109th Annual

Commencement Exercises




THORNTON-DONOVAN SCHOOL




THE UPPER SCHOOL

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL






The Eighteenth of June

Two Thousand And Ten












THE 109TH GRADUATING CLASS



TWELFTH GRADE GRADUATES
   
Abdul Rahman Alrubai         Tzu-chun (Sherry) Chan

Junquan (Michael) Chen      Samantha Danae Feola

Hayley Surya Johnson         Zubair Khan

Harry James King         Hannah Klein-Harvey

Davea Foster-Livingstone      Kevin McCartin            

Susannah White Parish      Justin Samuel Sebastiano Pizzo   

Sami Rauf               Michael Schwartz   

Topaz Amanda Smith         Yi (Scott) Su

Ashley Walker            Seamus Anthony Woods

Wen (Kimmy) Xiao         Laura Elizabeth Young      



EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES

Nicholas Adler            Yousef Yahya Alrubai

Patrick Collins            Nick Curanaj

Nicholas D’Onofrio         Sanina K. Reid

Rachel Rosenfeld         Kassandra Ross

Nitish Seenarine            Dominick Telesco

Bram Wang            Matthew J. Wickline

   
PROGRAM
RAISING OF THE IRISH FLAG………………………..Seamus Woods ‘10
PROCESSIONAL ……………………………….….”Pomp & Circumstance”
NATIONAL ANTHEM - “Star Spangled Banner”…..Francis Scott Key
Led by Samantha Feola
INVOCATION...........................................………..…Benoit Van Lesberghe
A WORD TO THE SCHOOL FAMILY..……………………Augustine Nigro
                                                          President, Thornton-Donovan School
INTRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL SPEAKER..Douglas E. Fleming, Jr.
Tim Sullivan – Founder of School Family Media
PRESENTATION TO PRINCIPAL SPEAKER.………………Augie Nigro   
SCHOOL SERVICE AWARD………..Constance Levi
Presented by Susan Fleming
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.....Patrick J. Shannon
         Presented by Douglas E. Fleming, Jr.
HONORARY ALUMNUS PRESENTATION..Frank J. Friscia
         Presented by Douglas E. Fleming, III
A WORD FROM THE PARENT-TEACHER PART-
           NERSHIP…………………………….…...Aly Fanelli, PTP President
AWARDS TO GRADUATES & STUDENTS.......Presented by the Head-
                                     master and T-D Faculty
Headmaster’s Award for Academic Excellence
   in the lower school................................……………...Spencer Boglitz
Headmaster’s Award for Academic Excellence
   in the middle school.................………………………………Nick Adler
Headmaster’s Award for Academic Excellence
   in grades 9 through 12................................………….....Emily Collins
Board of Trustees Award for exemplary qualities as a
   student in the lower school...........................................Diale Takona
Faculty Award for outstanding achievement in specific disciplines
   within the middle and upper schools:
   English........................................................ Nick Adler/Emily Collins   
   French...........................……….…………..…Clare Collins/Rama Kem   Spanish.....................................................Clare Collins/Austin Baehr   Italian.................……………...…….….Thomas Stafford/Justin Pizzo   Latin.....................................................................................Justin Pizzo
   Russian……………………………..…………….….……..…..Zubair Khan
   Greek………………………………………………………….Jordan Acker
   German……………………………………………………........Zubair Khan
   Mathematics.......................................Stephanie Ryzyk/Yi (Scott)Su
   Science........................……………... Thomas Stafford/Emily Collins
   Social Studies...........…………….....Dylan Pizzo/Davea Livingstone
   Anthropology……………………………….............................Nick Adler
   Archaeology…………………………………..………Davea Livingstone
Math Medal Recipients for Nationwide Math League On-Line Competition……John Ventresca, Dylan Pizzo, Nick Adler,
               Brandon Chinsue
Art Over the Rainbow…………..……………………..….Emily Collins
   Amphitheatre Architecture……………….……………….Bram Wang
   Music Award – Middle School…………………..……John Ventresca
   Digitized Music………………………………………...…….Peter Soares
   Sounds of South Africa…………………..…….……..Samantha Feola
   E.S.L. Award……………………………………………Yang (John) Wan
Bertha Thornton Memorial Award for excellence in art:            Lower: Kelly Fleming          Middle:  Clare Collins
Upper:  Sederick Dawkins
Faculty Award for outstanding scholarship in the middle and upper
school ………………………..…………Thomas Stafford/Henry Young
Board of Trustees Award for exemplary qualities and effort as a student and young adult in the middle and upper school…....
   Middle: Rachel Rosenfeld           Upper: Chen (Charles) Xu
Travel Award………………….............................................……Kelly Fleming
School Spirit Award………………………………………..Davea Livingstone
Community Service Award…………………………………………..Sami Rauf
EIGHTH GRADE MESSAGE..................................................Nick Adler ‘14
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER……………………………..…Yi (Scott) Su ‘10
VALEDICTORIAN……………………………………………….Justin Pizzo ‘10
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.......………………Augustine Nigro and
                           members of the Board of Trustees
BENEDICTION................................................………………….Lynne Tirrell
                                         Lower School Director
RECESSIONAL – “It’s A Beautiful Day”…………...………………………..U2