />
year that we had hoped for. Senior<br />
year is something that you<br />
look forward to for the majority<br />
of your teenage years leading up<br />
to it. This was supposed to be the<br />
best year of high school, maybe<br />
for some of us even the best year<br />
of our lives.<br />
Instead our senior year was<br />
plagued with remote learning,<br />
cancellations of events and mask<br />
wearing. That being said, we are<br />
extremely lucky to be here today<br />
having a graduation with our<br />
loved ones present. Something<br />
that was unforeseen a year ago.<br />
Although we lost a lot this past<br />
year I personally believe that we<br />
learned an extremely valuable<br />
lesson that we would have never<br />
learned otherwise. That lesson is<br />
never taking things for granted<br />
and living your life to the fullest.<br />
Now I'm sure you've probably<br />
heard it said a million times before<br />
but nothing has put that into<br />
perspective for us like this pandemic<br />
has.<br />
This past year I learned a lot<br />
about myself. But more importantly,<br />
I learned how valuable<br />
some aspects of life truly are.<br />
Things like blasting music in<br />
the car with my friends during<br />
a late night drive, holding my<br />
baby cousin, hugging my family<br />
members, saying hello to my<br />
teachers in the hallways.<br />
I took all of these things for<br />
granted when in reality these<br />
were some of the most valuable<br />
moments in my life. I just didn;t<br />
realize it until they were taken<br />
away from me. People grow<br />
up believing that money, social<br />
status and popularity are what is<br />
most important. This past year<br />
has taught me that none of these<br />
things really matter. What matters<br />
most are the little things.<br />
The moments we share with<br />
the people we love that we will<br />
never forget. I think we spend so<br />
much time believing that certain<br />
things are important, we forget<br />
that it's our relationships with<br />
others that bring us the most joy.<br />
Moments that got us here today<br />
with our own personal goals and<br />
challenges in mind. But all roads<br />
led to the same place.<br />
We are graduating as the<br />
Class of 2021; a class that will<br />
go down in history. Similarly,<br />
when we leave here today<br />
we will likely all take different<br />
paths in life. Some of us will go<br />
to college, some of us will join<br />
the workforce and some will<br />
go to the military. But what we<br />
will all carry with us long after<br />
graduation is over is the resilience<br />
and perseverance that we<br />
displayed during this very challenging<br />
year.<br />
So my final message for you<br />
all here today is do what makes<br />
you happy as soon as you can,<br />
for as long as you can. Because<br />
you never know what the future<br />
holds and you never know when<br />
a curveball is going to be thrown<br />
your way. The rest of our lives<br />
are going to fly by even faster<br />
than high school did. So do what<br />
makes you happy and never take<br />
for granted what you have in<br />
front of you.<br />
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Sunny send off for Class of 2021<br />
Sadai Headley-Mawasi smiles as she holds her diploma.<br />
Aja Alimonti shakes hands with Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt Jr. as she receives her diploma.<br />
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A fitting end to a year to remember<br />
Class of 2021 members look on during the commencement ceremony held Veterans Memorial High School on June 5.<br />
The Class of 2021 takes the field carrying flags representative of their family heritages.<br />
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Pomp and circumstance; fun and sun<br />
Class of 2021 member Edson Uvalle flies a Black Lives Matter flag and a Pride flag as he walks to receive his diploma.<br />
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Fenwick<br />
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Alexa Bettencourt<br />
Lea Bettencourt<br />
Brandon Bloom<br />
Colby Browne<br />
Cade Buckley<br />
Mikayla Buckley<br />
Samantha Cahill<br />
Mary-Kate Connell<br />
Maxwell Corson<br />
Georgia Davis<br />
Emily Delbene<br />
Erica Dellisola<br />
Caitlin Desmond<br />
Jenna Durkin<br />
Aidan Dwyer<br />
Scott Emerson<br />
Alessandra Fabbo<br />
Shariel Joy Fielder<br />
Isabella Forte<br />
