The Woodstock Academy Class of 2021
The Woodstock Academy Commencement Exercises took place on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. on the Woodstock Common. The Woodstock Academy celebrated the graduation of over 200 students.
Senior class president, Clayton Singleton, welcomed classmates and guests.
Ethan Bove and Zhiyan Stella Du were honored as the co-valedictorians of the Class of 2021.
The Woodstock Academy’s most prestigious awards, the Yale Honor Cup and the Donald and Hope Williams Scholarships, were presented. Ciara MacKinnon and Riley Chapuis received the Yale Honor Cup. Zhiyan Stella Du and Ethan Bove received the Donald and Hope Williams Scholarship.
Sophia Mawson addressed her fellow graduates with an adaptation of her first-place essay, “Unity with Tranquility,” from the Kathryn Robertson Essay Contest. The award is one of the highest academic honors a writer can achieve at The Woodstock Academy and was established in memory of Kathryn Robertson, English Department Chair at The Woodstock Academy from 1948 to 1963.
Emma Heimgartner ’22, The Woodstock Academy’s first Poet Laureate, presented her original poem “New Dawn.”
In addition to meeting the requirements necessary to receive a Woodstock Academy diploma, graduates were recognized for grade point averages deserving of summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude, as well as membership in eleven distinct honor societies.
The Woodstock Academy Class of 2021
Alexia Taylor Adams 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Michael D. Adams
Pipeloluwa Roland Ajayi
Kyle W. Alcy
Daimler Krishjanis Aleksjuks
Emily N. Anderson
Hunter Bradye Anderson 18
Brian R. Antunes 17
Nicholas Stewart Apley
Livia M. Armstrong 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17
Kaylee R. Arpin
Emma-Leigh Josephine Arsenault
Jacob Aseltine
Ethan William Aspiras 3, 12, 13, 14, 15
Emma Barrett Auker 4, 12, 14
Trey L. Ayotte
Zachary A. Banning
Tyler James Barrett
Nicola R. Bastien
Iris Rosemary Bazinet
Hunter Mark Beaudreault
Sierra Michelle Bedard 13
Kathleen A. Ben
Kimberley J. Bennett
Aden Berthiaume
Rianna Terry-Elexus Bessios
Tabitha Jeannette Bezanson 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Cedric Joffre William Bilica
Timothy Robert Billings
Kaitlin R. Birlin
Liam Thomas Blanchflower 15
Luke Allen Boardman
Glenn Greene Boies
Amanda F. Bond
Ethan Daniel Bove 1, 3, 11, 12, 14, 16
Matthew Daniel Brady 5, 17
Steven Bratu
Katelin Briere 17
Logan James Brock 3, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17
Zachary F. Brody
Abigail Elizabeth Brown 17
Jacob Daniel Brown 6
Isaac Budd
Emmalyn Linda Bunker
Charles Jonah Burrows
Kaelyn Amber Bushey
Nicholas A. Caggiano
Eshete Calvo
Rachel Leigh Canedy
Yuxin Cao
Ashley Marie Carpenter
Justin R. Cave
Amanda Carolyn Cerrone
Riley Peter Chapuis 3, 6, 12
Stefan K. Chervenkov 8
Demosthenes Konstantinos Chrisovechotis
Nickolas Alan Chubbuck 18
Emily Rita Condon 14, 15
Sara Qiuyu Cotillo Soria
Sydney A. Michelina Cournoyer 3, 12, 13, 14
Sydney Diane Couture 3, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17
Christian Lee Cudworth
Cody Shawn Currie
Emma R. Curtis
Hannah Marie Darigan 3, 12, 14, 16
