2023 First Quarter Academic Awards

At the Academic Awards Assembly on November 17, 2023, Assistant Headmaster Michael Nerbonne delivered the following remarks:

A friend of mine shared a story with me recently which beautifully and powerfully reflects this year’s School theme of “love”.

Here’s the story:

My friend and his wife were making preparations for the upcoming wedding of their daughter. Their future son-in-law had endured a very serious medical issue as a young boy which would end up nearly thirty years later becoming a very important part of the wedding celebration.

When he was just two years old, this boy was visiting his grandmother who became quite concerned about his health. Something just didn’t seem right to her, so she insisted that his parents take him to see a doctor right away. They soon learned, much to their dismay, that his liver was failing and that the only hope for his recovery would be a liver transplant. So, they put his name on a national registry in the slim hope of finding a matching donor somewhere out there in the broad expanse of our whole country.  

They were delighted to learn that the registry did find a matching donor liver, from a 1-year-old boy who had just tragically died from SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Surgeons were able to transplant the liver from the deceased boy into my friend’s future son-in-law, despite the thousands of miles of distance between the donor and the recipient.

This boy has enjoyed remarkably good health since the transplant and had a very full and happy childhood in all respects. So, now flash forward to his pending marriage to my friend’s daughter. And the story might have ended there.

But this young man wanted the parents who donated their son’s liver decades ago to share in the happiest day of his life, so he began searching for them and after several months located them thousands of miles away. He then extended to them an invitation to attend his wedding. They immediately said “yes”, flew to Boston, and here they met for the first time the extended family of a boy to whom they had made this life-saving gift almost thirty years prior. All were incredibly grateful and delighted to meet and get to know one another on such a happy occasion.

I’ve been thinking about that word “yes” and its inextricable link to this year’s theme of love. These parents who lost their young son, surely the most painful experience any parent can endure, said “yes” to an organ donation despite their terrible sadness and grief. And no one would have faulted them for saying no. And the groom to be said “yes” when he had the instinct to include them in his and his fiancée’s wedding planning. He probably had some mixed emotions about even extending the invitation, would he cause them more pain by contacting them, would his wedding be a reminder of all they had lost when their young son died. And then the “yes” of these parents to accept the invitation, to embrace a young man and his family to whom they had literally given the gift of life. How different it all might have been if any of these “yeses”, especially the first one, had been a “no”.

In Goethe’s Faust, the eponymous main character Dr. Faust asks the devil in disguise, Mephistopheles, “who are you?”. Mephistopheles replies “Ich bin der Geist der stets verneint”, “I am the spirit who always says no”. Love always wants to say “yes” to the right things, and its opposite wants to say “no.”

Sometimes it just takes a “yes’, motivated by love, to make all the difference.

May our answer to all forms of life in all seasons ever be a resounding “yes”.

Thank you and God bless.
 

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St. Sebastian's School is proud to announce those students who were named to the First Quarter Honor Rolls under the following categories:

High Honors: A- or above in all subjects
Honors with Distinction: B or above in all subjects
Honors: B- or above in all subjects
Superior Effort: Marks of 1 in all subjects
Effort: Marks of 1 or 2 in all subjects
 

FIRST QUARTER

High Honors

Class of 2024

Raif S. Boit, Deven S. Carkner, Neal R. Carlson, Gianluca Centola, Jonathan J. Demosthene, Rui S. do Rosario, Henry J. duBose, Quinn B. Feyler, Brendan T. Fulham, John R. Harney, Dylan M. Lipof, Chase W. McCann, Seamus M. McDonough, John J. McHugh, Brendan M. Schmidt, Elliot C. Slayne, Christopher J. Thompson, Ye Tian, Cormac A. Walsh

Class of 2025

Peter J. Bachiochi, Ty Ciongoli, Benjamin D. Corbett, Maxim D. Kalinichenko, Robert R. Keller IV, Colby W. Nash, Ryan Pat, Erik J. Saradjian, Peter A. Stavaridis, Joseph B. Sullivan, Hugh P. Turner

