Frankford Class of 2020 Graduation Program

FRANKFORD
HIGH SCHOOL

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

FOR THE

ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FOURTH
GRADUATING CLASS

VIRTUAL CEREMONY
LINK WILL BE EMAILED
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M.

PROGRAM

PROCESSIONAL ............................................................................ CLASS OF 2020
PRESENTATION OF COLORS ................ FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL JROTC
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ........................................FIRST SARGENT FRAIOLI

“STAR SPANGLED BANNER” ............................................ FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

PERFORMED BY FRANKFORD VOICES’ SENIORS

“LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING” ........................... JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

PERFORMED BY FRANKFORD VOICES’ SENIORS

WELCOME ADDRESS ......................................... DR. MICHAEL J. CALDERONE

PRINCIPAL

SALUTATORIAN'S ADDRESS .................................. NICOLE QUESADA-LEON

VALEDICTORIAN'S ADDRESS ..................................................... YESHUA HAM

“SOMETIMES” ..................................................................................................H.E.R.

INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER .........................MRS. ARMSTRONG

SENIOR CLASS SPONSOR

KEYNOTE ADDRESS ..................................................................ISAIAH THOMAS

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS ............................. MRS. JENNIFER JOHNSON
MR. LINWOOD STEVENS
MS. SHANNON SAWICKI

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES ................... DR. MICHAEL J. CALDERONE

PRINCIPAL

“ALMA MATER” ................................................ BY SNOOK, MEARNS, & WHITE

PERFORMED BY FRANKFORD VOICES’ SENIORS AND FRANKFORD STAFF MEMBERS

RECESSIONAL ................................................................................ CLASS OF 2020

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SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Michael J. Calderone .............................................................................. Principal
Mrs. Patricia McDermott-Fair ....................................................... Assistant Principal
Mrs. Cynthia McGuigan ................................................................ Assistant Principal
Ms. Kathy Gendelman ................................................................... Assistant Principal
Ms. Betsaida Ortiz ......................................................................... Assistant Principal
Mrs. Rachel Moore ........................................................................ Assistant Principal

COUNSELORS
Dr. Caitlin Rose ….................................................................................... Counselor
Ms. Lena Chacko ...................................................................................... Counselor
Mr. Adam Bachmann ................................................................................ Counselor
Ms. Sherri Van Guine ................................................................................ Counselor
Ms. Isabella DiBileo .................................................................................. Counselor

SENIOR CLASS SPONSOR
Mrs. Michele Armstrong

2020 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS
President .................................................................................................. Yeshua Ham
Vice-President ........................................................................................ Zyia Tenaglia
Secretary .................................................................................................. Taliyah Ross
Treasurer ................................................................................................ Marcus Logan

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STUDENT NAME FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL AMOUNT
2020 SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

COLLEGE/ ORGANIZATION

Abdelhamid Harby University of the Arts Dean’s Award $72,000
Katelynn Trotter
Haja Bah Holy Family University Dean’s Award $66,000
Taliyah Ross
Holy Family University Dean’s Award $66,000
Kaleb Hatfield Mambu Scholarship $10,000
Cordell Patterson Cigna African American Employee Group Scholarship
Jermaine Wade The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Retirement $1,000
Yeshua Ham Chapter Scholarship Fund $500
Valley Forge Leadership Scholarship
Vianna Alvarado-Perez $8,000
Rubin Destin MIT Prep Award
Krystal Torres-Gonzalez Ernst and Young Scholarship $9,000
$5,250
Imani Bullock Mambu Book Scholarship
Kenisha Dabney Ernst and Young Scholarship $2,000
Alysia Cordero $5,250
Ernst and Young Scholarship $4,500
Ernst and Young Scholarship $1,850
Ernst and Young Scholarship $1,500

Ernst and Young Scholarship $1,000
Ernst and Young Scholarship $1,000
Christine Duffy Scholarship $1,000

*Scholarships may not be listed if scholarship was awarded after the above list was compiled.

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Discipline FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Art 2020 SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

Recipient
Katelynn Trotter

Business Education

Keandre Copper

English

Darlene Tejada-Polanco

Foreign Language

Niehma Acres

Culinary Arts

Kaleb Hatfield

Industrial Technology

Vernon Smith

School Spirit

Jermaine Wade

Mathematics

Thamar Estile
Brandon Moore

Music

Marcus Serrano

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FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL 2020
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

Discipline Recipient

Citizenship & Service Ashley Cruz
Citizenship Award Luis Bosque
Class of ‘66 Vietnam Fallen Heroes

