School Staff and Senior Class Officers

Jayla Akers Class President Jewel Strothers Vice President Shelby Fichtner Treasurer Isaiah Ross Secretary Cole Weber Secretary

Administration Ms. Melissa Pearlman Principal Ms. Joan Murphy Director 9-12 Mr. Steven Sikon Director 6-8 Mr. Brendan P. Coyne Guidance Counselor Mrs. Karie Suhajda Activities Director Mrs. Jennifer Palermo Social Worker Mrs. Rachel Vandergraft Junior Class Sponsor Mr. Brent Watson Senior Class Sponsor Mr. Jeffrey Abram Student Services Assistant

Department Coordinators Ms. René Polanco Dance Ms. Mara Cregan Literary Arts Mr. Bernard Black Instrumental Music Ms. Alaine Fink Piano Ms. Ellen Keeney Piano Mr. William Scheuering Production Technology Ms. Mindy Rossi-Stabler Theater Mr.Gerald Savage Vocal Music Ms. Shannon Pultz Visual Arts

Program

Processional…“Pomp and Circumstance”…….………...Elgar Performed by CAPA Instrumental Ensemble The National Anthem……………………Cameron Shoemaker

DreVaughn Sirmons, Lyn Starr Pledge of Allegiance & Welcome, Senior Class President…..

Jayla Akers Introduction………….…………………..Ms. Melissa Pearlman Salutatorian………………………………………….Jacob Narin Valedictorian…………………………………Conrad Kosowsky Acknowledgements & Comments….…Ms. Melissa Pearlman Superintendent’s Excellence for All Achievement Award Presentation by .............................................Dr. Connie Sims

The Pittsburgh Promise Remarks by…………Sa’rai Freeman

Authorization of Diplomas Presentation of Diplomas .............................. Dr Connie Sims

Perfect Attendance Award……….......…….. Jennifer Palermo

Recessional ............................ CAPA Instrumental Ensemble

The audience is requested to stand until the Class of 2014

has completed the recessional.

Chief of School Performance

Chief of School Performance

Jayla Kimberly Akers* Iman Anjelica Allen* Kaden Anantarow* Lizz Bagley** Olivia Cleora Baumann* Alexis Nicole Lynn Bethel Ahziah Imani Bethona Britt Sakony Shakur Burton Jocelyn Callahan* Phil Cancilla* Isabelle Suen Carpenter Shakeria Fallon Ra’sha Carter Kelli Clark** Joshua W Cohen* Giulio Giovanni Conte**+ Donald W. Cook Jr.* Raven Alexis Cordice**+ Colleen Marie Cummings** Jessica Lynn Dawson David Denberg** Noa Denmon* Jesse Daniel Dewald* Adam Taylor Doyle Mayah El-Dehaibi**+ Shelby Brooke Fichtner* Malika Vishawn Fields* Kaitlyn Marie Modany Flanagan** Sa’rai Helena Freeman Shaye Elizabeth Gaetano* Sarah K. Gaitens* Maeve Gannon*+ Steven Reed Gardner* Margaret Gilligan** Nathaniel M. Gordon* Zoe A. Grubbs** Breynne R. Guy**+ Anna Guy-Burton** Shantel M’Tayah Hammond Harris DaNelle Mae Harris** Miarei L. R. Harris Israel Gideon Higgins Andrea Damita Hill

Grace Ivy Hines* Madison Erin Hubbard* Tyler Hudson** Taylor James** Erica L. Johnson** Aaron Kandel**+ Jessica Keller** Elif Kizilkaya** Conrad Kosowsky**# Benjamin Joseph Kraemer** Drew L. Lee Jonathan Lee* Mia Nicole Leicher Nicole Marie Lennartz**+ Samantha Bryce Linder**+ Jacqueline Litz* Adaiah Mariama Hudgins-Lopez+# Annajane Lowe** Zakiyyah Madyun** Chris Matich* Abbie Rose Maynard* Jayne May-Stein Pearl McCann Abigail Anna McGeehan* Lindsay Fusia McParlane** Nathan Meyers** Ayan H Michie* Fiona Joyce Montgomery* Cherish Cam’Bray Morgan Perri Murray** Libby Musacchio** Jacob Narin**+^ Melissa S. Nelson Shamari Nathaniel Nevels Anna Nix** Chance T. Pendley Valon Tashay Pennix Donovan Gray Petri Reyghan Pierce* Briana Octavia Rainey* Alessandra Rella**+ Teona Antoinette Ringgold*