Class of 2026

Alistair P. Cooper, Sebastian F. Culleton, Michael M. DeMatteo, Luca J. Faggiano, Dominic D. Funke, David H. Greaney, John Grimes, Seth D. Janchar, Joseph D. Koh, Oliver R. Manning, Tiernan P. Massenburg, Brendan M. McHugh, Casey W. Mutryn, Andrew W. Plotner, Michael A. Rohatgi, Dominic S. Scioli, John C. Sullivan

Class of 2027

Ethan J. Abdella, Cormac E. Anderson, Demetrios P. Catrickes, Ryan M. Connolly, Nicolas P. Doglioli, John M. Dorsey, Connor J. Fleming, Jackson W. Fulginite, Ryan Healey, Taylor E. Holmes, John J. Joyce, Rowan G. Koppenheffer, John Lynch, Aiden E. Mack, Anthony T. Marcucci, John B. McRoskey, Carter G. Rich, Thomas M. Saulnier, Benjamin E. Stuart, Akul Trikha, Ryan P. Walsh, Maxwell E. Weber, Nolan W. Wishart

Class of 2028

Nathaniel M. Antebi, Decker L. Bannish, Connor P. Carroll, Richard X. Condron, Felix G. Cressotti, Rohan Ghatge, Finn Govender, Peter J. Lipscomb, William E. Madden, William D. Reed, Joseph B. Ryan, Matthew Spalla, Emmett J. Sullivan, Brady Williams

Class of 2029

Benjamin M. Aidlen, Charles R. Lans, Alvaro J. Martinez, Benjamin J. Yu

Honors with Distinction

Class of 2024

Nicholas A. Adams, George E. Addona, Brendan W. Arcara, Aiden J. Barclay, John M. Barry, Kamden S. Carkner, Matthew P. Cataldo, Lochlan C. Chisholm, Jack C. Condron, Aidan B. Connors, Jack R. Connors, Owen J. Connors, B. Patrick Cooney IV, Matthew C. Dalto, Stephen J. DeMatteo, Adric I. Denis, Tyler J. Derenzo, Nolan M. Flynn, Daniel E. Gillis, Colin T. Gorman, Brian D. Hall, James R. Joyce, Kellan R. Kilmartin, James Y. Ko, Charles J. Leverone, Owen T. Lynch, Matthew McLaughlin, Jack A. Mulka, Sebu P. Najarian, Max J. Proia, Perry J. Rassiger, Benjamin L. Scemama, Michael A. Spalla, Derron J. St. Marie, Benjamin R. Stavaridis, Edward B. Zhang

Class of 2025

Karson M. Bilezerian, Cooper J. Bolton, Connor J. Carroll, Declan H. Carroll, Kaelan C. Chudzinski, Ace Ciongoli, Liam N. Cunjak, Travis M. Engel, Brendan P. Keaveney, Brian M. Keene, Theodore C. McKeigue, Benjamin G. Molinsky, Avedis B. Najarian, Luc J. Olivier, Manuel R. Pereira, Alexander C. Perkin, John P. Stenberg, Robert W. Wallace, Michael A. Williams, Daniel W. Yang, Owen L. Zhang

Class of 2026

Carson E. Arevian, Sawyer R. Bean, Brian R. Burke, Davis W. Cassler, Sean P. Collins, Tyler D. Curry, Finn N. Daley, Carter A. Dedier, Nolan L. Dunphy, John F. Fabbro, Gavin L. Feyler, Brett Gallo, David J. Hahm, Jared E. Hughes, Peter T. Keefe, Jack T. Kelleher, George K. Kelly IV, Joseph P. Martin, Brendan J. Matthews, Carter J. Mays, Eamon J. McCarthy, Quinn A. Mulvey, Wachira Njoroge, Finneas C. Noonan, Donal J. O'Connor, Antonio Petruzziello, Evangelos S. Poulos, Richard H. Sutphin III, Jeffrey Q. Welham, Colin L. Williams, Andrew Zhang

Class of 2027

Tristen S. Alexander, Joseph J. Bachiochi, Gus Baer, Rocco E. Boyle, Rohit Dabas, Henry M. DeBevoise, Karl A. Edouarzin, John A. Esserian, Jaxon R. Fantuzzi, William T. Finnegan, Conor Greaney, James Q. Harney, Derek N. Hassey, Chase R. Hernandez, Lukas R. Hiles, Ty Y. Hymovitz, Ryan Krummell, Tiancheng Liu, Andrew P. MacDougall, Abner Machuca Diaz, Matthew J. McCarthy, James J. McNulty V, Charles M. Melchionda, Milo B. Mistry, Constantine Mitrokostas, Daniel J. Porter, William B. Rowe, Wright J. Shinzawa, Jack A. Stavaridis, Ryan Sullivan, Gavin F. Wainwright, Alexander J. Wasynczuk, Samuel J. Weston, Nathan F. Yesehak