Scholarships Kenisha Dabney
Irma N. ColemanAlumni Grant Marcus Logan
Vincente DeCastro Grant Regina Sistrunk
Caroline L. Gruhler Alumni Grant Zyia Tenaglia
J. Wesley Harvey Alumni Grant Jamil Dabney
Hymen Rubin Alumni Grant Kenneth Gandonou
Janet Lever Scholarship Baxter Peterson
Al Angelo Scholarship Darlene Tejada-Polanco
Dr. George W. Taylor Alumni Grant Krystal Torres-Gonzalez
Alumni President’s Grant Brandon Moore
Carolyn Perry Memorial Grant Taliyah Ross
James & Helen Kilough Tuition Grant Marie Louis
Franklin Smedley Memorial Tuition Grant Jarik Baker
E. Orrel Crap Scholarship Tuition Grant Vianna Alvarado-Perez
Dr. Leon Johnson Tuition Grant Jermaine Wade
John R. Nevin Memorial Tuition Grant Nasjah Pinkney
Anne M. Georgeson Tuition Grant Kenneth Torres
David F. Maxwell Memorial Tuition Scholarship Edzanardie Content
G. Alvin Snook Memorial Tuition Scholarship Yeshua Ham
Class of ‘64 Katelynn Trotter
Aaron Nursing Scholarship

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FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL 2020 GRADUATES



Niehma Acres Brandon L. Coleman
Izayiah M. Adams *Edzanardie Content

Kaseem Adams Keandre Copper
Kyle L. Akins Jr. Alysia L. Cordero

Amar H. Al-Quza Marianny Coronado Santiago
Christian J. Alejandro Kiarah J. Cortes

Hasna Ali Aalliyah L. Costin
Christopher A. Almodovar Jonathan G. Cotto-Velez

Alize A. Alston Tyrek N. Crawford
Julianet Alvarado-Maldonado Ashley N. Cruz

*Vianna Alvarado-Perez Yaseem T. Cruz-Davis
Hadiya Ba *Jamil Dabney

Tyrone Bacon Kenisha S. Dabney
Haja R. Bah Cy’ierra R. Dargan

Jarik J. Baker Shelsey DeJesus
Jonathan A. Balbuena Rubin S. Destin

Jeremiah D. Bazley Isaiah G. Diaz
Taseem S. Bell Michaelle Didier

Kyree S. Benton James E. Draper
Sakiya S. Birch Kyle Duffield

Luis H. Bosque Marie C. Edouard
Deion M. Brown Shykir S. Elo

Imani N. Bullock James J. Erickson
James O. Burno Thamar Estile

Ahmani R. Butler Wilbel Feliz-Feliz
Jose A. Camilo *Nahjir E. Fletcher

Masiya Carson Cosme G. Francisco
Tymir Carswell Seydou Gandega

Cesar E Castro *Kenneth S. Gandonou
*George Castro Kyle Gorham

Brayan Castro-Santos ***Yeshua J. Ham
Ralf E. Cesar Zoie J. Hannibal

Samyiah L. Chiverton Abdelhamid Harby
Jamal N. Cobb Marques S. Harper

*** Valedictorian Listing does not necessarily indicate completion of
** Salutatorian graduation requirements.
* National Honor Society

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FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL 2020 GRADUATES



Iyana B. Harris Amber R. Maddox
Blessing Harris-Horne Frank E. Maddox

Kaleb J. Hatfield Thalia Margarito
Katheryn Hawkins-Garcia Kiana C. Martin

Abigail Hawkins-Garcia Steven I. Martinez
Marcus F. Henderson Manuel A. Matos

Bryanna I. Hernandez Fateen McFadden
Joe D. Hilliard Jr. Sara McLean

Randolph Hinnant Jazlynn J. Melendez
Lilly Ho Carlin Mena-Gonzalez

Armani A. Hopkins Francisco Mercado
Michael A. Jackson III Tyshira S. Mills

Jenileichka M. Jimenez Jolee A. Moffett
Jasmine M. Johnson Keyvon Montague

Jbril T. Johnson Joshua J. Moon
Tyjade A. Johnson Michael Moon

Brianna S. Jones Brandon X. Moore
Shakeem Jones Juan A. Moreta-Peguero

Tyrik Justice *Yerly Morillo Acosta
*Kalsoom Khan Kamani Morris

William H. Klahr Jr. Joshua A. Mulero
Sokoiya Imani L. Knight Lamont D. Mull

Haneef Lane Nassir D. Murphy
Azhair K. Leach Jasmin M. Nieves

*Camryn Leach Jacob Pancamo
Geraldo L. Lebron Nicole F. Paris

Nairoby M. Lenon-Tapia Cordell G. Patterson
Georgean Locke Gilian D. Perez

Ishanae Loftus Dashon C. Perry
*Marcus Logan Kaseem Perry

Aaliyah Lopez Baxter Peterson
Marie O. Louis Brayan Pimentel

Khaseem Love Nasjah Pinckney

*** Valedictorian Listing does not necessarily indicate completion of
** Salutatorian graduation requirements.
* National Honor Society

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FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL 2020 GRADUATES