Julia Churchill Dearborn 3, 9
Alexander Blake Dehler
Sarah Alexandra Delaney
Thursten Wallace Delaney
Connor Chase Dexter
Arianna Di Domizio
Jackson Riley Dias 4, 14
Andrew Nicholas Dilko 18
Charles Alex Dimock
Stella M. DiPippo 3, 12, 14
Estella Mae Douglas 5
Riley Patrick Douglas
Oliver Bushnell Driscoll 9, 14
Zhiyan Du 1, 3, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
Eliza J. Dutson 5, 13, 14
Raymond Espinal-Guzman
Adrian Thomas Essex
Adam Charles Exley
Guerin Brad Favreau 8, 13
Jocelyn Emma Foisey
Chloe A. Forsten
Joel Seth Gagnon
Kileigh Niland Gagnon 4, 13, 16
Zipeng Gao
Gabriella May Garbutt 4, 13
William J. Gaug
Huck Gelhaus
Gabriel Eugene Geyer 3
Da’shon Gittens
Grace Anne Gronski 4, 12, 14, 16
Colby Groves 4, 17
Kaden Robinson Gucwa
Giana Raffaela Guida
Ashley Nicole Guillot 4, 12, 14
Lillian Mae Hagerman
Amanda Ann Hair 10, 17
Caleb Edward Hall 3
Ryan Joseph Hansen
Chelsea Christine Harda
JiaHao He
Cierra Louise Heersink
Kwesi Kamau Harold Henry
Jacob William Hernandez 5
Yago Herrera Moreno de Acevedo
Richard D. Hickson
Emma Kerry Hovestadt 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
Joey Ignacio 3, 14, 16
Travis J. Jewell
Andrew Barry Johnson
Noah Jeffrey Keaten 17
Keegan J. Kelleher 17
Megan E. Kelly
Hailey M. Kerouack
Avery Clayton Killingsworth
Taeoh Kim 18
Hailey Helena-Horniak Klar
Dominick Kollbeck
Kelsey Paige Kosior
Brynn Avery Kusnarowis 3, 12, 13, 14, 16
Dylan Jakob LaBrecque
Kaily Elizabeth LaChapelle 4, 13, 14
Jadyn LaFlamme 17
Isabelle R. Lanoue
Amelia Carey Large
Hannah R. Laurens
Re Lee
Wonwook Lee
Cassandra Ann Leighton
Caitlin Elizabeth LeSage 3, 14, 16
Mackenzie Leveille 5
Aochen Li 3, 10, 11, 12, 14
Jerry Lin
Skyla Grace Lindell
Ishaan Lingayat
Colin Liscomb
Samuel Steven Listro
Hanna Jane Longwell 3, 7, 12, 14, 15, 16
Angela Lu 3, 12, 14
Brandon Maciolek 18
Ciara Maeve MacKinnon 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
Avery Kate MacNeil 5, 16
Harriet Rachel Majek 4, 7, 12, 14, 15
Nathan Majewski
Marco Bañolas Maluf 3, 11, 12
Matthew David Marshall 6
Samuel D. Massey 3, 8, 12, 14
Jessie Lin Masterson
Sophia Lorraine Mawson 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
Marissa Jacquelyn Mayhew
Emily Catherine McClure 4, 12, 14, 16
Lexi Amaya McCullough-Murphy
Lucy K. McDermott
Kathleen Annette McDowell
Ella Joy McMahon
Jonah N. McNamara
Francis Patrick McNerney
Stephanos Jack Menounos
Alina C. Michalski 8, 13, 15
Emme Laurenne Miglietta
Electra Sophia-Renee Migneault
Gavin Michael Miller
Carly J. Millette
Colby Thomas Mills
Karissa H. Minkema 8
Bailey Kathleen Mitchell 3
Isah Mohammed
Miguel Angel Morales
Macey Lynne Morse
Salwa Naveed 5, 15
Kamden Nelson
Anais Emma Newall-Vuillemot
Nikita Nezhin
Edward John Niejadlik
Katelynn E. Niejadlik
Ian Scott Nielson
Zachary Kenneth Niemann
Jacob Alexander Niemiec
Aedan Robert-Thomas Noel 18
Giovanni T. Nuccio
Ashley Morgan Nunes 3, 7, 12, 15
Meaghan Jane O’Brien 5, 12, 16, 17
Alissa Rae O’Connor
Molly O’Connor 15, 16
Evan David Odorski
Nathan A. Olson
Olivia Mae Ott 5, 7, 12, 13
Avery Richard Pajak
Aidan Anthony Pappas
Xavier Lee Parker
Alyssa A. Patel
Lily Song Patenaude 4, 6, 7
Deziree Marie Patridge
Melanie Pazienza 8