 Class of 2028

Thomas D. Ashe, Jr., Jack C. Connolly, Killian F. Cunjak, Charles H. Daley, Liam M. Eastwood, Robert T. Ferguson III, Richard C. Joyce, Eamon Keefe, Andrew C. Matthews, Connor J. McDonald, Cade Noonan, John J. Queally, Noah R. Wagner, Jonathan Yang

Class of 2029

Luke Burch, Jackson J. Burke, Caleb D. Casiano, Griff Ciongoli, Brennan R. Condron, Finn D. Condron, Brayden M. Cruz, Quentin J. Donoghue, Patrick J. Fennell, Samuel A. Fishbone, Brendan T. Fleming, Peter R. Furmonavicius, Jasiah A. Galvao-Fernandes, Anthony A. Gray, Jack M. Halloran, Tyler J. Hehir, John R. Kane, James Keller, James W. Kilmartin, Carter M. Kubec, John O. Lemke, Cameron J. Plotner, Ray E. Rush, Rhett D. Shevlin, Patrick A. Sullivan, Nicholas M. Winslow, John F. Wishart

Honors

Class of 2024

Liam J. Barbosa, Luke S. Eastwood, Liam C. Field, Liam V. Gavin, Benjamin C. Goffredo, Ronan I. Massenburg, Nicolas McLaughlin, Christopher J. Merageas, Isaac M. Mitchell, Michael J. Quinn, Colin K. Sullivan

Class of 2025

Rhys W. Amorosino, Donald P. Armstrong III, Kevin M. Bresnahan, Lucas B. Candiotto, Lucas C. Cox, Connor B. Crane, Luke C. Harrington, Charles R. Hinman, Joseph W. Maxwell, Chandler G. McClements, Benjamin P. Merrill, Matthias J. Ogrinc, Jacob A. Pichay, Julian J. Singh, Luis E. Sosa Espinal, Nicholas P. Ward

Class of 2026

Samuel J. Barbosa, Paolo R. Castro, John L. Cronin, Andrew J. Donovan, Alan M. Felix, Theodore C. Frisoli, Cesar A. Hernandez, Gavin M. Joyce, Samuel Li, Sebastian R. Martinez-Moule, Benjamin O. Osunsanya, Isaiah M. Simmons, Cameron N. Steele, Reagan M. Straub, Brendan J. Treseler, Dylan C. Van Biert, Caden A. Young, Ian Zhou

Class of 2027

Preston Bollin, Rian R. Chudzinski, Duke Ciongoli, Gregory P. Derenzo, Matteo L. Fainelli, Theodore T. Farren, Antonio J. Martinez, Luke P. Murphy, Luke G. Puglia, Quincy F. Quillard, Declan Schwarz, John E. Usechek, Samuel J. Ward

 Class of 2028

Oisin E. Asaad, Benjamin M. Deschenes, Joseph P. Dunn III, Reece H. Feyler, Robert L. Kennedy, Joseph B. Leto, Jack Matyska, Ryan S. Mutryn, Jack S. Sherman, Austin Wu

Class of 2029

David O. Ashenuga, Ryan P. Cullen, Jason C. Dorman, Gavin J. Herlihy, Paul P. Joyce, Michael P. Keene, Christian M. Kuo, Connor T. Martin, Christian R. Martinez-Moule, Wesley C. Nahabedian, Daniel X. Pichay, Cole C. Shevlin, Jacob R. Ward

 

Superior Effort

Class of 2024

Raif S. Boit, Neal R. Carlson, Gianluca Centola, Jonathan J. Demosthene, Rui Do Rosario, Brendan M. Schmidt

Class of 2025

Ty Ciongoli, Maxim D. Kalinichenko

Class of 2027

John J. Joyce, Rowan G. Koppenheffer, Benjamin E. Stuart

Class of 2028

Joseph B. Ryan, Matthew Spalla, Brady Williams

 

