Bright future lies ahead

Friends and family gathered in the Robert J. Christen School, PS 81's new auditorium to watch their loved ones graduate from the fifth grade.

Former Principal David Parker encouraged students to "always keep a notebook" like Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison.

"The future is bright for you," he said.

The fifth-grade class sang "Over the Rainbow" to a crowd full of flashing digital cameras. A group of students also played the recorder for the audience.

The graduates are:

Class 5-201

Susan Aracena
Dana Austin-Sockwell
Ciaran Burke
Daniel Bushell
Tomas Cabo-Hervada
Christopher Chan
Marisa Chiacu
Sarah Colgan
Isabel Dipirro
Ashley Elson
Mayte Gamory
Liam Gavin
Thomas Hlebowicz
Joseph Ivan
Melissa Lee
Jacob Levine
Tatyana Mitchell
David Ojeda
Lorien Pereyra
Jason Philip
Nicole Puia
Genie Raven
Anna Samuels
Cole Savasta-Ruf
Vladimir Severino Jr.
Dora Skelton
Spyros Stavrou
Sebastian Stolovitzky
Michael Sullivan
Elijah Trofimenko
Nathaniel Wilde

Class 5-202

Nouralison Abdella
Rachel Anderson
Mavluda Aslova
Mamadou Bah
Rahul Bhat
Jason Castillo
Skarlet Checo
Jessica Diaz
Tyttus Douglas
Esai Fortunet
Hualeska Garcia
Irwin Garcia
Jarvis Grant
Lorenzo Hernandez
Kinza Iftikhar
Jessica Krenzel
Emma Levine
Gisselle Lozada
Tayyeb Malik
Jennifer Marquez
Amanda Marrero
Tiana Martinez
William Miller
Amy Miranti
Justin Mogg
Brian Oku
Paul O'Leary
Steven Ramirez
Tiffany Rodriguez
Roi Vana
Emma Velazquez
Nicholas Vizcaino

Class 5-205

Yeldana Abdrashova
Elisa Alberto
Isaac Ali
Jahky Burns
Miguel Castro
Donika Cela
Brandon Debond
Sofia Felix
Anabe Fernandez
Dylan Flores
Jeffrey Fong
Yarenis Gomez
Laura Gonzalez
Malik Gray
Stacey Harvey
Yesilernis Higgins
Mojgan Jamil
Ami Kone
Kyle Krenzel
Damont Levy
Marta Maksymyuk
Brittany Mercado
Charlene Puello
Justin Rivers
Jencey Rodriguez
Joshua Roman
Selena Rosado
Christopher Stallone
Destiny Thomas
Yasmine Toro
Gary Yuen
Artem Zheglov