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Saint Bernard Graduation 2018

Posted on June 06, 2018 in: School News

By Shari L. Marderness

Saint Bernard School celebrated the graduation of 59 students on Friday, May 25, at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. The ceremony included a lively speech from senior Henry Cox, of Pawcatuck, who was chosen by a faculty panel to give the Orator’s Address.

“I speak for most everyone’s experience as a student here when I say that Saint Bernard is home. This is that one-of-a-kind special place that will make you feel welcome … and proud to by yourself,” he said.

This year, 9 alumni parents and 2 alumni grandparents received alumni medals. It is tradition for graduating seniors to present medals to their parents and grandparents who are also Saint Bernard graduates. Recipients were: James Cawley ‘67, Elizabeth Anderson ’83, Chris Baillargeon ‘90, Peter Bergeron ’69, Laura Higgins Beverly ’88, Thomas Londregan ’62, Jeffrey Londregan ’89, Heather O’Brien ‘90, Thomas O’Brien ’90, Lianne Rutty ’86 and Louis Ziegler ’82.

Following the presentation of alumni medals, the Most Rev. Michael R. Cote, Bishop of Norwich conferred the diplomas to the graduates.

Class of 2018

Angela Abraham
Charles Anderson
Hunter Baillargeon
Liv Barry
Brandon Beck
Guthrie Belfiglio
Brian Bergeron
Briana Beverly
Patrick Brady
Sarah Brown
Jennifer Burns
Peilun Cai
Megan Caldwell
Jacob Chace
Joseph Clement
Henry Cox
Alicia Crespo
Sida Dong
Alanii Encarnacion
Joseph Ennis

Sarah Forrester
Tori Foular
Jacob Fowler
Jie Gao
Antho Hindle-Cartagena
Qiaoling Hu
Zixuan Huang
Michelle Huang
Adam Kirsch
Zehao Li
Yuanting Li
Mia Londregan
Saangphet McCaffrey
Graham McCauley
Jenica McCauley-Logan
John Nelson
Teddy Nosiku
Aaron Nyambe
Thomas O'Brien
John O'Leary

Brooke Paradis
Mary Petix
Antonio Pisani
Trinity Rashan
Tahira Regalado
James Rutty
Hanshu Shao
Emily Smith
Grace Sullivan
Haoping Sun
Connor Svab
Abigail Velletri
Jorge Vera
Angela Wang
Brandon Weimert
Le Xiu
Mindy Yaworski
Haoting Zhang
Sydnie Ziegler


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