001so [Music] rotc [Music] [Applause] please [Music] now introducing mayor joseph superintendent of schools [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm so water so foreign ladies and gentlemen [Music] true one [Applause] guys oh my god oh awesome [Applause] uh [Music] yes [Applause] [Music] secretary i would like to introduce my fellow senior class officers all right nick you have one job with senior members at this time i would ask everyone to please turn off their phones [Music] gentlemen please remove your gas i pledge allegiance please remain standing for the star spangled [Music] okay [Music] is still there oh [Music] please be seated i would like to introduce our guests on stage [Applause] cooper [Applause] members of the board of education superintendent assistant superintendent paulson and the rest of the members of the cabinet [Applause] i would now like
002to introduce the mayor of the city of hamburg mayor alba good afternoon guests it is there and on behalf of the city of cambridge i want to welcome everyone here to this graduation ceremony and i wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to each of our graduates today in your lifetime in my lifetime there has never been a fair point like this one and although many years have passed since i graduated high school my memories of that day are perfectly clear and the significance of graduating high school was undiminished the pandemic and its effects will be remembered throughout world history as students you were forced to take on new challenges with distance learning and while i imagine that you're all much more tech savvy than i am knowing that leaving your classroom and learning from home
003through an ipad or a computer was still quite a challenge to you all not being able to see your friends teammates or your teachers even more challenging but through it all you remained resilient you fought through the obstacles adapted to the changes and now you are stronger for it you are graduating today no other generation will understand what the class of 2021 and your peers just ahead of you in 2020 have endured to get to this point this is a day of great significance it celebrates the success of one stage of education development you have come a long way you begin a small child's children eager to learn the basics eager to grow up you have accomplished this and so much more today your education at danbury high school has given you an excellent beginning
004and a platform for a lifelong process of learning some of you will go into the military some will go to work some of you will move on to college others might take time to explore your options travel or take a gap year to consider your prospects whatever you do though look at the world through the lens of your understanding history and your heart read listen more than you speak hear the world around you it will be your best teacher throughout life you will be asked to master skill and grow as situations change most of you will experience retraining as you may change career direction several times before you reach retirement age your need to learn will never end thankfully the tools you need to proceed down this road have been provided for you here at
005danbury high school this too should be a time of enjoyment you have grown into young adults you've worked hard to reach this point you studied you crammed you worried and sometimes most certainly struggled but the work you invested has paid off you've succeeded in achieving this milestone it is a time for a celebration time to have some fun you certainly deserve it and i wish you a wonderful summer however it would lack responsibility if i didn't caution you that while enjoying your celebrations that you use good judgment and at all times be safe out there there's so much more in life that you need to experience we do not stand alone in life we share all we do in some fashion with others the world we live in today is not the same as that
006of your parents or your grandparents and i ask that you become involved for those of you now who now participate i ask that you increase your activity and your involvement we need people who care people who will volunteer their time energy and skills to help society grow to help those most needed to pick up where government leaves off to give back to your community for all that has been given to you to become good kind caring and responsible citizens and last but not least we need to thank your parents your guardians your friends your teachers and administrators for the help support and encouragement that was the bedrock the foundation that enabled each of you to achieve this level of success today that we celebrate here in closing again i want to congratulate the class of
0072021 on their graduation and wish them every fortune materially and emotionally may your future be a peaceful one full of happiness and much success may you retain your every goal may you be a credit to your family and your community and may god watch over you closely through every step of your future thank you [Applause] and i just have one other thing to add i just want to say yey jenna [Applause] now to speak is the longest serving board member with over 30 years of service board chairperson ms gladys cooper thank you young man it's a pleasure and it's an honor to be here and i thank him for reminding me also that i'm a senior citizen i am the longest serving board member but in but in all it is an honor and it
