The Southern Westchester BOCES held its career services graduation and recognition ceremony this week.

Elizabeth Palushaj, a Cosmetology student from Westlake High School, delivered the graduation address. “Wherever we go,” she told her fellow graduates, “we have much to share with the world.”

John LaSorsa of the LaSorsa Auto Group received the Annual Partnership of the Year Award for the company’s support.

The following students received awards:
• Mashell Lau, Eastchester High School – Secondary Occupational Education Outstanding Student Award, Fashion Design Outstanding Student
• Samuel DiSalle, New Rochelle High School – Basic Occupational Outstanding Student Award, Integrated Art Outstanding Student
• Senora Gathers, Woodlands High School – Ruth Bullwinkel Memorial Award, Cosmetology Outstanding Student Award
• Kaitlin Rozanski, Valhalla High School – Donald B. Barbieri Memorial Award
• Thomas Arena, Eastchester High School – Ollie Clark Memorial Award
• Shayne Archer, New Rochelle High School – Stock Award for Culinary Excellence
• Abijah Myers – DePaul Stallkamp Memorial Award for Outstanding Improvement in Basic Occupational Education
• Carmela Dizenzo, New Rochelle High School – John Harley Memorial Award
• Elizabeth Palushaj, Westlake High School – John Remling Memorial Award
• Kenny Jewell, Sleepy Hollow High School – Ray Oddo Memorial Award, Horticulture Outstanding Student
• Noreen Torelli, Eastchester High School – Dree Atkins Memorial Award, Commercial Art Outstanding Student (pictured, left)
• David Basso, Harrison High School – Advisory Committee Award, TV & Media Production Outstanding Student
• Joseph Magaletti Jr., Westlake High School – CERN Technology Outstanding Student
• Joey Ocampo, Ardsley High School – Multimedia Outstanding Student
• Bernardo Tovar, the Edenwald School – Food Trades Outstanding Student
• Stephanie Lalla, Valhalla High School – Elaine Barsich Memorial Award
• Danielle Germani, Rye Neck High School – Office Skills Outstanding Student
• Abijah Myers – Building Maintenance Outstanding Student
• Dane Fender, New Rochelle High School – Construction Trades Outstanding Student
• Jonathan Ghebrenigus, Tuckahoe High School – Auto Trades Outstanding Student
• Richard Acevedo, Edenwald School – Auto Body Outstanding Student
• Matthew Weinstein, Hendrick Hudson High School – Work Experience Outstanding Student
• Christian Maldonado, Alexander Hamilton High School – Electrical Construction Outstanding Student
• Juan Barajas, Eastchester High School – Carpentry Outstanding Student
• Navado Carruthers, White Plains High School – Collision Technology Outstanding Student
• Jose Valencia, New Rochelle High School – Auto Technology Outstanding Student

Following is the complete list of graduates. An asterisk (*) denotes that a student received a state-approved technical endorsement on his or her diploma.

Congrats to all!

Alternative High School

David Basso
Cristian Gomez
Tamara Jordan
Joey Ocampo
James Park
Stephen Roche
Rosa Greenwood
King Xu
Michael Jaslo
Christopher Cartagena
Alexis Norris
Evan Ciriclio
Dion Wilkerson
Redell Olivacce
Brian Trapasso
Ja’Nay Blackstock
Kristie Lunapiena

GED Program

Diego Benedetti
Michael Bordes
Celeste Chilelli Jr.
Andrew Coke
Amber Fernez
Nunzio Golia
Patrick Hart
Din Hasangjekaj
Antonio Longo
Felipe Marcondes
Ohkwari Olton
Michele Park
Christian Patino*
Rudy Soriano
Michael Wilcher

Computer Networking

Daryl Bolasingh
Sergio Castillo
Steven Coscia*
Anthony DaSilva
Michael DeRouseau
Robert Ferris
Gilberto Hernandez*
Joseph Magaletti Jr.*
Joan Maguino*
Steve Morel
Che Overby-Harris
Gabriel Ramos
Dylan Salaverria*
Michael Stocklas*
Joseph Trotta*
Darnell White
Dion Wilkerson
Jin Zheng*

Multimedia

Joseph Albert
Aurelio Colon
Danielle Guzman*
Briana Johnson
Jamie Norris*
Joey Ocampo*
Isabel Santos*

TV/Video Production

David Basso*
Isaiah Carter
Nicholas Fabro*
Luz Hernandez
Tamara Jordan*
Stephen Malone
Matthew Spady
Drakkar J. Taylor

Commercial Art

Deanna Bergenson*
Ja’Nay Blackstock
Andrew Coke
Christopher Gill*
Cristian Gomez*
Rickey Huggins*
Bernadette Jankowski
Michael Jaslo
Stephanie Lalla
Antwon Lanes
Kristie Lunapiena
Brian Novoa
Katherine Palomba
Jason Patterson
Daniel Reda
Melissa Riccio*
Paige Robkoff*
Steven Rodriguez
Noreen Torelli*
King Xu
Aldo Zucconi

Fashion Design

Michelle Berardo
Monique Burnett
Sherie Dixon
Karolyn Echavarria
Rosa Greenwood
Tiye Henry-Fields*
Damonique Jackson
Jasmin Johnston
Ruthie Kasten*
Mashell Lau*
Esther Ogbu

