Class of 2022

Watertown High Class of 2022’s Sprit & Kindness Celebrated at Graduation

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Charlie BreitroseWatertown High School Senior Leah Knipper-Davis hugs teacher David Mastro at the 2022 graduation ceremony. Many obstacles and challenges could have derailed Watertown High School’s Class of 2022, but the unstoppable group of students made the best of very difficult times to be an inspiration to themselves and the WHS faculty. Friday evening, the seniors received their diploma at the graduation ceremony at Victory Field. See the list of graduates by clicking here. Class Valedictorian Taylor Lambo said that she will look back on the times of joy, big and small, when she was “truly present,” and just enjoying the moment.

Anna Maria College

Watertown Student Part of Anna Maria College’s Class of 2022

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The following information was provided by Anna Maria College:

May 2022 marked a new chapter for Anna Maria College as the institution celebrated its 2022 Commencement Ceremony at the DCU Center in Worcester. The new and larger venue held nearly 300 graduates and 3,500 guests while still retaining Anna Maria’s sense of a tight-knit community. 

Watertown’s Michael C. MacNeil received his Master of Public Administration degree at the commencement on May 9, 2022. About Anna Maria College

Located just outside of Worcester in Paxton, Massachusetts, Anna Maria College is a 76-year-old private, co-educational institution inspired by the ideals of the Sisters of Saint Anne. We prepare our students to become ethical leaders by combining a values-based, service focused education with strong functional knowledge and the skills necessary to address the rapidly changing needs of their world. Anna Maria delivers undergraduate and graduate degrees along with certificate programs on campus and online.

Around Town

Congrats to the 2022 Watertown High School Graduates

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Members of the Watertown High School Class of 2022 throw their caps in the air. Congratulations to the 149 members of Watertown High School’s Class of 2022! The seniors graduated at Victory Field Friday evening. The Class of 2022

(+ Cum Laude Society, # National Honor Society, * Seal of Biliteracy, % Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction)

Millicent Anne Abboud

Marc Abizeid Daou

Jasmine Amani Affany

Kawish Ahmad

Mahera Ahmed

Mashaim Ahmed *

Alishba Amin #

Mason Benjamin Andrade #

Mary Anoush Ashbahian #*

Ariana Rose Aufiero

Gabriel Avedis Avakian #

Yaren Basboga

Bailey O’Connell Beirne

Livia Freire Brandao %

Theresa Elizabeth Cabral

Karys Elizabeth Cafua

Colin Vincent Campbell

Margaret Ann Cavanaugh #

Jesse Francis Cavarretta #

Philip Richard Centola +#*

Paula Cepeda-Taco *

William Cohen Connolly

Lara Catherine Cordeiro #

Michael Thomas Cormier-Luce

May Gelband Cort

Joseph Rocco Cottone

Madison Lee Cummings #

Sadie Elizabeth Currier-Brown

Maria Vitoria Lima DaSilva *

Gregory Aram Davidian

Edgardo Raul De La Cruz Chambergo *

Emanuel Filipe de Oliveira Carvalho

Marcelo Candido de Oliveira

Walef Emanuel Soares De Paula

Ali Abbas Dia

Devin Vinicio Diaz

Matthew Steven DiDucca

Brenden Sean Donovan

Zineb Drouzi *

Ana Ruth Duarte Cordero

William Edward Dyszczyk

Antonia Grace Erickson

Melissa Nicole Escamilla Flores

Catherine Rose Penczar Fabian +#

Claire Elizabeth Penczar Fabian +#

Emma Lindsey Fallon #

Sean Francis Finn

Sophia Raquel Garapetian

Audrey Ann Oliva Garland

Merideth Pauline Green +#

Manka Mehmedova Hadzhieva *

Joseph Patrick Haggerty

Daniella Andrea Hagopian

Anas Mohammed Haloui

Benjamin Harrison Heep

Fathema Heidari

Mona Ali Houjazy +#*

Noah John Houjazy

Viktorya Hovhannisyan %

Deion Howe

The WHS seniors enter Victory Field for Friday’s graduation ceremony. Eleni Sarah Hum +#