008has been a pleasure to serve for 30 years good afternoon honorable mayor calvo superintendent of schools dr pasquerella board of education members and all distinguished guests how can we not recognize the principle of such a great high school mr dan donovan [Applause] and i'm not i don't have a whole lot of words i come to share because i believe it's about you so i'm going to read my speech and move on congratulations to the class of 2021 as you leave dhs remember all the memorable times that you shared with your teachers and friends be sure to continue to keep your eyes on the goals that you have outlined for yourself the stars are always shining bright when you wish upon a star you would dream like you were very far as you graduate and leave
009dhs for the next chapter of your life remember to be safe respect yourself and take care of others on behalf of the danbury board of education congratulations to the class of 2021 to give the valedictorian address caleb [Applause] schlissel so as i was writing this speech i considered making a few jokes um i sent my speech to some of my friends and quickly learned i should probably stay away from a career in comedy or i can always just go make some new friends whatever's easier that's beside the point though my name is caleb schlissel and i know some of you know me as the kid who wore bow ties in freshman year i'm really excited to have the opportunity to speak to all of you today but before i do i just want to thank
010mayor cavo board of education chairperson cooper members of the board of ed superintendent pascarella assistant superintendent wallston mr donovan and all of the wonderful dhs faculty parents and guardians for all of their hard work especially this past year on behalf of the class of 2021 your dedication and continued support is greatly appreciated now to my friends and peers isn't it kind of ironic that we started our last year of high school worried about covid only to end it recovering from fresh cases of senioritis i don't know about you but i definitely started feeling the common symptoms of dwindling motivation and accelerating fatigue way back in april i was so ready to be done with high school and i saw graduation as the last leg of an arduous marathon or the epic conclusion to some blockbuster
011film for some reason i thought all my struggles would magically vanish and i'd be left satisfied with the happy ending i've worked for now that i'm finally here i've realized how wrong that mindset is there's no finish line finish line in sight for us here today nor will credits roll as we leave with diplomas in reality our lives will continue to progress after graduation with our podium finishes and long-awaited credit sequences waiting for us in the distant future right now we're just taking a breath and rehydrating or getting up to stretch during a slow part of the movie and while we're a long way from the end it can't be denied that we've persevered through a lot whether it be ap exams college applications maintaining a healthy school and life balance or even adapting to
012distance learning every single one of us has overcome challenges during our time here at danbury high school and yeah it might be a little disheartening but we're not done with stress or failure we might be temporarily free of 11 59 pm deadlines monotonous textbooks and those overcrowded d3 hallways but going forward there are so many greater opportunities and challenges that we get to face so what comes next where do we go from here well first of all let's celebrate let's take our attention away from the race that we might be running and forget how exhausted we might be look away from the movie for a minute and just appreciate the company of the people you're here with we've all truly earned this moment so i think we all deserve to take the time to congratulate
013ourselves and reflect on how far we've come as to what comes after that's up to you i want you all to think of a goal that you have for your lives after today it might be something like succeeding in college working a job you really like maybe spending time with your family or even starting one of your own regardless of what your objectives are accomplishing them will not be easy we'll have to take risks we'll fail and even when we pick ourselves back up again we'll fail over and over again and that'll be difficult but success without hard work is not what defines us our ability to remain determined and learn from our failures gives us the power to control our futures and it's evident that we all have the potential to do great things
014but if we give up at the faintest site of failure or settle for indifference we'll never learn the satisfaction of accomplishment so members of the class of 2021 if you're still awake our plan is simple we must keep moving forward until we triumph over the barriers that come in our way and no matter the obstacles we face will strive to overcome them we'll continue to embrace failure take risks and learn from our mistakes adders i challenge you to give your hearts in every single thing that you do from this day forth keep chasing your finish lines and stick around for the credit sequences because with enough patience determination and hard work we'll break through that finish tape and watch as the credits roll thank you i would like to introduce our first student selected speaker
015melody there hi everyone so i know it's hard and you just want to get your diplomas but i'd like to ask you to listen to me just this last once my fellow graduates of 2021 this is it for once this is the one thing i do not want to rush in my life everyone knows with the type of person i am i do not plan but i will rush through all the actions as if everything is a blur but this once i'd like to have five more minutes with all of you i'm melody darrett am happy to finally stand before all of you without the screen of my laptop separating us being able to see so many of my fellow classmates faces and staff in front of me only reminds me of the busy and
