As "Pomp and Circumstance" was played by the school band, the Long Branch High School Class of 2011 started to make their way to field as they prepared to graduate and move on to the next chapter in their lives.
The rain threatened to pour down throughout the entire ceremony on Thursday evening, but held off long enough for the graduates and hundreds of parents to stay dry and enjoy what was a memorable day.
Lead Principal Alvin L. Freeman congratulated the graduated and was happy to announce that 80 percent of them had received college acceptances. His speech was followed by ones from Student Council President Daniel-Marc Gill and Board of Education President Bill Dangler and valedictorian Diana Dos Santos.
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GRADUATES SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP:
Abel, Garrett
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Accoo, Tahniya
Aguilar, Mark
Alexander, Marcus
Anderson, Taneise
Arce, Ivelis
Arevalo, Julio
Arriel, Keila
Baillie, William
Bey, Patricia
Botsis, Andrew
Brents, Leon
Brown, Girad
Brown, Ty-Kiera
Bulhao, Andreia
Caixeta, Nayara
Campbell, Silas
Cansler, Crystal
Castano, Tomas
Clayton, Kayla
Cobbs, Tony
Conant, Chantel
Cross, Paris
Cruz, Heather
Cruz, Luis
DaSilva, Bruno
Dasilva, Francielle
Davis, Raven
DeVivo, Marissa
Downs, Jahlil
Dudley, Derrick
Dukes, Michael
Fernandez, Jared
Filipe, Luis
Foster-Shuler, Miles
Green, Annalisa
Hair, Karon
Ismail, Hamza
Jackson, Daniel
Jelks, Kenneth
Jones, John
Jones, Justin
Joyner, Julisa
Kelly, Alexander
Luke, Andrae
Lutz, Alton
Maldonado, Desiree
Martinez, Anthony
Martinez, Elizabeth R.
McDonough, Brandon
McDuffie, Quashon
Mejia, Elsa
Melgar, Karen
Mendonca, Priscilla
*Minnisch, Frank
Morgan, Shaquita
Ochoa, Daniel
Olson, Kenneth
Osmo, Renata
Pilone, Cassandra
Pinckney, Shakiah
Rackett, Taylor
Ramirez, Isaac
Ramirez, Rafael
Ramirez, Vanessa
Revelo, David
Rich, Timothy
Riley, Igod-Uallah
Roberts, Hannah
Rosa, Naomi
Rosario, Pedro
Saffioti, Douglas
Sanchez, Andrea
Sanders, Octavia
Serrano, Josetta
Simonian, Rahmere
*Sorrenti, Cynthia
Stathum, Azmira
Thomas, Keeona
Tucker, Devante
Valencia, Cristian
Van Note, Meghan
Vavrek, Jennifer
Vega, Marcos
White, Brandon
Williams, Antoinette
Worsley, Steven
GRADUATES SCHOOL OF SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS:
Ahuatl, Isamar
Aleman, Daysy
*Almeida, Michelle
Andrews, Dalvin
Aparicio, Erica
Araujo, Barbara
Asuncion, Claudio
Barrios, Jennifer
Bland, Shateara
*Bolden, Nathaniel
Borges, Paulo
Bridges, Justin
Brito, Jordan
Buffaloe, Elijah
Bullock, Samuel
Butts, Shaquasia
Byrd, Brittney
Cano, Sayda
Colbert, Andrea
Colindres, Santos
Concepcion, Ruby
Corsentino, Vincent
Cox, Sarayah
Cruz, Gabriel
Dasilva, Gezika
Decos, Constantino
Douglas, Rebecca
Edwards, Tireek
Erazo, Erick
Falzoi, Damon
Fernandez, Nicole
Fleetwood, Tysan
Flores, Leonel
Freitas, Jussara
Garcia, Snneyder
George, Daniel
*Gill, Daniel
Gomez, Eliasaf
Goncalves, Bryan
Graham, Zachary
Grant, Eric
Gray, Kristopher
Green, Anthony
Green, Steven
Grimaldi, Vincent
Guzman, Yaritza
Hansen, Craig
Hicks, Egypt
*Holt, Nicolas
*Johnson, Jasmine
Johnson, Maya
Lelis, Mayara
Lopez, Ivon
Lopez, Oscar
Lugo, Nancy
Machado, Felipe
Martinez, Joshelyn
Mathews, Cory-Lee
McGlone, Kassandra
McKinney, Bobbie
Medel, Jason
Meyers, Shaheed
Montgomery, Demitri
Mora, Linda
Morataya, Victor
Orellana, Ana
Parada, Vanessa
Parrish, Tyree
Pereira, Eder
Perez, Francheska
Quijano, Sandra
Ramirez, Ramon
Ribeiro, Luis
Robinson, Patricia
Rodrigues, Jorge
Romero, Salvador
*Sanchez, Gabriela
Sanchez, Jose-Luis
Santana, Anthony
Santos, Brian
Soto, Ramon
Stovall, Joelle
Strauss, David
Tracey, Paul
Vasquez, Cristian
Williams, Melquan
Xicohtencatl, Miguel
Young, Haylee
Zuniga, Diego
GRADUATES SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS:
Ahart, James
Amaral, Junia
Benitez, Yashira
Bowles, Monique
Cain, Stephen
Cano, Ruth
Castro, Daniella
Chavez-Cruz, Ruby
*Clark, Felicia
Collazo, Kenny
Collazo, Kevin
Colon, Christan
De Souza, Luiz
Fernando P.
*Dos Santos, Diana
Dougherty, Raymond
*Durant, Jadaysia
Durant, Tariq
Eggie, Matthew
Encarnacion, Haley
Festejo, Ryan
Fitzgerald, Alexa
*Garcia, Jazmin
*Garner, Desaray
German, Natasha
Gibson, Michael
*Gomez, Nicole
Gonzalez, Jonathan
Gonzalez, Orlando
*Gonzalez, Shavany
Gonzalez, Stephanie
Hamlin, Darayan
Hayes, Natalie
Henson, Brianna
Hill, Marie-Joann
Holton, Kevin
Hussey, Janette
Illion, Morgan
Jamison-Koenig,Wilford
Johnson-Haughton,Vincent
Jones, Dalwasia
Jones, Jacob
Kayzar, Dylan
Kochansky, Karly
Lamberson, Fakhir
Lambert IV, Herbert
Lewis, I’Reana
Mariano, Cintia
Marshall, Nadeann
Martinez, Tawnny
Martins, Luciana
Mattaliano, Jonathan
McKee, Sam
*McLoughlin, Colleen
Mirarchi, Nicholas
Montanez, Roberto
Morales, Ashley
Morris, Isaiah
Moya, Markas
Murphy, Keyana
Page, Shaquan
Parello, Rachel
*Parnell, James
Popo, Antonia
Raines, Johnny
Rainey, Aleasha
Reid, Rochelle
Reulbach, Victoria
Rivera, Natalie
Robinson, Samantha
Roundtree, Madison
Sanchez, Isabel
Sanchez, Raul
Santos, Ryan
Serrano, Louis
Slocum, Courtney
Smentkowski, Nicholas
*Smiga, Emily
Smith, Richard
Stendel, Kai
Szalay, Michael
Taylor, Walter
Thrower, Kevin
Tietge, Carlie
Valentino, Nicholas
Valverde, Jose
Vasquez, Christian
Walley, Ronnesha
Weber, Rebecca
Williams, Benjamin
Wright, Amy
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