Local schools' selections for 2018 Best of the Class

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Friday, June 8, 2018

2018 Best of the Class (1 of 4)

For more than 30 years, 6abc has coordinated The Best of the Class Event - a free daylong celebration of academic achievement inviting high school valedictorians from Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Northern Delaware. Program airs on 6abc on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. 6abc's Best of Class Special is hosted by Action News Anchors Brian Taff and Sharrie Williams.


2018 Best of the Class
Students (alphabetical), School (A-F)
Merna Abdel-Gleil, Hamilton High School West
Zachary Abu-Orf, Pitman High School
Liana Alcaro, Mount Saint Joseph Academy
Jessica Alexander, Lower Cape May Regional High School
Chas Allen, Overbrook High School (Philadelphia)
Danielle Ambroise, Burlington Co. Institute of Tech- Westampton
Christopher Anderson, Archbishop Carroll High School
Livia Anderson, Dock Mennonite Academy
Chioma Anuma, Mount Pleasant High School
Michele Anzabi, Villa Joseph Marie High School
Jonathan Arditi, Owen J. Roberts High School
Keneth Arias, Trenton Catholic Academy
Omar Bakri, Academy at Palumbo
Lainie Beauchemin, Garnet Valley High School
Jessica Beck, Gloucester County Institute of Technology
Romonia Bennett, Paul Robeson High School
Anthony Berna, Bishop Eustace Preparatory School
Diana Bershadsky, Eastern Regional High School
Simon Blanchard, Bishop Shanahan High School
Sofia Boracci, Florence Township Memorial High School
Kennedy Brown, Triton Regional High School
Mary Campion, Saint Basil Academy
Gina Capece, Nazareth Academy High School
Max Carp, Strath Haven High School
Natasha Carpenter, Upper Perkiomen High School
Anna Mei Xue Carroll, Sacred Heart Academy
Elizabeth Castellano, Egg Harbor Township High School
Srisa Changolkar, J.R. Masterman
Clara Chaplin Loebell, Saul High School
Hifsa Chaudhry, Hamilton High School North- Nottingham
Leonard Chen, Conestoga High School
Rachel Chen, Central Bucks High School East
Micah Cheng, Abington Senior High School
Michael Cheng, Lower Merion High School
Erin Chism, Howard High School of Technology
Sakshi Chopra, Lenape High School
Lauren Chua, Archmere Academy
Brandon Cohen, Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School
Sarah Anne Cooney, Lansdale Catholic High School
Kylar Coughlin, Gloucester City High School
Stephen Cozzone, Washington Township High School
Taylor Crane, The Promise Academy at West Philadelphia High School
Kevin Cushing, Phoenixville Area High School
Bryce De Muth, Avon Grove High School
Vincent DeLuca, Cinnaminson High School
Sonya Dervishian, Marple Newtown High School
Gabriella DeStefano, Buena Regional High School
Cassidy Diamond, Arthur P. Schalick High School
Shawn Dinh, Absegami High School
Ngan Dinh, Horace Howard Furness High School
Wilson Dodds, Haverford High School
Sean Doyle, Technical College High School Brandywine Campus
Jacquelyn Dunleavy, Interboro High School
Kathy Duque-Ramirez, Motivation High School
Alysa Echevarria, Woodbury Junior-Senior High School
Zachary Einhorn, Swenson Arts and Technology High School
Cajetan Ejianreh, Sterling High School
Mason El-Habr, Holy Ghost Preparatory School
Cecelia Ensell, Camden Catholic High School
Hannah Erdogan, Pennsbury High School
Ronald Estevez, Pennsauken High School
Matthew Farnese, Kingsway Regional High School
Francis Fattori, Oxford Area High School
Holly Felker, Glassboro High School
Erin Finley, Villa Maria Academy High School
Sophia Fischer, Council Rock High School North
Sara Fisher, Haddon Heights High School
Callie Freda, Saint Mark's High School



Students (alphabetical), School (G-L)