016crazy year of our freshman lives it seems as if it was only yesterday that we were standing in these bleachers during our first spirit week of high school meeting so many new friends and dressing up in all white with paint on our faces except here we stand four years later one by one dressed in gowns with graduation caps as freshmen we looked up to the seniors thinking they lived their life so freely as if they figured everything out obviously now we know that is probably the biggest lie we've ever fed into of course other than believing we were gonna start coming in school any earlier than february personally i believe the four years we were going were going to be painfully long and hard which made me dread coming to school as early as seven
017in the morning yet i can't help but feel my last two years of high school were taken away from me if only i woke up and got ready for school the first time my alarm clock rang if only i made the bus so i wouldn't miss 30 minutes of first period if only i forced myself into trying new clubs and sports when i had the opportunity if only i popped my own personal bubble and made new friends in every classroom and if only i believed that time was precious that maybe just maybe i would have had more extra time to appreciate the high school experience with all of you corona made us realize what we took for granted more than anything before i can continue the corny emotional graduation speech i'd like to gain recognition
018and awareness of being a student during quarantine corona was an immense change on everyone but for some reason at a certain point it felt like the world was against me i may not be wearing as many tassels as i wished i would since freshman year i may not be graduating with the outstanding gpa that i've been beating myself up for for the past four years but i am here right standing at this podium here i stand thinking i would never make it but we aren't perfect we aren't machines we're human beings we adjust and change alongside time we all did the best that we could and we're all standing here today i'm sure a lot of you can really as this period of time has been mentally draining i am a student just like any
019of you always remember to be proud of yourselves i have multiple teachers to thank for reminding me that thank you for working outside of teaching to save our lives by merely encouraging us i have come to realize that high school isn't just about homework projects and exams which was what made me dread the four years to come but it is what you learn outside of textbooks we are all mosaic of each other whether short-term or long-term encounters with every passing year with new teachers and classmates we created unique memories that slowly shaped our personalities prior to adulthood we may have had a very rough past two years but at least i am able to share this final moment with all of you as of today we leave with pride but especially with each other goodbye
020can be a simple farewell to everyone but as i speak goodbye seems to be a million words that cannot be expressed so simply we never thought our time would be so limited in fact i'm sure most of us thought that time was slowing down in quarantine so before the goodbyes and thank yous i'd rather say congratulations to those who worked extra hard no matter how optional class felt online and especially congratulations to those who did enough when school became extremely draining after switching to distance learning i'm especially proud of you and of course congratulations to the class of 2021. enough about us i'd like to thank mr donovan members of the board of education especially chairs person cooper and superintendent pasquerella and of course mayor cavo thank you for giving us the opportunities and resources
021to be where we are today and who we will become tomorrow teachers and faculty thank you for teaching in such a difficult time as much as we dislike turning our cameras off on and forcing ourselves to talk in breakout rooms i recognize your constant drive to teach us because you believed in our abilities despite the drastic change of teaching i'd like to personally thank mrs tong miss hessler mrs lorenz mrs pascarelli and mrs gurney for believing in me despite my doubts for myself you did more than teach me and you taught me the lessons of life i will always be grateful for that even when i'm states away parents and staff thank you for arranging the last few weeks with the events that seemed as if our lives are back to normal as much as
022possible and so i leave with one last message fellow graduates teachers faculties and families in the event corona no longer affects our daily living liz live as if you'll never know when another pandemic steals your time away remember time will not wait for you so pop that personal bubble and make new friends reach for new opportunities and waste no time remember as you step into college we are all a mosaic of each other you would be surprised how many little habits you inherit from the people you've crossed paths with time is the most important thing that should not be stolen from you value it because you will never be able to replace it nor take it back even if it's five more minutes although we've taught although we've been taught to stay six feet away
023from each other i hope my corny message has reached you we all may not have met every single one of each other the entire four years but we do all have one single memory altogether and that moment is right now and now goodbye class of 2021 goodbye danbury high school thank you for allowing me to talk with you this one last time for five minutes thank you would the senior members of the madrigals return to their respective seats with the graduates that's not it our second student selected speaker elena jacob i'd like to introduce the madrigals [Music] close your eyes lay your head down now it's time to sleep may you find great adventure as you lie and dream if you're scared of the darkness i will calm your fears so you know i'm here
