Newark Catholic High School graduated a class of 62 seniors in a commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 21 in the school auditorium. A Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, May 16 in Newark Blessed Sacrament Church.

The class valedictorian was Nicholas Richards, and the salutatorian was Anabelle Hess. 

Ninety-five percent of the graduates will move on to higher education, including one who will become a seminarian. They earned $3.7 million in scholarships.

The class performed 3,340 hours of community service and helped the school donate 432 pounds of food to a local pantry.

Members of the Newark Catholic High School Class of 2023 are:

Adyson Baesmann, Braylon Bates, McKenna Broyles, Gabriel Carlisle, Rachel Carter, Violet Caton, Caden Cecil, Kaylee DeBevoise, Allissa Doehring, Anthony Dry, Hallie Dziatkowicz, Bradyn Ehret, Hannah Fernandez, Nathaniel Ferrell, Anthony Franks, Maria Geiger, Ava Gummer, Mason Hackett, Griffin Halenar, Jessica Hammond and Austin Hendrickson.

Blair Henry, Anabelle Hess, Ryan Hewitt, Meggan Hitchens, Colton Jackson, Mark Jewett, Madeline Kauble, Lochlan Kennedy, Ashley Kiefer, Andrew Lane, Kyle Langenbrunner, Gabriella Layton, Shawn Leach, Camryn Mauter, Katelyn Merritt, Rugby Meza, Grant Moore, Sara Moore, Ian Morehead, Elijah Morris and Macey Myers.

Ilana O’Neill, Quinn Reed, Jack Rehbeck, Ryan Ricciardo, Nicholas Richards,

Mary Grace Richardson, Anthony Robertson, Brendan Sheehan, Joseph Stanley, Mya Stokes, Xavier Sutton, Cormac Thress, Miranda Tyack, Tanner Wert, Cain Willey, Connor Wright, Kyle Wright, Zoe Yates, Kenzie Zimpfer and Anden Zupancic-Fairburn.