Dighton Rehoboth Honors Seniors at Annual Celebration of Excellence

Over 68 members of the Dighton-Rehoboth’s senior class received scholarship money at the school’s annual Celebration of Excellence, held Wednesday, May 30, at Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School. In addition, the school’s annual department awards were given to the most deserving student in each discipline.

Dighton- Rehoboth’s academic medalists will have their names added to the school’s Academic Hall of Fame:
Art: Hannah Howard and Quentin LaChance
Helena M. Kennedy Medal (Business): Megan Kelley
Science: Charles Pike
William Grover Medal (Social Studies): Kirsten Chambers
Elinor Smith Mathematics Medal: Sydney Borrello
Music Medal: Eveline Rossi
Margaret Kammerer Halliwell Medal (Foreign Language): Sienna Kulpa
English Medal: Kirsten Chambers
Physical Education Medals: Grace Tremblay and Kyle Frias
Phoenix Award (Guidance): Noah Avila

The following students received Outstanding Performance Awards for their work in the following vocational pathways:
Carpentry: Steven Silvia
Drafting: Aodhan Stansfield
Early Childhood Education: Michaela Ferreira
Marketing: Celina Medeiros
Machine Technology: Benjamin Benevides
TV Production: Tyler Ellinwood

The salutatorian of the class of 2018 is Peyton Maccarone.
The valedictorian this year is Megan Kelley.

The Beatrice Kammerer Award, given to a senior who best exemplifies honesty, humility, responsibility, and consideration of others, was awarded to Joseph Reed.

The John A. Berger Award, given to a senior in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program who has shown the most improvement, was awarded to Patrick O’Malley.

The Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators Award, was given to Samuel DuBois.

The Nathan Lawrence Medal, given to the most outstanding student in the CTE program, was awarded to Samuel DuBois.

The James Frates Medal, awarded to a senior National Honor Society (NHS) member who best exemplifies the qualities of scholarship, leadership, service, and character, was given to Kyle O’Connell.

Owen Conti received the Principal’s award in recognition for outstanding contributions to the school and Emily Greenberg and Emily Leonard received the President’s Award for showing commitment to academic excellence. The Robert T. Roy Medal, awarded to the most outstanding member of the senior class, was awarded to Megan Alves.

All members of the National Honor Society (NHS) were designated as such by wearing the ceremonial white cord and tassel. These students have been recognized for their excellence in academics, in their time at Dighton- Rehoboth. They have also been recognized for their outstanding leadership skills, their service to others, and their outstanding character. The following NHS members of the Class of 2018 are:

Megan Alves
Aaron Andrade
Nicholas Ballirano
Sydney Borrello
Caitlin Carro
Kirsten Chambers
Owen Conti
Colby Deschenes
Madison Dewey
Samuel DuBois
Nicole Evans
Emily Greenberg
Alec Hart
Maggie Hoye
Mia Iodice
Megan Kelley
Jacqueline Kucia
Andrea Lawler
Emily Leonard
Peyton Maccarone
Celina Medeiros
Brielle Michener
Noah Munroe
Kyle O'Connell
Garrett Paquette
Hannah Peixoto
Hannah Philip
Charles Pike
Calli Pratt
Joseph Reed
Emily Reid
Jacob Rogers
Lindsey Silvia
Ian Sullivan
Emma Thompson

Dighton- Rehoboth hosted graduation on Friday, June 1, 2017 at 6 p.m. Due to the weather, the graduation was limited to two (2) tickets per graduate due to space restrictions in the gymnasium and other guests were able to view the graduation on a live feed in the auditorium.