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The Herkimer Central School District Class of 2024 graduated in an outdoor ceremony on Friday, June 28, at the Herkimer Athletic Complex.
During the ceremony, Herkimer High School Principal Zachary Abbe, Superintendent Kathleen Carney and Board of Education President Brian Crandall spoke to the graduates. Class of 2024 valedictorian Victoria Stapf and salutatorian Kyle Carney gave speeches about the successes of their class, reflected on going through hybrid learning during COVID-19, looked to the future and thanked their families, the community and everyone at the school.
Stapf’s speech included talking about the class’s accomplishments and memories made together.
“From breaking school records, restarting athletic programs, and enacting public policy to pushing ourselves to get more involved, earn higher grades, and explore every opportunity before us, the Class of 2024 is truly an accomplished group of individuals who have all made their mark on this community,” Stapf said.
Ultimately, it’s the memories the students made together that will forever unite them, Stapf said.
“The friendships and connections we made here in these halls are what will allow us to always call Herkimer home no matter how far we go,” Stapf said.
Carney said in his speech that the Class of 2024 is one of those groups of students that teachers are going to miss.
“Not only are we social, dependable, trustworthy, kind, funny, and hardworking, we excel in everything we strive to do,” Carney said. “Whether it be in the classroom, on the stage, on the field, on the court, or in the trades, we put forth our best effort to achieve greatness.”
Carney also spoke about the special relationships among students in the class and about how important he believes it is to remember to laugh.
“As much as the resume of academic, musical, and athletic achievement speak for themselves with the class of 2024, that is not the thing I am going to miss the most,” Carney said. “The things I am going to miss most are the connectedness and humor.”
The following is a list of the Herkimer Central School District Class of 2024:
Christian Allen
Chance Arabia-Everson
Savannah Blake
Althea Brown
Arrissa Bunker
Jadan Cabrera
Zoey Caldwell
John Campagna
Nathan Cannon
Kyle Carney
Lindsey Carpenter
Emily Cerio
Alex Collis
Adelisa Covic
Jayden Crandall
Marie Cugliandro
Jason Failing Jr.
Nicholas Ferreras
Emily Gabruk
Christos Gasparinatos
Danielle Gilbert
Michael Goodson Jr.
Kevin Gregory
Colin Hart
Marcela Hartman
Juleighanna Herringshaw
James Hess
Emmanuel Johnson
Ayden Kappus
Lukas Krenichyn
Nicholas Lamanna
Cassandra Larzelere
Aubrey Lewis
Destiny Luck
John Maher
Evan Martyniuk
Perzhia Mayo
Isabella Meeker
Kaithlyn Merette Gonzalez
PeterMosny
Colin Murphy
Timothy Murray Jr.
Alex Noonan
Abbigail O’Hara
Layla Parham
Riley Pine
Maxwell Polus
Haley Rando
Julian Ruffule
Dirk Salamon
Naeleah Santiago Vazquez
Amelia Sheldriclc
Corin Smith
Colin Spisak
Victoria Stapf
Ciarra Tero-Gomez
Zaire Titus
Jordan Topolski
Gracie Tutty
Roma Verenich
Cameron Voce
Baker Webster
Ethan Weisser
Emily Whaley
Leslie Xiao
Madison Zahniser
Don Zhao
Herkimer High School Principal Zachary Abbe speaks to the Class of 2024 graduates during their graduation ceremony on Friday, June 28, at the Herkimer Athletic Complex:
Herkimer Central School District Class of 2024 valedictorian Victoria Stapf speaks during a graduation ceremony on Friday, June 28, at the Herkimer Athletic Complex:
Herkimer Central School District Class of 2024 salutatorian Kyle Carney speaks during a graduation ceremony on Friday, June 28, at the Herkimer Athletic Complex:
