Class of '18 Awarded Diplomas At Commencement

Members of the class of 2018 received their high school diplomas on May 18 in Benjamin Hall from Head of School Robert Goldberg during a ceremony celebrating their time at The Benjamin School. The ceremony marked the culmination of traditional graduation events including the Senior Awards Banquet, Baccalaureate Ceremony, and Alumni Luncheon.

Student council president Martin Weisz addressed the audience, sharing his memories of the past four years before turning the program over to Head of School Robert Goldberg. Goldberg praised the members of the senior class for their accomplishments and commended the upper school faculty for the important role they played in each student’s life as educators.

“To our graduating class, you should remember that although it may take just a minute to make someone feel good, that feeling can last a lifetime to the person who hears it,” said Goldberg.

“This is living a humane life. This is the part of our brain and the part of our humanity that we have to connect with and a part we have to engage in a time when the world is living in such a difficult crisis. To the class of 2018, we are depending on you to make this a better world.”

Congratulations to the class of 2018 and best of luck to the School’s newest alumni!

 

Class of 2018 Matriculation
Gavin Anderson - Auburn University
Kristofer Armstrong - University of Florida
Anna Baker - New York University
Kay Baker - College of Charleston
Alessandra Baldari - Yale University
Jennifer Barre - Georgetown University
Katy Blain - Washington & Lee University
John Bowen - College of the Holy Cross
Sydney Burnett - University of Miami
Scott Burstein - Duke University
Steele Carlson - Florida Atlantic University
Seamus Coffey Gallagher - Northeastern University
Kara Constantakos - University of Colorado at Boulder
Zachary Cotronakis - The George Washington University
Roderick Crawford - Wake Forest University
Joanna Delgado - The University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adam den Bakker - Rollins College
Ethan Denenberg - Indiana University at Bloomington
Sophia DeRosa - The University of Texas, Austin
Mason Domino - Florida State University
Erik Donado - Florida Atlantic University
Brandon Doner - Temple University
Tyler Donten - University of Mississippi
Jessica Drettmann - University of South Carolina
Sean Farahani - Pennsylvania State University
Sabrina Fonda - Winthrop University
Robert Fournie - Rollins College
Samantha Fried - Dartmouth College
Yuan Gao - The University of Tampa
Stephen Gardner - Florida State University
Griffin Garvey - Southern Methodist University
Natalie Gaudet - Stetson University
Logan Gelberd - Purdue University
Nathan Gordon - Heidelberg University
Kailey Graziotto - Oxford College of Emory University
Conor Greene - The College of Wooster
Olivia Gruner -  University of Florida
Varun Hariharan -  Univ. of California at Los Angeles
Kendall Harrow - The University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Hemmes - College of Charleston
Sophie Hoffman - Texas Christian University
Susan Hollenbeck - High Point University
Nina Houri - Bryn Mawr College
Rockwell Howley - Tulane University
Qiuman Huang - University of Pennsylvania
Lily Jezerinac - The University of Arizona
Sarah Kahn - High Point University
Matthew Kaneb - Amherst College
Alexandra Katz - University of Mississippi
Kylie Kempe - Johns Hopkins University
Jenna Key - University of Colorado at Boulder
Shane Kipple - University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reese Kline - Tulane University
Roberto Lama - Stanford University
Emma Lange - Dickinson College
Paul LaNoce - Lehigh University
Alexander Lappin - Wake Forest University
Lauren Lindahl - Florida State University
Jingyi Ling - The New School: Parsons
Matthew Lopes - Washington University in St. Louis
Claire Lord - Smith College
Joshua Lukas - Florida Gulf Coast University
Jamie Lynch - Boston College
Margaret Mahon - Southern Methodist University
Alexa McAvoy - Emerson College
Jack McCluskey - Rollins College
Abigale Mendelsohn - University of South Florida, Tampa
Isabelle Michelon - Fordham University
Colton Moir - Eckerd College
Jessica Morgan - University of Miami
Cameron Murphy - Palm Beach State College
Steven Nicklaus - Tallahassee Community College
William Nicklaus - U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicholas Nielsen - Westminster College
Emma O’Hare - The Ohio State University
Lindsay Oster - University of South Florida, Tampa
Charlie Parker - University of Central Florida
Charles Peckham - University of Colorado at Boulder
Fabian Perez - Palm Beach State College
Ryan Postman - University of Michigan
Da’Mya Preston - Union University
Emily Primm - University of Florida
Emily Reback - University of North Florida
Mark Reece - University of Utah
Margaret Regnery - University of Virginia
Anthony Rooney - Denison University
Carolyn Rose - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Acadia Rubin - Brown University
Regan Russell - Louisiana State University
Jasua Samuel - Florida Atlantic University
Thatcher Seiss - University of North Georgia
Roya Shirzad - University of Georgia
Keiarra Slack - University of Missouri Columbia
Ashley Sniffen - University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Stamp - Colorado College
Aaron Steinhart - Stetson University
Alyssa Suarez - Florida State University
Nicholas Taplett - Winthrop University
Isaiah Thomas - Vanderbilt University
Jordan Travis - University of Louisville
Amanda Viola - Wake Forest University
Kent Waxman - Elon University
Martin Weisz - University of Virginia
Jackson Wiener - Florida State University
Isaac Wiggins - The University of Tampa
Anise Williams - Goucher College
Marine Wolff - Georgetown University
Guillermo Wulff Rodriguez - University of S. Florida, Tampa
Xike Yue - University of Washington
Colton Zecca - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
William Ziff - Wake Forest University


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A premier PK3 - Grade 12 independent, coeducational day school with campuses in North Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. Since 1960, The Benjamin School has provided a challenging college preparatory education to a diverse student body in a structured, nurturing community environment.
 
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