Graduates

Chance Lillian Roberts* Evan Jay Robledo** Jordan Emi Rodriguez* Mallory Lynn Gabrielle Rongier* Isaiah Joseph Ross Alexis N. Royall* Miles Edwin Saal Sydney Jessica Sandidge**+ Justin Sao Jason Isaac Schmitt Isabella Anaya Schubert-Jones* Lily Stone Schwartz Antwuan Lee Self Kausar B. Shaikh**+ Cameron Shoemaker* DreVaughn Sirmons Saige Smith** Chloe Grace Spadafora* Merryn Elizabeth Spence**+ Lyn Starr** Jewel Justice Strothers DeJavaughn Thomas Kayla Saree Thomas* Stacey Lynn Thomas Joy-Marie Thompson**+ Anita Trimbur**+ Breona Jael Turner**+ Scott Michael Uniatowski Richard James Vollberg* Daniel James Walker** Cole Joshua Weber** Autumn Weimer Alexis Beatrice Whitehead* Malcolm DaJuan Williams Shakara Michelle Wright

Graduates

I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America,

And to the republic for Which it stands, one nation

Under God, indivisible, With liberty and justice for all.

Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12, A Creative & Performing Arts Magnet Candidates For Graduation

At this Commencement, diplomas are awarded to those who have completed requirements in June 2014. The Commencement Program lists the names of probable graduates of the Class of 2014. Also participating in Commencement Exercises are those who will receive diplomas upon completion of summer school.

The diploma of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, signed and sealed by its proper officers, remains the official testimony to the achievement of graduation.

A unicorn is one of a kind, it’s magic beauty and legend combined

CAPA’s symbol celebrates, then, the world of art and imagination.

Discipline, hard work, and rehearsal, working together, learning to see that

minds and spirits need to be nurtured to make us all that we can be

Our neighborhood is citywide. Our unity is found inside.

The years we spent will stay in our hearts.

We are Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12, a school for the creative and performing arts.

Pledge of Allegiance

Central Administration

Superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools Dr. Linda S. Lane

Board of Public Education

Mr. Thomas Sumpter, Board President Mr. William Isler, Board First Vice President

Ms. Carolyn Klug, Board Second Vice President Mr. Mark Brentley, Sr.

Ms. Cynthia Falls Mrs. Sherry Hazuda Dr. Regina Holley

Mrs. Terry Kennedy Ms. Sylvia Wilson

“On behalf of the members of the Pittsburgh Board of Education and staff of the School District, I want to congratulate our graduates as they celebrate the successful conclusion of their high school experience. But ‘Commencement’ means ‘beginning’ rather than ‘the end,’ and so we encourage each student to continue to Dream Big and Work Hard so that they have the opportunity to succeed in all aspects of life.”

Linda S. Lane Superintendent of Schools

Floral Arrangements Provided by

YvonneJalina Floral

Adams FoundationALCOABerkman Charitable Trust Alpern Rosenthal American Eagle Outfitters Anonymous AT&T Inc.Bayer USA Foundation Benter Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation BNY Mellon Charitable Foundation Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Citizens Bank Claude Worthington Benedum Fdn Cleveland BrothersDirect Energy Eden Hall Foundation EDMCEQT Foundation Ernst & YoungFair Oaks Foundation First Niagara Bank

FISA Foundation Franco Harris Super Bakery Gailliot Family FoundationGateway Financial GE Company Health Care DivisionGoehring, Rutter & Boehm Gurtner Construction Co., Inc.H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Hefren-Tillotson Highmark Hillman Foundation Huntington National Bank Industrial Scientific CorporationIndustrial Scientific Foundation IBEWJewish Women’s Foundation of Greater PghKeepers of The Pittsburgh Promise Lanxess Corporation Lumina Foundation for EducationMassey Charitable Trust Mathieson Family Foundation McGuinn Family Foundation

Congratulations to the Classof 2014.

Our deepest gratitude to:

The Pittsburgh Promise is extremely proud of you, and grateful to these corporations and

foundations who made a remarkable investment in The Promise to transform our schools, inspire

our students, and vitalize our region.

Michael Baker Corporation Foundation Molyneux Industries, Inc. Morby Family Charitable FoundationMylan National Council of Jewish Women Oliver High School Class of 1959 Alum Oxford Development Company PA DCED Philip Chosky Charitable FoundationPittsburgh Federation of Teachers Pitt Ohio Express Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Steelers PNC Charitable Trust PNC Foundation Range Resources Reed SmithRichard King Mellon Foundation Rugby Realty Snee-Rienhardt Charitable Foundation The Birmingham Foundation The Buhl Foundation

The Burke Foundations Partnership The Charles R. Burke, Jr. FoundationThe Fine Foundation The Giant Eagle Foundation The Grable FoundationThe Heinz Endowments The Jack Buncher Foundation The Pennsylvania Society The Pittsburgh Foundation The Roy A. Hunt Foundation The Sylvia & Martin Snow Charitable FdnThe University Club of Pittsburgh Charitable and Educational Trust Thermo Fisher Scientific Turner Dairy Farms, Inc.UPMC W. I. Patterson Charitable Fund Walnut Capital/Bakery Square Waters Charitable Trust Weiss Burkardt Kramer LLC

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