Alessandra Franzese<br />
Ryan Fritz<br />
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Hanna Johnson<br />
Christian Loescher<br />
Leah Malala<br />
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Deirdre McKenna<br />
Rylee Mello<br />
Shannon Nagy<br />
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Amy Plourde<br />
Daniel Richard<br />
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Fenwick honors Class of 2021<br />
PEABODY — The 145<br />
members of the Bishop Fenwick<br />
Class of 2021 are from more<br />
than 30 communities spanning<br />
the Greater Boston area as well<br />
as foreign students.<br />
Seniors are required to choose<br />
and execute a service project as<br />
a graduation requirement. As a<br />
result, the class has given well<br />
more than 6,000 hours in community<br />
service this year.<br />
The Senior Class Gift was<br />
the creation of a service award<br />
in memory of Mr. John Meehan,<br />
Director of Facilities at Fenwick<br />
and previously at St. Mary of<br />
the Annunciation. Mr. Meehan<br />
died this spring and was a much<br />
loved and long-time member of<br />
the Fenwick Community. The<br />
award will be given each year<br />
at graduation to a member of the<br />
Fenwick community.<br />
The class includes 34 members<br />
(more than 23 percent)<br />
who committed to play a sport<br />
in college 17 members of the<br />
class have parents and/or grandparents<br />
who also graduated<br />
from Fenwick Valedictorian is<br />
Meghan Cabral of Stoneham<br />
who will be attending Boston<br />
College in the Fall Salutatorian<br />
is Samantha Cahill of Peabody<br />
who will be attending Northeastern<br />
in the fall.<br />
Class Officers are:<br />
Elani Gikas of Peabody, Student<br />
Activities Council President<br />
Alexa Bettencourt of Peabody,<br />
Senior Class President<br />
Colby Browne of Peabody, Senior<br />
Class Vice President<br />
Alexandra Pignone of Stoneham,<br />
Student Activities Council<br />
Secretary<br />
Ryan O'Connor of Melrose,<br />
Student Activities Council Treasurer<br />
THE ST. JULIE<br />
BILLIART AWARD<br />
Alexandra Pignone of Stoneham<br />
THE O'ROURKE<br />
SERVICE AWARD<br />
Tess Nally of Salem<br />
THE HOWARD T. McCOR-<br />
MACK AWARD<br />
Ryan O'Connor of Melrose<br />
SR. MARY<br />
LOUISE BURNS, SND<br />
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD<br />
Lily Brown of Salem<br />
SR. MARGARET<br />
MELVILLE, SND AWARD<br />
Swetha Saravanakumar of Peabody<br />
ALBERT C. PLANTE<br />
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD<br />
Emma Rotondo of Winthrop<br />
LESLEY ANN OLIVER<br />
MEMORIAL SCHOLAR-<br />
SHIP<br />
Shannon Corcoran of Beverly<br />
CHRISTINE O'DONNELL<br />
MEMORIAL SCHOLAR-<br />
SHIP<br />
Colby Browne of Peabody<br />
JAMES BRADY MEMORI-<br />
AL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD<br />
Jake Connolly of Salem<br />
HELEN GAIESKI<br />
MEMORIAL<br />
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD<br />
Emily DelBene of Peabody<br />
BISHOP FENWICK STU-<br />
DENT COUNCIL SCHOL-<br />
ARSHIP<br />
Elani Gikas of Peabody<br />
DONALDSON AWARD<br />
Daniel Richard of Peabody<br />
ROSS KETCHOPULOS<br />
MEMORIAL SCHOLAR-<br />
SHIP AWARD<br />
Breanna Benoit of Salem<br />
NOTRE DAME AWARD<br />
Mia Tsaparlis<br />
STUDENT<br />
ATHLETE AWARD<br />
Jimmy Espinal of Salem, Veronica<br />
Tache of Middleton<br />
Best Athletes:<br />
Tucker Destino of Gloucester<br />
and Paige Littlehale of Melrose<br />
ATHLETIC<br />
INTEGRITY AWARD<br />
Aidan Dwyer of Peabody &<br />
Brynn Bertucci of Beverly<br />
ST. GENESIUS<br />
AWARD FOR DRAMA<br />
Erica Dellisola of Peabody<br />
NATIONAL SCHOOL<br />
CHORAL AWARD<br />
Brianna Harding of Salem<br />
RECOGNITION FOR<br />
HIGH SCORER ON THE<br />
MATH TEAM<br />
Alexa Bettencourt of Peabody<br />
SCHOLASTIC<br />
ART AWARDS<br />
Hanna Johnson of Peabody, Serena<br />
McCarthy of Topsfield, and<br />
Charles O'Hare of Salem<br />
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA<br />
BAND AWARD<br />
Johnathan Rutkowski of Salem<br />
ACADEMIC<br />
EXCELLENCE AWARDS<br />
Theology Emma Rotondo of<br />
Winthrop<br />
English Meghan Cabral of<br />
Stoneham<br />
Math Meghan Cabral of Stoneham<br />
Science Meghan Cabral of<br />
Stoneham<br />
Foreign Language Ryan Stolarz<br />
of Marblehead<br />
Social Studies Grace Wagner of<br />
Melrose<br />
Fine Arts Samantha Summa of<br />