**Nicole D. Quesada-Leon Jihad Taylor
Christian Quinde Nideer Taylor

Lizbeth Ramos *Paige Taylor
Johnathan Rhyanes Shyphear Taylor

Alex J. Rodriguez Darlene Tejada-Polanco
Christian Rodriguez *Zyia M. Tenaglia

Elanie G. Rodriguez Nikaiyah Tift
Giovannie Rodriguez Michael S. Torain
Ivan A. Rodriguez Diamond L. Torres

Mario Rodriguez Kenneth Torres
Cristian M. Rodriguez-Martinez Krystal M. Torres-Gonzalez

Priscilla M. Rosario Katelynn Trotter
*Taliyah A. Ross Lauryn S. Tucker

Zymir Ross Shawn X. Tucker
Gianni Sanchez Avonni F. Tyson

Jordani Sanchez Darlyn A. Uceta
Jose M. Santiago Harritson G. Urena Almanzar

Christian M. Santos Arlene Valdez
Abenego Santos-Agramonte Osvaldo A. Vargas-Peralta

Wayne Scott III Amir Venable
Allen Scribner Ishmael Verdier

Marcus R. Serrano Kyeef Vereen
*Yuniel Serrata-Marcelino Jermaine J. Wade

Milagros I. Sime Charles W. Walston Jr.
Eric Q. Simms-Stephens Taliah K. Watt

Regina Sistrunk Iyania M. Whitfield
Tynesha L. Smalley Anthony J. Williams

Vernon R. Smith Kaliayh L. Williams
Ericka E. Solis *Kyree Williams

Christian St. George Solomon Williams Jr.
Ellias Stewart Alyssa M. Wingate

Ryan I. Strunk *Dyaijah N. Wise
Damir R. Swain Rachel Xavier

*** Valedictorian Listing does not necessarily indicate completion of graduation
** Salutatorian requirements.

* National Honor Society

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MUSICAL SELECTIONS

“Star Spangled Banner”
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru
the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was

still there.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Lift every voice and sing, ‘til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise

High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought
us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,

Let us march on 'til victory is won.

“Alma Mater”
Twilight is falling on our childhood's happy days;

Manhood is calling to come on its way.
May our Alma Mater in her sons a tribute see.
May the years ne'er blot her from our memory.
Frankford, dear Frankford, as we journey o'er life's sea,
Frankford, dear Frankford, loyal sons we'll be.

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“Sometimes”

Sometimes it don't go your way, sometimes you gotta
Sometimes
Sometimes it don't go your way, sometimes, sometimes
You gotta, uh, yeah

I had a plan, I had it mapped out
I knew where I was going when I left out
Oh, you couldn't tell me that I wouldn't be there on time
I had some guarantees, I had a deadline
But now I know things change for better or worse
You could say that I'm the same, but I ain't adjusted to all the hurt

So many nos, so many yeses
No one to blame, don't got the answers (Yeah)
I felt the pain, I can attest it
That's just the game and I respect it, yeah

'Cause sometimes things don't go your way, sometimes
And sometimes you gon' have those days, yeah
And sometimes you'll feel out of place
You can't promise me it'll be the same
'Cause sometimes change (Yeah, yeah)
Sometimes, sometimes change (Yeah, yeah)

I had a date, I had a vision
This was the day I was supposed to be living
Instead of worrying 'bout the temporary things, yeah
I hate not knowing where it's gonna take me

So many nos, so many yeses
Oh, I was sure, but now I'm guessing
Feel like my faith keep getting tested
I need a sign, I need a message, 'cause sometimes

Sometimes things don't go your way, sometimes (Sometimes)
And sometimes you gon' have those days, yeah (Yeah)
And sometimes you'll feel out of place
You can't promise me it'll be the same
'Cause sometimes change

Sometimes, sometimes change
Sometimes change
Sometimes
Sometimes, yeah, always change

'Cause sometimes things don't go your way, sometimes (It don't go your way)
And sometimes you gon' have those days (Have those days)
And sometimes you'll feel out of place (Out of place, yeah)
Can't promise me it'll be the same (Oh, that it always gon' be the same)
'Cause sometimes change

Sometimes, sometimes change (Sometimes change)
Yeah, sometimes change

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DR. WILLIAM R. HITE, JR.

SUPERINTENDENT

DR. EVELYN NUNEZ

CHIEF OF SCHOOLS

DR. MALIKA SAVOY-BROOKS

CHIEF ACADEMIC SUPPORT OFFICER

DR. RYAN SCALLON

LEARNING NETWORK ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT

JOYCE WILKERSON, PRESIDENT
WAYNE WALKER, VICE PRESIDENT

AMEEN AKBAR
JULIA DANZY
LETICIA EGEA-HINTON
MALLORY FIX LOPEZ
LEE HUANG
MARIA MCCOLGAN
ANGELA MCLVE

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