Effort

Class of 2024

Nicholas A. Adams, George E. Addona, Liam J. Barbosa, Aiden J. Barclay, John M. Barry, Raif S. Boit, Deven S. Carkner, Kamden S. Carkner, Neal R. Carlson, Matthew P. Cataldo, Gianluca Centola, Lochlan C. Chisholm, Jack C. Condron, Aidan B. Connors, Jack R. Connors, Owen J. Connors, Matthew C. Dalto, Stephen J. DeMatteo, Jonathan J. Demosthene, Adric I. Denis, Tyler J. Derenzo, Rui S. do Rosario, Henry J. duBose, Luke S. Eastwood, Quinn B. Feyler, Liam C. Field, Nolan M. Flynn, Brendan T. Fulham, Liam V. Gavin, Daniel E. Gillis, Colin T. Gorman, Brian D. Hall, John R. Harney, James R. Joyce, Kellan R. Kilmartin, James Y. Ko, Charles J. Leverone, Dylan M. Lipof, Owen T. Lynch, Ronan I. Massenburg, Chase W. McCann, Seamus M. McDonough, John J. McHugh, Matthew McLaughlin, Christopher J. Merageas, Jack A. Mulka, Sebu P. Najarian, Max J. Proia, Perry J. Rassiger, Benjamin L. Scemama, Brendan M. Schmidt, Elliot C. Slayne, Michael A. Spalla, Derron J. St. Marie, Benjamin R. Stavaridis, Colin K. Sullivan, Christopher J. Thompson, Ye Tian, Cormac A. Walsh, Edward B. Zhang

Class of 2025

Rhys W. Amorosino, Donald P. Armstrong III, Peter J. Bachiochi, Karson M. Bilezerian, Timothy Bollin, Cooper J. Bolton, Kevin M. Bresnahan, Lucas B. Candiotto, Connor J. Carroll, Declan H. Carroll, Kaelan C. Chudzinski, Ace Ciongoli, Ty Ciongoli, Benjamin D. Corbett, Lucas C. Cox, Connor B. Crane, Liam N. Cunjak, Matthew E. Doherty, Travis M. Engel, Charles R. Hinman, Maxim D. Kalinichenko, Brian M. Keene, Robert R. Keller IV, Jack M. Knight, Joseph W. Maxwell, Theodore C. McKeigue, Benjamin P. Merrill, Benjamin G. Molinsky, Avedis B. Najarian, Colby W. Nash, Matthias J. Ogrinc, Luc J. Olivier, Ryan Pat, Manuel R. Pereira, Alexander C. Perkin, Jacob A. Pichay, Erik J. Saradjian, Julian J. Singh, Luis E. Sosa Espinal, Peter A. Stavaridis, John P. Stenberg, Joseph B. Sullivan, Hugh P. Turner, Robert W. Wallace, Robert Walusimbi-Mitchell, Nicholas P. Ward, Michael A. Williams, Daniel W. Yang, Owen L. Zhang

Class of 2026

Carson E. Arevian, Samuel J. Barbosa, Sawyer R. Bean, Brian R. Burke, Davis W. Cassler, Paolo R. Castro, Griffin Collins, Sean P. Collins, Alistair P. Cooper, John L. Cronin, Sebastian F. Culleton, Tyler D. Curry, Finn N. Daley, Carter A. Dedier, Charlie M. Delay, Michael M. DeMatteo, Andrew J. Donovan, Luca J. Faggiano, Alan M. Felix, Gavin L. Feyler, Theodore C. Frisoli, Dominic D. Funke, Brett Gallo, David H. Greaney, John Grimes, David J. Hahm, Cesar A. Hernandez, Jared E. Hughes, Seth D. Janchar, Gavin M. Joyce, Peter T. Keefe, Jack T. Kelleher, George K. Kelly IV, Joseph D. Koh, Samuel Li, Oliver R. Manning, Joseph P. Martin, Sebastian R. Martinez-Moule, Tiernan P. Massenburg, Brendan J. Matthews, Carter J. Mays, Eamon J. McCarthy, Brendan M. McHugh, Quinn A. Mulvey, Casey W. Mutryn, Finneas C. Noonan, Donal J. O'Connor, Benjamin O. Osunsanya, Antonio Petruzziello, Andrew W. Plotner, Evangelos S. Poulos, Michael A. Rohatgi, Dominic S. Scioli, Isaiah M. Simmons, Cameron N. Steele, Reagan M. Straub, John C. Sullivan, Richard H. Sutphin III, Mark J. Walbridge, Jr., Colin L. Williams, Andrew Zhang, Ian Zhou

