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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. — Northborough’s eighth graders said goodbye to middle school and hello to high school on Thursday morning during their graduation ceremony at Melican Middle School.
In the packed auditorium, Principal Patricia Montimurro offered a warm welcome to the students and parents assembled—and not just because of the 90 degree heat.
"I know one thing that is true about my eighth graders," she said. "It is that they are loved."
To the 225 students who graduated that day, she said: "You've supported each other, and you've had a whole lot of fun together.”
Student speaker Brenna Ransden described her experience at Melican as "unforgettable."
Though she said school wasn’t always easy, Brenna reminded her classmates of a quote by American newscaster David Brinkley, who said: "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
"After this year," she said, "I feel we are properly prepared for high school."
Student speaker Caroline MacClancy reminisced about how things had changed since her class arrived at Melican.
"By the end of [sixth grade]," she said, "No one remembered which elementary school everyone was from."
Later, MacClancy added, "The teachers were ready to whip us into shape for high school."
"They helped shape us into the young adults we will become," she said.
The following students, listed by class, graduated from Melican Middle School on Thursday:
Section 8-1: Mrs. Dupree
Rachel Bemis
Christopher Bigelow
Camden Brannon
Lindsey DeFeudis
Laina Dowd
Baelyn Duffy
Hannah Eisenhofer
Henry Fournier
Hannah Gillis
Laura Jacobson
Elise Johnson
Trent Jones
Brittany Leland
Caroline Leonard
Michael McCormack
Alexis O'Neil
Andrew Petlock
Matthew Reilly
Harrison Sandorfi
Bradley Smith
Olivia Tanzer
David Tennyson
Section 8-2: Mrs. Senior
Isabella Alex
Brian Bomarsi
Joseph Baverman
Alexandra Calabrese
Haedo Chung
Chloe Fay
Michael Guay
Kaitlin Johnson
Charles Jones
Shawn Joseph
Gabriella Kennedy
Ian Kosovsky
Colin Lambert
Timothy Lellman
John Loretta
Justin O'Connell
Amanda Pageau
Isabella Roy
Madyson Shea
Meredith Smith
Robert Tambascio
Katelyn Thebado
Riri Uchida
Section 8-3: Mr. Rudolf
John Clark IV
Matthew Collins
Eric Coughlin
Michelle Dickie
Brendan Earley
Sophie Jackson
Benjamin Macchi
Ann May
Kevin McKenna
Laura Melo
Max Michaud
Amber Mooers
Emma Murray
Brenna Ransden
Juliana Silva
Mariana Silva
Michael Tascione, Jr.
Karly Terra
Ashley Thompson
Ethan Tobin
Jason Truax
Ariel Wilbekin
Section 8-4: Mrs. Lincoln
Erin Berger
Alexa Canaan
Adrianne Cormier
Justin Covino
Stephan Duellberg II
Travis Gardner
Matthew Griffin
Tatyana Joseph
Anthony Lafreniere
Jackson Lirette
Kevin Lynch
Paige Michaud
Marissa Orifice
Marina Reinhardt
Cailyn Rodger
Jordyn Roy
Bryana Shackett
Annelise Shaughnessy
Hunter Shay
Natalia Silva
Bradley Stocklin
Patrick Sullivan
Nicholas Wood
Section 8-5: Mrs. Puopolo
Anthony Alessi
Francesca Bellizi
Taylor Crowley
Michaela Demeritt-Studholme
Charles Gallagher
Matthew Geoffrion
Naomi Greenspan
Steven Hayes
James Junker
Shelby Leland
Nicholas Longo
Jessica Marks
Michael Martens
Lauren McKie
Lindsay Merritt
Joshua Morton
Leighanne Pike
Jacob Rosen
Rachel Rudsit
Anna Sarrasin
Mason St. Onge
Kristen Vorderer
Section 8-6: Mrs. Jameson
Colleen Dagle
Allyson Delaney
Kirstin DeVries
Alexander DiPadua
Stephanie Francalancia
Jacob Gore
Ross Grasso
Christopher Hall
Meaghan Kane
Andrew Lawrence
Taylor Long
Jack McLarnon
Rebecka Miller
Mitchell Owen
William Polymeros
Jessica Rose
Daniel Shaughnessy
Rowan Smith
Madison Tatten
Krysta Uliasz
Taylor Wrightson
Section 8-7: Mr. Geoffroy
Jason Ahlquist
Matthew Burmeister
Emma Cadman
Brendan Clark
Sophia D'Angelo
Ryan Davison
Julia DeMattia
Brandon DiFulvio
Rachel English
Nicole Giannetto
Devin Kelley
Winslow Kidder
Yashaswini Makaram
Ethan McRae
Daniel Meath
Jacob Poretsky
Isabelle Seppa
Molly Travis
Kavya Verma
Joseph Wallace
Dominick Witkowski
Shannon Xu
Section 8-8: Mrs. Clayton
Jacob Agnew
Thomas Barth
Paloma Bernabel
Lauren Cammarano
Evan Carpinella
Erin Chute
Meghan Clarke
William Corwin
Lauren Donovan
Jackson Dowd
Marie Gadbois
Jonathan Howorth
Sarah Islam
Kathryn Massucco
Hannah Moran
Lauryn Nosevich
Christopher O'Brien
Alyson O'Connell
Joseph Panzera
Hannah Pollan
Megan Rose
Rachel Seymour
Annie Symons
Sara Travis
Caroline Wan
Jared Woislaw
Section 8-9: Mrs. Angelo
Daniel Barooshian
Jarod Dell’Arciprete
Darby Foster
Jacob Kelleher
Emilie Koza
Morgan Kreiss
Sarah Milnamow
Kayleigh Myerson
Evan Nelson
Dylan Page
Madison Perkins
Kathryn Pfeil
Patrick Priest
Junaid Rathore
Kaitlyn Shreeve
Fabricio Souza
Emily Stimson
Justin Stott
Erin Sullivan
Nicholas Vencile
Catherine West
Section 8-10: Mrs. Dubreuil
John Barooshian
Maria Batsolakis
Louis Boateng
Robyn Cooper
Danielle DellaPenna
Wesley Faria, Jr.
Jillian Furlong
Filipe Galvao
Sarah Hanlon
Christian Jacobson
Tyler Kerwin
LiPing Lin
Caroline MacClancy
Ashley Miller
Collin Mitchell
Angelica Payne
Dakota Picard
Jessica Powell
Gabrielle Russo
Gabrielle Steina
Dong Hyun Sung
Zachary Wilbur
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