Congratulations, Class of 2012!

Westbrook High School celebrated its 52nd Commencement Ceremony on June 18, with the 76 students in the Class of 2012, according to school tradition, escorted into the ceremony by a member of the faculty. Faculty and administrators from the elementary, middle, and high schools participated in the ceremony, recognizing the contributions at all levels to the success of graduating students.

Class President Matthew Tweedie delivered the welcoming message. Other student speakers included Valedictorian Olivia Tempesta and Salutatorian Sarah Luft. Tweedie will attend Southern Connecticut State University to study athletic training. Both girls will attend the University of Connecticut in the fall, Tempesta to study music education and Luft to major in sociology. Their speech titles were, respectively, "The Small-town Paradox" and "Our Perceptions."

Principal Robert Hale, Superintendent of Schools Patricia Charles, and Board of Education Chair Maureen Westbrook also shared remarks and presented the graduates with their diplomas.
Students have earned more than $250,000 in scholarships, counting both previously announced scholarships as well as those that were presented for the first time at the commencement. Principal Hale as well as representatives of community organizations presented more than $100,000 to students for the first time that evening. Of those, more than $63,000 is administered through the Westbrook Foundation and presented by foundation board members Joann Murray and Jim Crawford.

The class of 76 included 29 members of the National Honor Society, as well as more than a third graduating with honors distinction. Students in the National Honor Society are designated by wearing gold cords and students with honors distinction receive and wear a school medal as part of the commencement regalia. Students also wore honor cords in a variety of colors representing departmental and school-wide honors. Graduating students who scored at or above goal on statewide testing wore blue honor cords.

Westbrook High School - Class of 2012
Nathan Andrade
Marcus C. Andrew
Jeanamarie Avena
Vittoria Lynne Balsamo
Joseph A. Barbieri, Jr.
Meghan Catherine Bernard
Hailie Nicole Bromson
Victoria Lynn Buck
Sarah Chapell
Cassidy Marie Chiarito
Courtney Ciscato
Robert W. Ciscato
Carsten Daniel Cole
Chace J. Coleman
Jacob Paul Collins
Jacob N. Comment
John Cook
Mark Cornacchio, Jr.
Tyler J. Corveira
Michaela Kristine Crowley
Stephanie Leal Cyphers
Kathlyn A. Cyr
Walker Dirobbio
Dylan Doane-Lianos
Kathryn K. Donlan
Benjamin Patrick Doran
Megan LeMontangue Erickson
Dominic Famiglietti
Christy Elizabeth Forsman
Michael Galiger
Sean Gesner
Callie Campbell Hagemeister
Crystal Ann Halibozek
Kelsey Ann Hansen
Mitchell D. Honan
Carlin M. Huckel
Jacob Jackson
Tyler Jacques
Jesse Jimenez
Mindy Khamvongsa
Kyle Aaron Kjos
Emily Adele Krane
Lauren Grace LaDelfa
Allison Lamarche
Rachel E. LaMark
Megan Elizabeth Lohutko
Sarah Ann Luft
Tyler Lynch
Zachary S. Malcarne
Erica D. Martel
Jake Paul Martowski
Chelsea Rae Maxam
Thomas M. Maynard
Annabelle Grace Mead
Jade Gabriella Nardi
Scott Lawrence Nicoll
Meghan Elisabeth Prevost
Brendan Michael Raunikar
Hannah Reilly
Henry Gregory Rominski III
Kali Elizabeth Russo
Merilee B. Sader
Emily E. Schreck
Tyler J. Shamas
Joshua Sherman
Sean W. Sparaco
Amanda Strukus
Olivia Corrin Tempesta
Richard Franklin Tettelbach
Alexander Peter Nicholas
Tragakes
Matthew James Tweedie
Elizabeth Twigg
Tyler Marie Vasquez
Rebekkah R. Wood
Hannah L. Worthley
Colin Joseph Zehnder