Cole Gaboriault, Penncrest High School


Nikhil Gangoli, Great Valley High School


Greta Gareth, Holy Cross Academy


Travis Gaskill, Cardinal O'Hara High School


Casey Gilfillan, Audubon High School


Patrick Glennan, Gloucester Catholic Junior Senior High School


Mary Goodridge, Ursuline Academy


Quadiirah Gory, John Bartram High School


Matthew Gray, St. Elizabeth High School


MiKayla Green, G. W. Carver HS of Engineering and Science


Hannah Grothusen, Springfield Township High School


Boris Guzman, Harry S. Truman High School


Aliza Haider, Atlantic City High School


Dana Haig, Southern Regional High School


Julia Halas, Merion Mercy Academy


Charles Hallinan, Devon Preparatory School


Jennifer Harris, Notre Dame High School


Ryan Hastings, Unionville High School


Destiny Hatten, Widener Memorial School


Cecelia Heintzelman, Collingswood High School


Clarice Helfand, Delaware County Christian School


Dana Henry, Coatesville Area Senior High School


Samantha Holder, Bridgeton High School


Rachel Hollenczer, Conwell-Egan Catholic High School


Lydia Hu, Central Bucks High School West


Eric Hu, Upper Dublin High School


Niles Huang, Radnor High School


Melanie Hull-Dempsey, Chichester High School


Nicholas Iannarone, Hatboro-Horsham HS


Christopher Ix, St. Joseph's Preparatory School


Eric Jaworski, Methacton High School


Naseer Jefferson, Camden High School


Richard Jenkins, Girard College


Julianna Jimenez, Camden Academy Charter High School


Jada Karp, Riverside High School


Alek Kawczynski, Haddonfield Memorial High School


Connor Killion, Lower Moreland High School


Cameron Klotz, Dr. Charles Brimm Medical Arts


Torianna LaBare, Chester County Technical College High School- Pennock's Bridge


Sophie Elena Lara, Downingtown West High School


Nadia Lartey, Penn Wood High School


Daniel Lewis, West Chester East High school


Caleb Limmer, Jenkintown High School


Yong Lin, Norristown Area H.S.


Tiffani Loughrey, Roxborough High School


Jennifer Lu, Philadelphia High School for Girls

1 of 15
6abc celebrated valedictorians in the Class of 2018 at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey.
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Students (alphabetical), School (M-R)
Sarah Machado-Marques, Camden County Technical Schools - Gloucester Township Campus
Alfa Maerone, WestCatholic Preparatory High School
Jack Magargee, Malvern Preparatory School
Fahkreya Manassra, Kensington Health Sciences Academy
James Marek, La Salle College High School
Melissa Marini, Cherry Hill High School West
Ethan Martin, Palmyra High School
Victoria Massey, Hammonton High School
Arjun Mathur, St. Augustine PreparatorySchool
Tatiana Maxwell, Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy
William Mayhew, Delsea Regional High School
Dennis McAllister, Wildwood High School
Declan McCloskey, Roman Catholic High School
Heather McClure, Conrad Schools of Science
Nakita McGahee, LEAP Academy University Charter High School
Liam McGettigan, Pinelands Regional High School
Gerald McNeal, Murrell Dobbins CTE High School
Scarlett McNulty, Gateway Regional High School
Jamie Medina, Deptford Township High School
Maria Meyer, Downingtown STEM Academy
Emma Miller, Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Ashley Mistichelli, Pennsville Memorial High School
Tathya Modi, Middle Township High School
William Montanez, Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School
Mary Grace Mooney, John W. Hallahan.com
Shamera Moore, Benjamin Franklin High School
Allaire Morgan, Rancocas Valley Regional High School
Victoria Moser, Bensalem High School
Brendan Mostek, Upper Darby High School
Cindy Nguyen, Camden County Technical
Anh Nguyen, Neumann Goretti High School
Trinity Niroda, Parkway Center City Middle College
Megan Noonan, Archbishop Wood High School
Grace Ogden, Ridley High School
Elizabeth O'Hara, Souderton Area High School
Marcello Oliveto, Williamstown High School
Rhyan O'Neil, Imhotep Charter High School
Anna O'Neill, Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls
Sharon Pantano, Shawnee High School
Eshaan Parikh, Delran High School