John Forster Peabody 3, 12, 14, 15
Alexa Katerina Pechie 15
Sebastian Isaah Pelletier
Payton A. Peterson 18
Eric Phongsa
James Phongsa
Violet Pietrowski
Maria Fernanda Pires Trevisan
Dylan Michael Ponkala
Dante T. Poth
Megan Beatrice Preston 3, 7, 12, 13, 15, 16
Gillian N. Price
Isabella Rosemarie Price
Arriel N. Quant
Connor J. Quinn 3, 11, 14
Maxwell Jeffrey Racicot 5, 15
Haven Marie Renshaw 17
Brandon Russell Richards
Owen T. Ritzau 3, 8, 11
Jeremy Samuel Romano
Luke R. Rossi 18
Nicholas James Round
Asier Ruiz
Taegon Ryu 4
Avery Francis Sabrowski
Elijah William Saine 10
Noah Converse Salsich 3, 8, 12, 13, 14
Ida Aminata Sanders 3, 16
Maria Santucci 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16
Peyton Grace Saracina
Gavin M. Savoie
Chayton Frederick Scheuritzel
Adam M. Schimmelpfennig 5
Alexa M. Schimmelpfennig 3, 8, 12
Heather Grace Schofield 3, 11, 12, 14
Quinn Murphy Schuler
Alyssa Mary Jean Sharrow 17
Kyra Marie Shaw
Madeline J. Silbermann 3, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15
Suzanne E. Silbermann 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15
Clayton Warren Singleton 3, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17
Benjamin James Sivertsen
Emily Rose Skellett
Christina M. Skellinger
Meghan Terri Yayun Slate 3, 6, 17
Alexander Jamal Smith
Colin Shea Smith 3, 12
Donovan P. Sokolovsky
Aleksa Stevanovic
Brinn A. Stimans
Dominic Isaiah Strother
Mya Symington-St.John 3, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16
Sybaljan Azizovna Tahirova 3, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16
Logan Arthur Talbot
Sarah Tavares 7
Nicole A. Terjesen 3, 16
Jake Paul Tingley 18
Steisi Topalli 3
Mallory Ann Tyimok 5, 7, 12, 14, 15
Alexandra R. Vaida 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
Rockwell Valentine 3, 10, 12, 14, 17
Ibo Luis Villanueva
Kassidy Ann Walden
Allison R. Wall
Mengqi Wang
Eli Matthew Werstler 3, 12, 14, 16
Caroline Sue Wilcox 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Alexander Jaffe Williams 3, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17
Alex Wojciechowski
Wesley James Woronecki, Awarded Postumously
Yuhang Yang
Jiacheng Ying
Alise Grace Yonush
Ethan Michael Young
Alexis Reagan Zagrodny
Hongli Zhang 8
Jialei Zhang 4
Dmitrii Zinchenko
Honor Codes
1. Valedictorian
2. Salutatorian
3. Summa cum laude
4. Magna cum laude
5. Cum laude
6. Chinese National Honor Society
7. English National Honor Society
8. German National Honor Society
9. Italian National Honor Society
10. Latin National Honor Society
11. Math National Honor Society
12. National Honor Society
13. Scholar-Athlete Honor Society
14. Science National Honor Society
15. Social Studies National Honor Society
16. Spanish National Honor Society
17. Tri-M Music Honor Society
18. Military
The Woodstock Academy is an independent, day and boarding, co-educational, college preparatory high school for grades 9–12 and postgraduates located in Woodstock, CT. The mission of The Woodstock Academy is to prepare all students by providing diverse opportunities through a rigorous curriculum and a variety of programs in order to cultivate the necessary skills to become lifelong learners and global citizens.
