Bay View Academy Celebrates Its 140th Commencement

East Providence, RI – On the evening of Monday, June 6th, the 99 members of Bay View Academy’s Class of 2016 donned white robes, gloves and caps and received their diplomas at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, RI.

Members of the Class of 2016 have enrolled in an impressive array of colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and the UK, including Providence College, Brown University, Salve Regina, Cornell, Boston College, Penn State, UVM, Temple, Syracuse, WPI, and the George Washington University. The class earned a total of $9,324,304.00 in merit scholarships for colleges and universities (for four years).

This graduating class is particularly artistically inclined and talented. They were accepted to some of the most competitive art schools in the country and abroad, including Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, California College of the Arts San Francisco, Art Center College of Design LA, Columbia College of Chicago and School of Visual Arts NYC.

The following list represents St. Mary Academy - Bay View’s graduating Class of 2016, including the academic and character awards bestowed at the senior awards ceremony, “Parents Night,” and at the Athletic Banquet, as well as indicators of membership in the Rhode Island Honor Society and the National Honor Society.

The Class Of 2016 By City
✝ National Honor Society
* Rhode Island Honor Society

Rehoboth
Abigail Tidwell ✝*, Sister Mary Margaret Murphy Award for Service, Go the Distance Effort and Courage Award - Trinity College
Emma Tremont ✝* - Connecticut College

Seekonk
Kristina Araujo * - Marist College
Lindsay Dalton ✝*, Outstanding Achievement in Computer Technology Award, National Merit Scholarship Finalist - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Sarah Pangborn ✝* - Columbia College Chicago

East Providence
Ophelia Fernandes ✝* - Indiana University at Bloomington
Elizabeth Furtado *, Performing Arts Award - Roger Williams University
Zheyu Jin ✝*, Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics Award, Salt of the Earth Award - Cornell University
Elizabeth Kolakowski *, Performing Arts Award - University of Rhode Island
Emily Machado ✝*, Alice Sullivan Leadership Award - University of New England
Riley Medeiros ✝*, John Patrick Connelly Award for Forensic Science - Emerson College
Taylor Moravec ✝* - Clark University
Megan Niederberger ✝* - Salve Regina
Soraya Pierre-Louis ✝*, The Mother Teresa of Calcutta Award - Northeastern University
Zoe Sarganis * - Baldwin Wallace University
Yangyan Sun ✝* - Pratt Institute
Sarah Underwood ✝*, Salt of the Earth Award - University of Vermont