024so count your blessings [Music] every day it makes the monsters go and everything will be you are [Music] me forever [Music] from now on if you need me you can sing this song there's a line in the hallway burning all night long so count your blessings every day [Music] and everything will be [Music] oh good night [Music] [Applause] coffee and now our second student selected speaker alina jacob [Applause] mayor cavo superintendent pasquerella members of the board of education mr donovan faculty parents friends and the members of the class of 2021 i have a question for all of you have any of you heard of the game minecraft alright are you even played it just raise your hand let me see all right we got a few we got a few anyone here oh we got
025a few here too that's good all right i have one more question have any of you read the end credits to the famous game raise your hand all right i heard a no and i don't see that many hands that's okay well i've taken the time to read the end credits to the game and what i found was something not many get to discover a poem if the universe could speak to us i would quote minecraft yes a children's video game and saying you have played the game well everything you need is within you you are stronger than you know minecraft is a sandbox game where you as the player are unexpectedly placed in a world with nothing but your intuition and creativity the moment you hit create new world you are in charge letting
026your dreams take control of a world you can only imagine experiencing from creating buildings that reach the sky's limit or fighting bad guys to complete the heroic lore the once foreign world becomes yours for many of us we returned to this childhood game during quarantine though we were trapped within the bounds of our house walls this game allowed us to explore beyond what we could not physically touch even if you did not play this game during the height of quarantine you found ways to expand your home because you knew you deserved the chance to explore beyond the barriers created by this pandemic though most of us only thought we were playing a game we as the class of 2021 were already proving we have the potential to create something very few can imagine coming to
027a reality though our high school journey was let's say unexpected i always thought of high school as a game not specifically a video game but any game you might have played sports board games your occasional kahoot we all have been a part of event where our skills were put to the test some people enter the hallways of our high school unprepared getting overwhelmed with the opportunities this school has to offer or the large crowd of students just trying to get to class others enter this high school with a fully thought out strategy ready to jump in and graduate with honors or have the honor to graduate in other words everyone comes in with their own way to play the game dreaming of the day they go across the finish line with victory but like in
028any game you play there's always a point where a level is so hard to complete it feels impossible to keep going for us that arrived in march of 2020. in fact some may not describe it to be a hard level but an unexpected pause that forced us to step away from the life we loved or some consider this time to be a game changer for new opportunities arrived as some get navigated their whole lives online overall our stories change from your typical high school experience having no guide or easy hack to follow yet we still manage to pick up our mask and go beyond above and beyond the challenges that laid before us normalcy became appreciated as we headed into classes online but we still made the best of it disappointment lingered everywhere but we
029were still able to make danbury high school a site of success we have shown this year that when we dream we are actually building a world for our reality when we stand up we stand for the importance of individuals and even when we are in fear we appear not afraid to speak for what we believe in if i had a moment to rewatch the gameplay you all have chosen with i would only see the class of 2021 holding their integrity becoming advocates of a community and being growing young adults who have already proven they can change the world the universe has spoken to us and we have chosen to play the game well though we are exiting a sandbox we have come to love we have a new game to play and a new story
030to unfold if you survived high school during a global pandemic multiple political dilemmas and the most challenging of all waking up to go to your google meet class on time you can survive the next level come on whether you're attending university off to trade school or the workplace serving our country or more i know that the class of 2021 will able to hold the same strength and the same determination as they enter the next level of their life so to end it all off i would like to read the final parts of the poem i found and the game was over and the player woke up from the dream and the player began a new dream and the player dreamed again dreamed better and the player was the universe you are the player wake up
031wake up you have a new dream to play thank you [Applause] to address the class of 2021 on behalf of faculty principal donovan [Applause] i know my guy one welcome welcome to danbury high school the largest high school in the state of connecticut just like many of you i learned a lot of things from my parents but for the first time i can say i learned one thing wrong see my parents hated us watching tv on saturday mornings back in the day before the times of netflix hulu and prime you actually had to get up in the morning if you wanted to see your cartoons i know many of the parents out there you understand that kids you may not get that this day but we had to do that my parents didn't like them