Jacob Parish, Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
Debby Park, Upper Moreland High School
Kelsey Pastirko, Cumberland Regional High School
Nidhi Patel, Atlantic County Institute of Technology
Brianna Pavkovich, Paul M. Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
Lucien Peach, Salesianum School
Gloria Perez, Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
Vanessa Perez, Multicultural Academy Charter School
Arathi Pillai, Springfield High School
Anna Pogrebivsky, William Penn Charter School
Benjamin Price, The Pathway School
Jake Rattigan, Woodstown High School
Jamea Richardson, Bodine High School for International Affairs
Sydney Riley, Franklin Towne Charter High School
Lauren Romano, Burlington County Institute of Technology - Medford Campus
Alexis Romeo, Maple Shade High School
Kayla Ruiz, Bristol High School
Bryan Ruiz, Jules E. Mastbaum High School
Alexander Rusin, Valley Forge Military Academy
Carolyn Russell, Delaware School for the Deaf

Honorees give thanks and credit to their family and friends.

Students (alphabetical), School (S-Z)


Mariama-Seray Sankoh, William L. Sayre HS


Thomas Santangelo, Perkiomen Valley High School


Ohenenana Sarfowah, Christiana High School


Tyler Savage, Timber Creek Regional High School


Ajhana Sayyaad, The Mathematics, Civics & Sciences Charter School


Alexa Scavetti, Academy of Notre Dame de Namur


Samuel Schepps, Cherokee High School


Kevin A. Schultz, Father Judge High School


Aidan Schuster, The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush


Livia Seibert, The Agnes Irwin School


Elrid Serrao, Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School


Yash Shah, Spring-Ford Senior High School


Amir Shanehsazzadeh, Upper Merion Area High School


Sarah Sharp, Salem High School


Tatiana Sheppard, Universal Audenried Charter High School


Brianna Sheppard, Woodrow Wilson High School


Jason Shu, Wissahickon High School


Erin Siciliano, Paul VI High School


Analyn Sil, Harriton High School


Alyssa Sliwa, Archbishop Ryan High School


Grace Simmons, Highland Regional High School


Rachel Skwirut, Penns Grove High School


Kirk Slingluff, Winslow Township High School


Nyzhjae Smith, The Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts


Marshall Smith, Wilmington Christian School


Samantha Smoger, Holy Spirit High School


Benjamin Snyder, The Charter School of Wilmington


Miriam Solowey, Central High School (Philadelphia)


Aidan Sorensen, Wildwood Catholic High School


Garlie St Cyr, Morrisville High School


Amanda Stull, Caravel Academy


Vincent Tate, West Deptford High School


Janna Tawam, Overbrook School for the Blind


Savante Thomas, School of the Future


Alexis Tierney, Seneca High School


Maura Toner, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School


Tracy Tran, Bishop McDevitt High School


Tho Tran, Mercy Career & Technical High School


Laura Tsai, Moorestown High School


Shauwn TuCai, Clearview Regional


Andrew Tufillaro, Pope John Paul ll High School


Morgan Van Dexter, Haddon Township High School


Maxwell Vance, Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy


Paul Velamparampil, George Washington H.S.


Tram Vu, Lindenwold High School


Naccir Waddy, Strawberry Mansion High School


Sophia Wang, Central Bucks High School South


Lauren Wang, The King's Christian School


Syed Ahmed Waseem, Council Rock High School South


Christopher Weed, Bucks County Technical High School


Britney Williams, Paulsboro High School


Krystyn Williams, William Penn High School


Max Wills, Central High School (New Jersey)


Max Wills, Hopewell Valley Central High School


Joshua Wing, Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School


Naya Wright, Overbrook High School (New Jersey)


Jacqueline Wu, Downingtown East High School


Joshua Yardley, Pennridge High School


Nicholas Yip, Philadelphia Military Academy


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