Dayra Yecenia Jimon

Jenna Julianna-Brussell Johnson

William Anthony Jokic *

Jack Christopher Jones +#

Catherine Sauda Namudu Jumba %

Alize Jatuporn Kamkaew

Lena Marie Karaguesian #

Hirusha Akalanka Karunaratne

Eva Carter Kelleher

Teju Kim

Leah Evelyn Knipper-Davis +#

David Khachek Kostikian

Niv Amelie Krasnow +#

Pierre Paul Frederick Labossiere

Taylor Allyn Lambo +#

Anthony James Lampasona

Devlynne Alexandra Loder

Bianca Romina Lopez Polanco *

Sabrina Siomara Lopez +#%

Carly Morgan MacCormack +#

Malcolm Thomas MacDonald

Michael Andersen MacNeill #

Alejandro Harry Maguire

Rio Joseph Maguire

Tobias Christopher Magzelci

Ameir Hasan Mahmoud

Gianna Rose Mariano

Nathan Eli Master

Sean Anthony James McCusker

Maressa De Oliveira Meireles *

Mercy Daliana Mejia Pocon %

Anna Maria Michaelidis

Ellie Marie Monahan

Luiz Henrique Dos Santos Mota

Ngaatendwe T.G Moyo

Aryaman Narendra Nagaraj

Caio Negreli *

Isabella Joy Nitschke

Jared Thomas Norton

Patrick Kizito Nsubuga

Giancarlo Nunez

Kara Ann O’Neil

Da’jon G’Vonni Offutt

Melissa Elizeth Orosco Barrios *

Colin Paul Owens

Zachary Hiro Paquette

Ronak Mukesh Patel

Adam Christopher Patterson

Andrea Elizabeth Penalis

Camndon James Reed

Lameh Abdulkader Rifai

Beatriz Oliveira Rocha

Lucas Negrini Rogge *

Cristina Isabel Romero

Neythanial Rosario

Patrick Joseph Rourke

Isaac Lambert Russo

Rey Enrique Sanchez Soto

Yunel Yunior Sanchez Soto

Ramon Marshall Sara

Sargis Sedrakyan #

Ivy Rose Williams Seek +#

Shivani Sharma #

Lucy A Simonian

Joseph Scott Spinelli

Aram Shant Stepanian

Ari Steve Stepanian

Laura Elizabeth Terry

Watertown’s seniors gathered for the last time to get their diplomas on Friday evening.

Schools

Minuteman High School Holds In-Person Graduation, See the Watertown Students

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Minuteman High SchoolMembers of the Minuteman High School Class of 2021 celebrate after graduation at the Lowell Auditorium. The following piece was provided by Minuteman High School:

On June 4, 138 students from the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Lexington graduated in an in-person ceremony at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, allowing an unlimited number of family members and friends to view the milestone event after the state lifted most COVID-19 gathering restrictions about a week ago. The ceremony was broadcast live on LexMedia; a video will be posted to the YouTube channels of LexMedia and Minuteman High School. The seniors of the Minuteman Class of 2021 have accomplished a lot despite a difficult year and a half – marked by remote and hybrid learning, and a loss of many activities. Thirteen students were named to the National Honor Society (denoted with an asterisks), which recognizes students in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership and character. Additionally, 94 seniors have received scholarships from Minuteman through various organizations and individual donors.

Schools

Congrats to the Watertown High School Class of 2021! See the List of Graduates

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Charlie BreitroseA 2021 Watertown High School senior waves toward the stands at Victory Field before Saturday’s graduation ceremony. Watertown High School seniors celebrated their graduation on Saturday at Victory Field. Honors:

+ Cum Laude Society

^ National Honor Sociey

* Seal of Biliteracy

# Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction

Watertown High School Class of 2021

Pargol Akbari *

Miar Amleh

Elaine Andrade ^

Leticia Andrade

Zainab Attar ^*

Emily Azevedo ^*

Christopher Baba

Zakary Babali

Leah Bailey +^

Jesse Bartolozzi

Cody Begg ^

Shabnam Begum

Morgan Beirne

Ahmed Bekdash ^

Jazmine Blaine-LaSanta

Louis Blaine-LaSanta

Dyanne Bonyuet +^*#

Jack Bunnell

Benjamin Burns-Shipps

Alexandra Calix

Kenan Canca ^

Kelly Caravantes

Wender Carlos *

Cavan Catalano

Nicholas Cavarretta

Gabriel Cinar

Kapriel Cinar

Madison Colon

Poppe Constable

Sebastian Correa

Paulo Costa

Jenna Cotter

Aidan Curry +^

Leah D’Amico ^

Grace Darmody ^

Sergey Davtyan

Kaylan De Sousa

Ana Vittoria DeFaria *

Nicole Delgado ^*#

Theodore DeRocher

Anthony Diallo

Nicholas DiPace

William Dolan

Kayleigh Dore ^

Seamas Doyle ^

Zoe Doyle ^*

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Kimberly Ellis

Audrey Ferguson

Tessa Ferrandi

Natalie Finton ^*#

Cole Fitzgerald

Allison Fitzpatrick ^*#

Iona Fleming ^

Rebecca Folse

Emma Forde

Dylan Francione

Christopher Gagnon

Lisandro Galdamez

Declan Gallagher

Lavender Gasciogne

Mario Greco

Damian Guanumen Parra ^

Stephanie Guler

Carolyn Gulley +^*

Rita Hackett +^

Angelina Halibian

Allend Hassan

Eva Henry *#

Bryan Hernandez

Jeremy Herrera

Adam Houjazy

Arman Hovhannisyan *

Dominick Howe

Joseph Ignacio *

Shakel Inniss

Lea Rena Jorekjian ^*

Shamaelle Joseph

Theresa Jumba

Amad Kabir *

Irene Kandilas ^

Miriam Karachi

Alicia Karunaratne ^

Tanya Kaya ^

Lauren Kempton

Shant Keshishian

Ahmed Khan

Fizza Khan

Waqas Khan

Sudais Khan

Caiden Kiani +^

Jonathan Kimera

David Kinnear

Raffi Lachinian

Christopher Lanni

Kaue Leal

Emily LeBlanc

Jaqueline Leitner

Ryan Leonard +^

George Lithotomos

Sean Loughran

Roberto Maguire

Justine Makisimu

Leyla Mandel +^

David Manoukian +^

Pablo Marques

Nelson Marquez

Nicole Matevosian

Lukas Matton

Danilsh McKoy

Enid McLawrence Toribio *

James Meehan

Karina Melkonian

Deborah Mendez-Capello

Arthur Metzker *

Katrin Mikaelyan

Teodora Misic +^*#

Suren Mkrtchyan *

Eva Morrissey

Javier Mota Lopez

Hannah Moylan

MaryKate Munroe

Niamh Murphy ^

Mira Musallam

Charlie BreitroseA member of the Watertown High School Class of 2021 gives an elbow bump after receiving his diploma. Harriet Neeley +^*

Maud Neeley +^*

Jamal Nelson

Julie Ngan

Jack Nicolas

Patricia Nsubuga

Matthew Oliveira De Mattos

Nicolas Oteri

Katelynn Palmer

Gleb Partensky

Atin Patel

Alexander Peters

Cooper Petrie ^

Jenna Petrie +^

Patricio Pino +^*#

Patcharaporn Pochaithong

Thomas Powderly +^

Sana Rafiq

Hina Rahman ^*

Jeffrey Ramirez

Giovanni Reyes

Juliana Reyes

Liana Rice ^*

John Riley

Matheus Rocha

Douglas Rodas Gonzalez

Giulia Salvucci +^*

Leticia Santos *

Rene Sargsyan

Oliver Schatzle

Caden Schultz

Lydia Seki

Nathan Sergi

Sabreena Shah

Maxim Sharapov

Sophie Shepard

Arlette Shirinian

Colin Simpson

Marcos Soares

Luis Solano Ramos

Olivia Sorensen

Gabriely Souza Nunes

Gabriel Spinelli

Daniel Stefano *

Bridget Sullivan

Anastasia Symonenko *

Wesley Szeto +^

Sarah Tabbara

Lana Taffel +^

Isabella Tancredo +^

Parsa Tehrani

Salar Tehrani

Janoah Thomas

Hrachya Tonyan ^

Nathan Valstyn

Suwapich Virojanadul *#

Gavia Vosbigian +^*#

Calvin Walter

Ryan Webber

Haley Wolff

Henry Yusem +^*

Christina Zouein ^

Schools

Watertown High School Class of 2021 Celebrates Graduation After a Very Challenging Year

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Charlie BreitroseA Watertown High School senior celebrates after receiving his diploma at the 2021 graduation ceremony. A celebration for the 2021 Watertown High School senior class was a long time coming, having endured the COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning and wearing masks in class. The grads had to wait an extra day due to weather concerns, but the delay did not dampen their spirits during Saturday morning’s graduation ceremony at Victory Field. WHS Class of 2021 Valedictorian Caiden Kiani, who also served as senior class president, said he has seen a lot of what goes on behind the scenes to make WHS run. He thanked a variety of people, including administrators, parents, counselors and others, but wanted to give some special thanks: the nursing staff, “who have helped us feel safe during the pandemic,” and the custodial staff, “who has worked extra hard to keep every room COVID free.”

Schools

Watertown High School Graduation to be In-Person, Seniors Will Have Prom, Other Events

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Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown High School’s Class of 2021 will hold an in-person graduation ceremony at Victory Field with no limits on guests. Pictured here, the Class of 2014 celebrates. Watertown High School’s graduation ceremony will return to Victory Field in 2021, with full attendance, and the senior class will also get to attend prom, the senior barbecue and other events. The Class of 2021 will graduate on Friday, June 4 at 6 p.m. at Victory Field, announced WHS Principal Joel Giacobozzi on Tuesday. There had been discussions about limiting the number of guests each student could invite, but with the change in the state’s COVID-19 guidelines the school will not limit the number of people attending the ceremony.