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North Brookfield honors Class of 2025 with student speeches and departmental awards
Summary
North Brookfield Junior‑Senior High School held a commencement ceremony featuring a student farewell address, departmental awards across arts, STEM, math and athletics, and Student Council recognitions for seniors.
North Brookfield Junior‑Senior High School held a commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 that combined a student farewell address with departmental awards and several student ‘‘wills’’ and a class prophecy.
Anthony Polanco, president of the Class of 2025, delivered the principal farewell speech, opening with a quoted line attributed to Abraham Lincoln and closing by urging classmates forward: “I look forward to the great things we will go on to do, and good luck to everyone else in the future,” Polanco said.
The ceremony included awards across multiple departments. Visual art and music teacher Miguel Martinez presented four awards, including a double‑agent award for sustained participation in performing and visual arts, two excellence awards for AP Visual Art portfolios, and a rare Lifelong Artist Award; Martinez said this was only the third time he had presented the Lifelong Artist Award. Martinez recognized Claudia White, Brie Hutchinson, Chris (last name not specified), and Bella (last name not specified) among others.
Because STEM teacher Michael McNeal was on active duty, Miss Meg presented the Future Engineer Award on his behalf to Aiden Rodriguez. Physical education teacher (identified as Mr. Kinon) presented multiple PE awards including Most Enthusiastic, Most Improved (co‑recipients Kenyan Lawrence and Aiden Rodriguez), Sportsmanship (Chris Claverville), and the Gym Rat Award (Nico Corvesi). Math teacher Miss Meg presented excellence awards in honors precalculus and discrete mathematics, recognizing Dayton Ford, Asher Bopre, Nathan Riley and Claudia White among recipients. English department presenters Heather McPherson and others named awards in AP Literature, honors English and creative writing, citing recipients including Asher Bopre, Sama Mohsen, Olivia Palmer, Kenyan Lawrence and Aiden Rodriguez.
Caitlin Malone, speaking on behalf of the North Brookfield Student Council, awarded gold and silver member certificates: Anthony Polanco received a gold member certificate; Dayton Ford and Bree Hutchinson received silver member certificates. Malone also announced that Anthony Polanco had received the Massachusetts Association of Student Council’s Commonwealth Award, citing his role and enthusiasm for the school council.
The ceremony included a series of student ‘‘wills’’ and a class prophecy read by seniors that relayed personal messages, memories, and a light‑hearted fictional reunion scenario. Several students used the will readings to thank family members, teachers and classmates by name and to pass on symbolic items or roles to underclassmen; examples referenced include thanks to teachers Miss Meg, Miss Kemp, and Mr. DiOrio (principal), and repeated mentions of peer classmates such as Dayton Ford, Claudia White, Bella Regan and others.
The event was largely celebratory and ceremonial; no formal actions, votes or policy decisions were recorded during the portions of the program in the transcript.
The school and speakers used the platform to recognize individual academic and extracurricular achievements across arts, athletics, STEM and leadership roles, and to offer departing remarks and personal tributes as the class moves on from North Brookfield.
