Delaware Valley High School graduated 228 on Friday, June 17, 2016.
FRENCHTOWN - Students filed one-by-one onto the Tap Webb Football Field with their teachers lined on both sides Friday morning as Delaware Valley Regional High School celebrated its Class of 2016 graduates.
The 228 graduates were welcomed by Class President Anthony Amorim, who provided a humorous address that poked some fun at his teachers and also included some inside jokes for seniors.
Amorim said his senior class is the coolest class Del Val has ever encountered, adding they have left a legacy that will be irreplaceable. Included in that legacy were seniors who have set new sports records and made it to state finals, including the baseball team that won its first sectional title since 1959.
"We are an incredible diverse class and that is something nobody will take away from us," Amorim said. "I am leaving today with the highest admiration for this class."
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Following Amorim's speech, the school choir sang "Best Day of My Life" during which the senior class had a little fun by tossing up a beach ball.
The ceremony also included a speech made by Principal Adrienne Olcott. She challenged the graduates to compare their lives to that of a butterfly and how, as a butterfly changes in stages, they too should change and transform with grace.
Olcott ended with a quote, "May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun and find your shoulder to land on, to bring you luck, happiness, and riches for today, tomorrow and beyond."
Graduates Lake Cole and Marissa Skripko were brought on stage during Olcott's speech to release butterflies into the sky.