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Bishop Fenwick awards diplomas to 145 graduates<br />
By Steve KrauSe<br />
PEABODY — Bishop Fenwick<br />
High School conferred<br />
145 diplomas during its 59th<br />
graduation ceremony Thursday<br />
night at Donaldson Field on<br />
May 27.<br />
New to the ceremony this<br />
year was the John J. Meehan<br />
Service Award, which was given<br />
to a person on campus for<br />
distinguished service. In the<br />
future, that award will be voted<br />
upon by the student body. This<br />
year, however, the award was<br />
given by acclamation to school<br />
nurse Jennifer Faragi.<br />
Meehan, who died suddenly<br />
this spring, was the director of<br />
facilities at Fenwick and previously<br />
worked at St. Mary of the<br />
Annunciation in Danvers.<br />
Principal Cecilia Marquez<br />
presented the Bishop Benedict<br />
Joseph Fenwick Award to a<br />
male and female student who,<br />
in the eyes of the administration<br />
and faculty, best exemplified<br />
the ideals on which the school<br />
was built. This year's winners<br />
were Jenna Barbara Durkin and<br />
Matthew Joseph Juneau.<br />
The COVID-19 pandemic<br />
and its effects were much on the<br />
minds of the graduates Thursday<br />
night, from the greetings by<br />
Class President Alexa Morgan<br />
Bettencourt to Salutatorian Samantha<br />
Jane Cahill to Valedictorian<br />
Meghan Leigh Cabral.<br />
"It's especially nice to see so<br />
many smiles as the world slowly<br />
returns to normal,” Bettencourt<br />
said. “We went through<br />
something no other graduating<br />
class has gone through.”<br />
Bettencourt also thanked the<br />
faculty and the administration<br />
for "making students feel like<br />
coming to school every day was<br />
more than just going to class."<br />
"We made it through a global<br />
pandemic together," said Cahill,<br />
who will attend Northeastern in<br />
the fall, "and we persevered. We<br />
did not quit."<br />
Cahill also talked about her<br />
theology teacher at Fenwick,<br />
who said, "you are all unique<br />
individuals and your own masterpieces."<br />
That was true, she said.<br />
"We have grown into what<br />
we're meant to be, and we will<br />
continue to grow into what<br />
we're meant to be."<br />
Cabral also touched on the<br />
pandemic, but also talked about<br />
relationships and connections<br />
among people.<br />
"We have endured the storms<br />
of some of the most unfathomable<br />
events," Cabral said.<br />
"We've yelled at each other<br />
through plexiglass dividers, and<br />
looked at each other on computer<br />
screens."<br />
But, the Boston College-bound<br />
student said, despite<br />
the hardships of remote<br />
learning and other COVID-19<br />
protocols, she also talked about<br />
her own self-discovery, as expressed<br />
in one of the essays she<br />
wrote when she was applying<br />
for college.<br />
We all, she said, "see ourselves<br />
as the sun. Our friends<br />
and family orbit around us …<br />
we are the centers of our own<br />
solar systems.<br />
"I'm sure we all have our<br />
own internal challenges, and internal<br />
demons," she said. "But<br />
you are not the only stars in the<br />
universe. Everyone is their own<br />
sun, hissing with hurt and glowing<br />
with accomplishment.<br />
"We have changed each other's<br />
lives," she said.<br />
Seniors were required to<br />
choose and execute a service<br />
project as a graduation requirement.<br />
As a result, the class has<br />
contributed more than 6,000<br />
hours in community service this<br />
year.<br />
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COURTESY PHOTO | ST. JOHN’S PREP<br />
Members of the Class of 2021 face the flag during the national anthem prior to the 111th St. John’s Preparatory School commencement at Cronin Memorial<br />
Stadium on the school’s campus on May 22.<br />
St. John’s Prep graduates 258<br />
at 111th Commencement<br />
By Anne MArie ToBin<br />
DANVERS — St. John’s<br />
Preparatory School held its<br />
111th Commencement exercises<br />
Saturday, May 22.<br />
Headmaster Edward P. Hardiman,<br />
Ph.D. conferred diplomas<br />
upon 258 graduates during an<br />
outdoor, socially-distanced ceremony<br />
held on Cronin Memorial<br />
Stadium's Glatz Field.<br />
“There are no appropriate<br />
words that could aptly capture<br />
what each person in this stadium<br />
has experienced since 2:45<br />
pm on March 12 of 2020 (due<br />
to the Commonwealth’s state of<br />