032they'd say you only live once but i say that's just not true in fact it's opposite you only die once but you get to live each and every day every day is and can be a new adventure it is up to you to make the best of that day not spending hours on tick tock or instagram unless you're a creator and you feel like you want to cash out me some money then feel free if you have learned anything from this past year it should be to take advantage of the time you have and live like you may not have that time again this past year and a half has been difficult for all it should have taught you the value of time as the senior class you are stripped of many events that make
033high school years memorable homecoming sporting events crowds a high school whole class graduation you were left with google meets long day sitting in a chair and learning to communicate while wearing a mask but you know something you all did it you lived each day you stood up when it was needed you buckled down when it was necessary but your journey is not over you need to take the same mentality and attack next year as a new adventure whether it's the college military the workforce make you the best person you can be every year hundreds of principals like myself stand up to the graduating class and say it's the best the school's ever had i'm guilty of doing this myself but what i can say to you this is this is my most special class some
034of you may not know but i have a son who'll be graduating today and with my with his son in the senior class comes his friends most principals can say they watch their students grow from 9th to 12th grade i've had the pleasure and privilege of witnessing some of you grow from the time you were in kindergarten i've spent time coaching or watching in various sports events and spending hours at a west side recital watching that awesome percussion band hit the instruments like no other i have made friends with parents who i'm gladly share this special day with i have witnessed the changes from young elementary students to the graduates you are today these things most principals can't claim i claim it and i do so proudly i wouldn't have changed anything or any outcome
035for any other job in the world one of the graduation traditions i started five years ago when i took this job is the gift of a graduation carnation the carnation is a unique gift because it's not meant for you the carnation is intended for someone who helped you through dhs everybody needs somebody and everyone uses someone so find that person and think of that person that you made the connection with and you feel that you should give that carnation to could be a teacher a sibling a grandparent a parent but take a moment sitting there on this beautiful really hot sunny i didn't forgot my sunscreen day and think about who you would give that to that is who your carnation is for as i was sitting in my garage with my lovely wife unwrapping
036800 carnations i began to think about who i'd give it to i mentioned to my wife i need to go out and give a bunch this year see what most people understand is that trying to run the largest high school estate from a computer through google meets and zoom meetings stinks i actually wrote a different word in there but i want to keep this a little pg if it wasn't for my fantastic administrative team which supported all the ideas we had the shutdowns the reopenings the shutdown the reopening the reopening the shutdown the semi shutdown and the hybrid through contact tracing it would have been an impossible task then there are the teachers can we get please give a round of applause for all my staff who are sitting back there today this is a
037group of people who were thrust into a form of teaching that was new to us all and believe it or not if you look at them from why they came out smiling on the other side or do i give a carnation to the retiring teachers miss stence miss casey miss harris mr golick miss lieberlin lieberman and finally miss cal dhs will be losing over 135 years of teaching experience the staff will be losing leaders in the building and i'll be losing a group that always puts students first on behalf of everybody i thank you for your time and dedication i could also give it to our dhs pto who decided early on that the classes of 20 and 21 were not going to be shorted of anything they worked tirelessly to give your children the
038best senior experience they could have they also took on the responsibility of beautifying the campus and succeeded in both of these to the dhs pto ladies as a parent graduating senior and the principal of this building thank you for all your hard work [Applause] and speaking of retiring i could give a carnation to dr cell after 50 years in education 28 years as a superintendent 15 years in the danbury district he's decided to go concentrate on his golf game and having seen him play i couldn't agree more i don't think there's enough hours in the day for him to correct that slice but i do want to thank you dr sal for being a sounding board a listener and a mentor who i could talk to more than just school but lastly i decide that
039you the class of 21 deserve my carnation you could have folded you could have complained about everything but all you did is what we ask as a hatter when things didn't work out you fixed it you could have shut down and forgotten about school but you rose to the occasion my carnation goes out to all of you you're an extraordinary group of young people who've made the best of a bad situation i am proud of you and remember once a hatter always a hatter i love you guys now introducing the senior class president nicotine i am a little short he's got that thank you my friend all right hello everyone i am nicholas satina your class president i want to say good morning to my fellow members of the danbury high school graduating class of