Emergency & Protective Services

Casheika Bristow
Kelvin Coleman
Tania Cruz

Food Trades

Michael Becerra
Jamad Nelson
Javier Pina
Jason Pavelock
Michael Salgado
Bernardo Tovar

Horticulture

Crystal Adejimi
Geradline Diaz
Jasmine Foster
Kenny Jewell
Patience Moore

Office Skills

Teosha Chance
Kristina Diaz
Nancy Garita
Danielle Germani
Moses Lewis
Melinda Stamps
Michael Urbaez

Integrated Art

Eric Aponte
Jenisha Bradford
Catherine Cruz-Griffith
Michael D’Agostino
Samuel DiSalle
Joseph Frank
David Jackson

Building Maintenance

Michael Alexander
Hakeem Cowan
Tishawana Denham
Eric Garcia
Abijah Myers

Construction Trades

Douglas DeLeon
Christian Diaz
Dane Fender
Diego Gonzalez
Christopher Kazmarski
Brendan Lipkin
Jose Pina
Michael Thunberg
Shannon Trione

Auto Trades

Jonathan Ghebrenigus
Javier Gomez
Colton Jordan
Ike Okoli
Giovanni Pena

Auto body

Richard Acevedo
Darion Bennett
Christopher Fitzgerald
D’Andre Lambert
Matthew Vazquez

Work Experience

Matthew Weinstein

Electricity

Salvatore Alfano
Thomas Arena
Robert Barbera
Trent Bronner
Raffaele Carnetto
Guillermo Chamorro
Matthew Cho
Tim Doyle*
Paul Gjidoda
Vincent Greco
Michael Guevara
Jesse King
Brian Krebs
Christian Maldonado
Michael Mebane
Alejandro Miranda
Matthew Natal
Marco Noriega
Cesar Orozco
Darian Pamplin
Stefano Paolucci
Carlos Perez
Anthony Piccolo*
Damian Ramirez
Andrew Reese
Jimmy Reillo
Jose Rivera
James Rogers
Leonardo Rosado
Victor Valdovinos
Gustavo Valencia
Nashir West
Anthony Yusko

Carpentry

Juan Barajas*
Eyqpt Burrows
Anthony DeRenzis*
Christopher Mabry
Justin Moore
Lewis Rathbone
Josue Roman*
Alvaro Toscano*
Dorren Williams

Culinary Arts

Steve Alvarez*
Shayne Archer*
Kristiana Berisha*
Sabrina Cano*
Daniela Denobrega
Giovanny Duque*
Elizabeth Flores*
Maria Garcia
Kyle Keene*
Jacqueline Knowles
Marko Lyerly*
Eduardo Munoz*
Janelle Oliver*
Brendan Picone
Michelle Rondinelli*
Jabari Skeene*
Henry Viruet*
Delissa Yizar
Frances Zamora*

Collision Technology

David Belcher
Navado Carruthers*
Chris Cartegena
Jimmy Diaz
Anthony Esposito
Shawn Lewis
Jonathan Martinez
Rudy Soriano
Eduardo Valencia
Alex Villa

Automotive Technology

Christian Aguilar
Adrian Alonzo
Charles Arnold
Diego Benedetti*
Rolando Betances
Leighton Butler*
Darwin Cabreja
Arthur Chamorro*
Anthony D’Angelo*
Ray Emmanuel*
Francisco Estrada
Dustin Feola*
Timothy Gleason*
Fernando Gonzalez
Dwight Gregg
Patrick Hart*
Diego Hurtado
David Knapp
Gabriel Liaigre
Elvin Maldonado
Joseph Maselli
Salvador Oceguera
Luis Pico
Randall Reed
Alex Ricevuto*
Stephen Roche
Alexander Salazmann
Adolfo Salcedo*
Roberto Sosa*
Rafael Stella
Chamberlain Summers
Jose Valencia
Jayquan Washington
Joseph Williams

Cosmetology

Jessica Ahern
Alesia Anderson
Kadidja Bangoura
Porsha Burnett
Rebecca Cahn
Stephanie Ceballos
Jessica Chavarro
Francesca Colamussi*
Maria Concha
Camille Coward
Monica Cutelo
Vertell Davis
Ogersa Deliallisi
Carmela DiZenzo*
Antoinette Febbo
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Teresa Flores*
Ja-Tea Franks*
Norma Galvez*
Senora Gathers*
Anyssa Groves
Maritza Hurtado*
Alana Kelly
Jennifer Kerr*
Ahilyn Lopez*
Shanique Lynch*
Samantha Maggipinto
Nadine Marucci
Sandra Matailo
Noemi Morales
Renee Nichols*
Camille Norgbey*
Ana Novoa
Elizabeth Palushaj*
Christina Papetti
Victoria Pardo*
Dafina Preluvukaj*
Nicole Ramirez
Whitney Richardson
Sarah Rodgers
Kaitlin Rozanski*
Lizeth Sanchez
Roseanna Serrano*
Rashel Sidiropulo*
Diana Smoyver
Ashley Thomas*
Lisette Valdovinos*
Anita Valencia
Lidia Valencia
Adult Students
Amanda Petula
Elizabeth Tarasz

Photos courtesy of Southern Westchester BOCES. Top right: Nancy Garita, Jason Poniatowski and Danielle Germani. Top left: Noreen Torelli.