emergency declaration),” said<br />
Dr. Hardiman, adding that the<br />
class was the first since 1948 to<br />
include students who started as<br />
seventh graders.<br />
“It would be foolhardy to<br />
attempt to summarize this experience<br />
given that each of you<br />
has endured this public health<br />
crisis in different ways, with different<br />
challenges and different<br />
outcomes," Dr. Hardiman said.<br />
“While you each have different<br />
gifts, talents and experiences,<br />
you have made connections,<br />
built bridges and overcome obstacles,<br />
and you’ve done it beyond<br />
just the last 435 days.<br />
"It’s been an honor and a privilege<br />
to learn with you and from<br />
you throughout your time here.<br />
Keep building, keep dreaming,<br />
keep adapting, keep learning and<br />
always remember that you never<br />
walk alone. We are always with<br />
you.”<br />
Michael Maddison of Lynnfield<br />
was the class valedictorian.<br />
In his address, Maddison<br />
urged his classmates “to have<br />
the courage to be yourself.”<br />
He reflected on his belief that<br />
all new graduates need to open<br />
their hearts and their minds.<br />
“Who we all are is a mysterious<br />
mixture of the passions we<br />
choose and the identities we are<br />
born with,” said Maddison, who<br />
graduated St. John’s with a 4.73<br />
GPA and will attend Dartmouth<br />
College.<br />
“In my experience, many passions<br />
… are generally accepted.<br />
Identities are a bit trickier, since<br />
some identities are less accepted<br />
than others. We are multifaceted,<br />
but we are also completely in<br />
love with the things that make<br />
up our personalities. I leave you<br />
all with this: Make use of (life’s)<br />
moments — big and small —<br />
with everyone. Our diversity is a<br />
gift. Inclusivity is how we celebrate<br />
it.”<br />
Fifty-two percent of the graduates<br />
were members of the National<br />
Honor Society, while nine<br />
earned commendation as National<br />
Merit Scholars. A remarkable<br />
37 Eagles student athletes<br />
signed national letters of intent<br />
to continue their sports careers<br />
in college.<br />
This year’s seniors represented<br />
44 cities and towns across the<br />
Commonwealth, including as far<br />
south as Brighton, as far west<br />
as Westford, and as far north as<br />
Newburyport. There were seven<br />
international students.<br />
Family was a prominent<br />
theme, as there were 28 legacy<br />
graduates and many others with<br />
familial connections.<br />
“My son, Jack, graduated<br />
here in 2017, my son, Thomas,<br />
received his diploma today, and<br />
my nephew will graduate next<br />
year,” said Brenda Ligh of Peabody.<br />
“This has been a tremendously<br />
difficult time for so many<br />
more people than just those<br />
in this school community, but<br />
having an opportunity to come<br />
together and share in these graduates’<br />
experience as they close<br />
one chapter and begin another<br />
is something that I think we all<br />
cherish, especially because there<br />
was no guarantee an in-person<br />
graduation would ever happen.”<br />
Marblehead's Sean Heffernan<br />
and Lynnfield's Andrew Vittiglio<br />
received Loyalty and Service<br />
awards during a virtual Senior<br />
Awards ceremony held earlier<br />
this month. Salem's Noah Thomas<br />
received the Paul “Buster”<br />
DiVincenzo ‘50 Athletic Director's<br />
Award. Peabody's Nicholas<br />
Fursey received the Sean Lynch<br />
'85 Scholarship Award, while<br />
Maddison received a Stephen J.<br />
Kiely ’68 Scholarship Award.<br />
The top 5 percent of the senior<br />
class in academic performance<br />
(in addition to Maddison)<br />
included Nolan Adam of<br />
Marblehead and Mark Zolott of<br />
Swampscott. At Friday's Baccalaureate<br />
Liturgy, Adam was recognized<br />
with a Campus Ministry<br />
Award.<br />
St. John’s Prep will hold a<br />
limited-admission eighth-grade<br />
promotion ceremony for the<br />
Class of 2025 on June 3. The<br />
event will serve to recognize the<br />
class’s 113 students’ resilience,<br />
leadership and focus throughout<br />
this school year as well as<br />
honor individual and collective<br />
achievements.<br />
Anne Marie Tobin can be<br />
reached at atobin@itemlive.<br />
com.<br />
Congratulations to the Class of 2021<br />
from all of us at<br />
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