0402021 friends and family our wonderful teachers the reputable mr donovan the team members of board education and boe chairperson cooper the honorable superintendent pasquerella and mayor mark apologies i met mayor cabo sorry i dreamed this out freshman year watching my sister graduate and mayor mark was still running the town back then i would like to graciously thank all of you who have allowed me the honor of being your class president which has in turn given me the humble opportunity to speak up here on your behalf today coming from a small private school a lot of you have helped me since freshman year and i'm sure my other parochial league students can relate to this feeling i am glad to see a lot of familiar faces walking the platform and it is wonderful to know so
041many of us are taking the next step forward in life unfortunately we did not get to do many of the fun things we were hoping to do as a class we missed out on football games basketball season our last homecoming and just enjoying the time with each other for about a year we lost a lot of memories but we worked on making new ones with the time we had thankfully we only missed out on a short part of high school and still have the rest of our lives to create a legacy for each of you in front of me today there are still decades to come filled with memories of joy and laughter and with that i want to say take ownership of your life in this world we find a lack of determined individuals
042but i see a sea of people who want to see a change for the better in front of me i hate the break to the new i hate to break the news to everyone but nothing in life will ever be handed to you if you want something there will always be a will and always be a way for you to go after it with tenacity and determination the impossible can always be achieved a majority of us here are young adults it is time for us to dictate our lives instead of our loving parents parents you know we love you but now is the time just to give us guidance and let us make the big decisions in our life to you young ladies and gentlemen in front of me it is time to create the
043life that you want if you want your dream job you'll have to work for it if you want to start a business you know there will be thousands of sacrifices you'll have to make in this world of sacrifices and hardships the renowned wolf of wall street jordan belfort has always resonated with me he lost his job after the stock market crash of 1987 and then built his own brokerage firm from the ground up although he laundered money and ended up in prison he made drastic changes in his life after being released he now travels the world guiding people on seminars as a motivational speaker to make the changes that they want in their life to me he is the epitome of taking ownership of your life when there were downfalls and hiccups he took on
044the challenges and made a better life for himself a quote that resonates me from belford is the only thing that stands between you and your goals is the bs story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it there's no time to tell yourself stories as to why you can't do something but instead put that extra energy into actually doing it giving up on your aspirations is the number one way of falling short and behind the rest of race of life to achieve these wild aspirations you have to be disciplined in everything you do you have to be willing to put the time and effort into your goals in life personally i want to see every single person in this ground become a valuable member of society and successful in their own goals
045some people are born lucky but no one is born unable to succeed the most important part of chasing your goals is creating balance in your life sure i just went on and on about dedicating your life to being the best you can be but you need balance next year i know a lot of you guys are going away to college getting that degree is important but so is having a good time and creating those lasting memories just make sure you find that healthy balance where you can succeed and enjoy those great weekends once again i want to thank my peers the poultry dudes and his teachers of danbury high school the staff and administration coaches board of education board of education chairperson cooper superintendent pascarella and this time mayor cavo for being here today to
046the brothers and sisters i've made while at danbury high you guys are the best and have truly molded me into who i am today god bless all of you i'm looking forward to seeing the great things you achieved and now the moment we've all been waiting for the presentation of our diplomas how do i lower this chris thanks you can just put it all the way down at the bottom is it on uh we're going to alternate i think it's just me yeah is this on okay thanks [Applause] jonathan shulkoff caleb schlissel gabriel cortang melody dayrick qazi begum [Music] want alina jacob what cindy garcia flores [Music] justin kelly kyle blackstock kevin cortez brandon bearman alexa duran daniel abraham emily diaz annie ayala brandon de robertas george alion armando siciliano abigail barahona rojas nicholas cuevas