Class of 2027

Ethan J. Abdella, Tristen S. Alexander, Cormac E. Anderson, Joseph J. Bachiochi, Gus Baer, Preston Bollin, Rocco E. Boyle, Demetrios P. Catrickes, Rian R. Chudzinski, Ryan M. Connolly, Henry M. DeBevoise, Gregory P. Derenzo, Nicolas P. Doglioli, John M. Dorsey, Karl A. Edouarzin, John A. Esserian, Jaxon R. Fantuzzi, William T. Finnegan, Connor J. Fleming, Jackson W. Fulginite, Conor Greaney, James Q. Harney, Ryan Healey, Chase R. Hernandez, Lukas R. Hiles, Taylor E. Holmes, Ty Y. Hymovitz, John J. Joyce, Rowan G. Koppenheffer, Ryan Krummell, John Lynch, Andrew P. MacDougall, Abner Machuca Diaz, Aiden E. Mack, Anthony T. Marcucci, Antonio J. Martinez, Matthew J. McCarthy, James J. McNulty V, John B. McRoskey, Charles M. Melchionda, Milo B. Mistry, Constantine Mitrokostas, Daniel J. Porter, Luke G. Puglia, Quincy F. Quillard, Carter G. Rich, William B. Rowe, Thomas M. Saulnier, Declan Schwarz, Wright J. Shinzawa, Jack A. Stavaridis, Benjamin E. Stuart, Ryan Sullivan, Akul Trikha, John E. Usechek, Gavin F. Wainwright, Ryan P. Walsh, Samuel J. Ward, Alexander J. Wasynczuk, Maxwell E. Weber, Samuel J. Weston, Nolan W. Wishart, Nathan F. Yesehak

Class of 2028

Nathaniel M. Antebi, Thomas D. Ashe, Jr., Decker L. Bannish, Reid M. Bolton, Connor P. Carroll, Brooks H. Carter, Richard X. Condron, Jack C. Connolly, Felix G. Cressotti, Killian F. Cunjak, Charles H. Daley, Liam M. Eastwood, Robert T. Ferguson III, Reece H. Feyler, Rohan Ghatge, Ethan Giraldi, Finn Govender, Richard C. Joyce, Eamon Keefe, Robert L. Kennedy, Joseph B. Leto, Peter J. Lipscomb, William E. Madden, Andrew C. Matthews, Jack Matyska, Connor J. McDonald, Cade Noonan, John J. Queally, William D. Reed, Joseph B. Ryan, Tucker Shanks, Jack S. Sherman, Matthew Spalla, Emmett J. Sullivan, Noah R. Wagner, Brady Williams, Jonathan Yang, Connor Young

Class of 2029

Benjamin M. Aidlen, David O. Ashenuga, Luke Burch, Jackson J. Burke, Caleb D. Casiano, Griff Ciongoli, Brennan R. Condron, Finn D. Condron, Brayden M. Cruz, Ryan P. Cullen, Quentin J. Donoghue, Patrick J. Fennell, Samuel A. Fishbone, Brendan T. Fleming, Peter R. Furmonavicius, Jasiah A. Galvao-Fernandes, Anthony A. Gray, Jack M. Halloran, Gavin J. Herlihy, Nicholas S. Hiles, Paul P. Joyce, John R. Kane, Michael P. Keene, James Keller, James W. Kilmartin, Carter M. Kubec, Christian M. Kuo, Charles R. Lans, John O. Lemke, Connor T. Martin, Alvaro J. Martinez, Christian R. Martinez-Moule, Elliot M. Mays, Wesley C. Nahabedian, Cameron J. Plotner, Ray E. Rush, Cole C. Shevlin, Rhett D. Shevlin, Patrick A. Sullivan, Jacob R. Ward, Nicholas M. Winslow, John F. Wishart, Benjamin J. Yu