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Middletown Adult Ed Confers 85 Degrees, Grads Commended on Perseverance
Mayor Dan Drew commended the graduates for seizing an opportunity to create a better future for themselves and the children who look up to them.
Lauded for their fortuitousness, 85 members of the Middletown Adult Education Class of 2013 were told to reach for their dreams Tuesday night in a ceremony at the standing-room-only Middletown High School.
"Some of the kids I had at Woodrow Wilson," said Middletown Board of Education Chair Eugene Nocera, former vice principal at the middle school. "They stuck it out. Good for them," he said.
In all, 42 students received high school credit diplomas, 11 earned external diplomas and 32 a State of Connecticut high school diploma.
"In life you have a lot of opportunities to do good things and you seized this opportunity," Mayor Dan Drew told the graduates. "You're going to change the world, and you set an example for all the children in this audience tonight who are looking up to you. Your whole world is in front of you. The future is in front of you."
High school credit: Joshua James Andrew, Ryan Arpin, Daniel M. Averill, Ameia Sherese Bond, Vivian Brow, Royal Cade, Alexander Cardona, Nicole Elizabeth Cooper, Iharas J. Correa, Erica Ruth Cunningham, Dessire Rose Curren, Dillon D. Dewan, Cheyenne Rae Dickinson, Stephanie M. DiMauro, Michael Robert E. Dorsey, Karlene Marilyn Duplessis, James E. Everitt IV, Shar’brena Fitzpatrick, Shawn Christopher Flowers, Marina Fogarty, Zachary A. Forte, Richard D. Gardner, Joshua Brent Gonthier, James Kozikowski, Tyler John Kurze, Rose N. Lopez, Deryk Perfecto Mestre, Alexa Jade Miranda, Nicole Ojeda, Tuesday Ann Robbins, Davon Jamar Andre Sanders, Jose E. Santiago, Evan T. Schondorf, Nakesha C. Smalls, Jodi Lynn Smith, Nicole Angela Spada, Tyler James Sullivan, Jonathan Paul Thomassian, Shane Veras, Larry Brandon White, Bryan John Wilson and Jesse John Wolak.
External diplomas: Mary E. Armbrister, Vern R. Beckwith, Gina M. Chiulli, Mohammed Faruk, Kathleen Flanagan, Jason C. Judge, Thomas P. Loughnan, Devika Neemcharan, Michael Schuckie and Sergia A. Torres.
GED: Murat Aydin, Brooks Benford, Steve Binnington, Joshua Brown, Amanda Cantin, Nicholas Ciezynski, Nicholas Cozzi, Michael D’Amico, Leslie Denette, Bryan Farewell, Danielle Higgins, Tamie Holley, Sean Kerr, Ian McGrath, Bridget Miller, Daquan Moore, David Palmer, Danielle Revicki, Daniel Roget, Kyle Roscetti, Jacqueline Steele, Wilmarie Toro, Rashema Watson and Dorothy Younken.
Liberty Bank Scholarships were awarded to:
- Ameia Bond of Middletown. She plans to attend Middlesex Community College in the fall. She hopes to own her own business one day.
- Stephanie DiMauro of Middletown, who plans to attend Middlesex Community College in the fall and pursue a career in the medical field.
- Class speaker Marina Fogarty of Middletown will attend Middlesex Community College in the fall and hopes to pursue a career in social work.
- Bridget Miller of Middletown plans to attend Middlesex Community College in the fall and plans a career in business.
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