The Albany Academy & Albany Academy for Girls Hold Commencement Ceremonies

ALBANY, NY (06/13/2008)(readMedia)-- Students, parents, alumni/ae, faculty, administration and special guests formally bid goodbye to the Albany Academy for Girls and The Albany Academy Classes of 2008 on June 9 & 10.

Thirty nine young women graduated during the AAG ceremony held at 140 Academy Road on June 9, which included a commencement awards presentation and featured remarks from Brigadier General Dana H. Born – Dean of Faculty for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.

The members of the AAG Class of 2008 include Allison Beth Ancowitz, Lisa Marie Barry, Mary Kate Bateman, Elizabeth Margery Birch, Nicole Welsh Borisenok, Jayne Nikol Bortunova, Alex Robinson Brix, Kasey Marie Buran, Stephanie Lynn Curtis, Alexis Z. Deeb, Ellen Alexandra DiStefano, Paige Lindsley Fletcher, Alexa Nicole Genhofer, Katlyn Isabella Georgia, Kendra Leigh Hart, Rachel Hendry, Paula R. Jacobson, Lauren Kopp, Natalie Marra, Julia Chrystle Militar, Emily Rachel Miller, Kaitlin Milos, Samantha Rose Mosher, Sophie Moss, Arielle Nicole Patack, Meredith Rose Philbin, Allison Lynne Pollock, Melissa G. Reohr, Suzanne Clara Rossi, Sarina Sadana, Jill Ellen Scalzo, Nicola Anneliese Schmied, Vivian Angela Schmied, Alison T. Sweeney, Chelsea Tobin, Kathleen Bernadette Tucker, Melissa Marie Van Roey, Ilyse Maura Wolberg and Rebecca Wolchok.

Forty five young men graduated during the AA ceremony held at 135 Academy Road on June 10, which included a commencement awards presentation and featured remarks from golf legend and entrepreneur Greg Norman.

The members of the AA Class of 2008 include Patrick Augustus Abbruzzese, Benjamin Charles Alston, Stephen W. Brink, Alex James Calomeni, Julian Adam Century, Matthew Cole Cerone, Theodore D. Chrimes IV, Robert Tyler Connolly, Christopher Michael Connors, William Burlee Considine, Phillip Evans Cushing, Kirby Patrick Daly, Tristan Nordulf Debye-Saxinger, Christopher George Emrich, Lucas Frederick First, Henry Joseph Flynn, Timothy Patrick Gerrish, Desmond Joseph Gilroy, Daniel Marshall Hogan, Kevin Hollywood, Mark Steven Johnson, Michael Min Seok Kang, Alexander Walzer Koechlin, Christopher David Kudlack, Bryan Joseph Lajeunesse, Won Hee Lee, Griffith Christopher Lewis, Peter Joseph Maloy II, Brian Christopher McDonald, Omar Sterling McGill, Michael Donahoe O’Connor, Denzel Adewale Ogunyase, Christopher M. Paratore, Joshua Robert Emilio Riitano, Dylan Joseph Robichaud, Aleksander Kristjan Saar, Kyle Joseph Schmitz, Stuart Stephen Seidel, Dongjoon Shin, Jeffrey Stewart Sneeringer, Thomas V. Valenti Jr., Jason Louis Van Gelder, Nicholas Joseph Vita, Vincent Cippitelli Wase and Martin Riker Wikoff.

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