047christian beluka johann de la cruz brian bueno mia sayani matthew arisena rafael de vita andres avega garcia savannah carvalho kevin bakalima malana catano isabella akiobar marie crawford catherine aragudo tiara justin cordero garrett butler rebecca distillio alana almeida eva lisa caban hillary barreto sierra shavana cindy alves alexa delaney caitlin basteo kayla kregan christopher andrako alexandra cost ethan berger victoria catarino cole byrne ben dodo david armstrong alex cherish kevich phillip alves ryan krastowski cher's son alvarez diana chimbo elizabeth riarega fanny duchy andrew assaf thomas comstock anthony britton dominic krastowski spencer abrams [Applause] john cordova kyle bowler james cardenas samantha bowden hendrick diesel casey bussmann philip durant adrian alvarez kenneth dixon rayanne farah canty carter densk glenn adote milagros dominguez damien amaral emily s kona payton bach ibalis el monte carlos barajona stephanie coelho brian gallarza savannah dorsch
048[Music] [Applause] adrian guerrero laura grace dykman [Applause] david lopes carla castro nomar yusetta michaela bergen kevin stoss kaitlyn allen sean bautista aisha actor alyssa pero pamela cordova nica chao kiana key camille connor duhamel [Music] alexa baisley zachary christopher rightis brenda amorum rebecca camacho emily bostello maxwell calabrese gabe tatiana bueno jorge alvarez alvarezen sorry honey michael almeida christopher bernard amanda bothwell carla diesel michaela brito ryan clapp megan batty kendall d'amato janelli elizabeth aravello andrea cochancella stephen barr alexis cochencella franklin adamez nathaniel canning alina ali sahana chintak lindsey bieber tanya demelo morgan albano kathleen cummings miguel lopez marcos dominguez karise baxter daniel camacho [Music] breeze eduardo campos emily bleaker joshua de la rosa emma bringman hector casado avery almirano vicente dominguez xander dargade jay chappa katherine ahern edgar costanzella azaria penelope baptiste just lady diesel melody bars
049ryan cebello isaiah d'oliveira [Music] vincent butera ryan dillilow isabella lozada gabriella silva kirsten hester heidi lopez ochoa gracia campos contreras jocelyn coronel torrey ann parkerson [Music] lucy chen judith de oliveira [Music] julia de almeida jocelyn clayton amy cordova abigail copeland rian chiarello [Applause] elder dos santos sarah felicia [Music] [Applause] mentor kimberly lichi gondino javier estevez rafa hassan alexis esterico justin hawley naomi espinoza jayden harrington alexion espinal canela harley hodge tamiha espinal marissa hope hansel esculestico raphael luna jasmine escobar shawn murphy dennis enriquez luca santos eric erlstein ian linsley lizette almante kevin jaguar emily earhart brian cagnew rowdy guerrellian bernard la sapria joslia isabel acevedo naomi janos natalie ferminano declan jacobson rachel fields gianna aya cuento amanda ferry jennifer roose alberta ferrari zachary leonard luizi ferreira junior tennisella diego fernandez stephanie ferreiras jenna ferrandino daniela ferreiras
050diana furman joseph gomez jayden fuhrman matthew lucas olivia fuqua david schreier harvey feliz gabrielle napolio cameron farham madeleine johnston cam fassbender bethany pilardi gregory fanning eric did whalen is it my turn calvin alberto rodas savannah calm mark carrillo reggiani silva michael durkin brenda mello marlon acevedo ava williams christian de queue lindsey ward cayenne chavez isabella roberts william dos santos maria laity jacob gardaki caitlyn mckiska lillian arfuega olivia hallas nicholas gardner luis lopes antonio abrantes jared zeiner adam boylan benjamin lahm aiden garvey stephen soto sofia beckenbach alvin joseph samuel justo [Music] tyrell jones lisa grady so you're going to go to mr donovan mason fong [Music] jennifer grant sabrina lee priscilla george liam knight sierra jeffrion manuel luna dominic gutierrez sandra illusaka fran gara jeremy garcia i love you valentina ramos ariamero garcia caitlyn valente socho
051garcia edison ilisakis ashley guzman cruz augusto garcia stephen gonzalez andy liu maya golly joseph cable billy julianne gaudio gabriella leo lorenko alyssa gagnon faith luchner saraya gagnevin emily reed haley gundack nilaja caramu christopher georgie caitlin clampert mario gabriela lagu anthony goncalves kelly karan matthew grivey eric japa austin bolling jason winacio muhammad abu jafar duarte jessica castro castro bianca carrera [Applause] connor maguire jelissa dejesus alex jeffries samuel carvalho o'neil podar miguel gutierrez johannes martinez joaquin gonzalez mendoza wilson leonardo alejandro luigio timothy kulick andres gomez jordan lima hilder gonzalez anna rita lynch jefferson leon bono kate kohlhoffer sky gas glow brianna khalshaki ania grassy priya patel franklin gosney grace king ayanna golding karissa latin jake goodwin abraham bach nagwala sorry sanza hamedi riya sony and i still said it audra audrey hin zoe cal you notice amara
052ambrosi vivi lugo costa karen anguasaka panaranda catherine landavar john gonzalez joaquim lopes gibbons ryan grana michael jones christian vanilla nicholas ayo mazzo justin payney tan li carolina guzman jennifer cabrera benjamin hughes sharon lee arcos anna hernandez kiana reyes jorge dubon andres vivas adriana dominguez guzman nicholas lostaco kevin hernandez adam fab nagwala chain howard michelle hernandez gonzalez courtney hollister aaron haynes ryan hicks isabelly rodriguez martens laura gonzalez luis lojo sagbay victoria geraldo lovano gavin highsmith nikolai gonzalez jaylene hawkins gabrielle hernandez jaylisse rosa sabrina jacob [Music] wilfredo dovel juan cordova melissa leon umama mofty anderson da silva andera cephas nicole bernal jocelyn lima zaruma amberly lopez alex lynn go first of all a hearty congratulations to the members of the class of 2021 and to your parents families and everyone who supported you along the way right
053are you ready are you ready all right listen up by the power vested in me as superintendent of danbury school system by the connecticut state board of education and as an agent for the danbury board of education i hereby certify that these candidates have met or exceeded the requirements needed to receive a diploma from danbury high school class of 2021 you can now move your taxes left to right congratulations terrorism you