PROVIDENCE — In their white caps, gowns and gloves, the 99 young ladies of St. Mary Academy – Bay View participated in the 140th commencement celebrations at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, on Monday, June 6.
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In her commencement address Valedictorian Jamie Tebeau, extended words of gratitude to the families who invested in their education. She also shared that their Bay View education will give them all they need to succeed in the future.
“Bay View pushed us to succeed, to stretch outside of our comfort zones and to grow emotionally and spiritually,” she said.
Bay View President, Vittoria Pacifico-DeBenedictis, encouraged the young women to bring the lessons they have learned from educators, family and friends and “continue to be Bay View” in the next chapter in their lives.
“Be a socially conscious, independent, confident woman, who fully lives her faith,” she shared with the graduates.
The Sisters of Mercy who founded St. Mary Academy Bay View in 1874 could not have begun to imagine this evening, said Jacqueline Marie Kieslich, RSM, president of the Northeast leadership team of the Sisters of Mercy, nor, the impact of their commitment to the education of young women that is still in existence 142 years later, she added.
“Graduates, as you stand at the threshold of this next big chapter in your lives, be thankful for the gifts and blessings you have been given just by being a member of Bay View Academy.”
Graduating Class of 2016
Berkley
Hannah Janson
New Bedford
Ally DaCosta
Rehoboth
Abigail Tidwell
Emma Tremont
Seekonk
Kristina Araujo
Lindsay Dalton
Sarah Pangborn
Swansea
Laura McCann
Westport
Gianna Tobojka
Belleville, New Jersey
Arjita Bhasin
Rhode Island:
Barrington
Blair Delaney
Megan Johnstone
Taylor Morris
Bristol
Christina Conley
Danielle Dunbar
Lilah Meehan
Carolina
Anne Madeiros
Central Falls
Loreal Moniz
Vanessa Rodriguez
Coventry
Dakota Grenier
Cashel Koski
Danielle Pulvie
Cranston
Katherine Beaulieu
Catarina Girardi
Gabrielle Grieco
Adriana Hussey
Jordan Luce
Rose Mahoney
Melanie Morales
Ashley Omigie
Gianna Quillen
Emma Rabiner
Alexandria Rodi
Xiao Zhang
East Providence
Ophelia Fernandes
Elizabeth Furtado
Zheyu Jin
Elizabeth Kolakowski
Emily Machado
Riley Medeiros
Taylor Moravec
Megan Niederberger
Soraya Pierre-Louis
Zoe Sarganis
Yangyan Sun E
Sarah Underwood
Hope
Camilla Macera
Johnston
Jane Benum-Paolantonio
Marissa Chapkounian
Heather DeSousa-Rosa
Abigail Duffy
Samantha Lindimore
Michelle Saliba
Lincoln
Morgan Gabriele-Bucki
North Kingstown
Megan Nadeau
North Providence
Allison Cross
Jeweliana Moore
Sihan Xu
North Scituate
Mikaela Lee
Pawtucket
Jasmin Blackiston
Mackenzie DeFaria
Yihan Feng
Brittany Fitzhugh
Tess Rossi
Stephanie Wambugu
Portsmouth
Isabelle Bolanos
Victoria Castano
Providence
Dyamond Azakpo
Meaghan Gillis
Esmeralda Goncalves
Yanice Grajales
Elfreda Hoff
Jiaming Hu
Angelica Jarvis-Mayo
Eun Lim Kim
Kaili Li
Sixuan Li
Jingyi Liao
Yining Liu
Qiongsha Luo
Jie Pan
Karina Perez
Ashlee Reyes
Shiyue Wu
Xiahoan Zhang
Xinyao Zhao
Saunderstown
Alexia Mattos
Smithfield
Jacqueline DiFilippo
Warren
Alexa Dicomitis
Warwick
Aricia Aubin
Sydney Brennan
Jenna Costantino
Serena Grenier
Jiwon Ha
Dana Hackett
Lynandrea Mejia
Samantha Wynne
West Greenwich
Haley LeComte
West Warwick
Jamie Tebeau -- VALEDICTORIAN
