Class of 2017 Gallery of Senior Year

Rockland High School’s Adam Royle fits into Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” painting at the Rockland Public School’s annual district-wide arts festival last month. Madeline Gear photo

Lauren Zaremba is an accomplished saxophonist. She played at Senior SEMSBA courtesy photo

Genesis Rojas sings “On My Own” from the musical Les Miserables.

Mo Youssef and his parents

John MacDonald and his parents

Josh Thompson and his family

Ryan Leavitt with his parents

Andrew Starkey and his family

Jake Crawford and his parents on senior night

Jakigh Marcelin and his parents

photos by Kelley Reale

Sophie McLellan as Sandy Dumbrowski

Brett Schneider: Golf Unsung Hero

Jessie Lutts: Volleyball Unsung Hero

John MacDonald and Tim Kane: Football Unsung Heroes.

Left to right: Rockland High School seniors, Mo Youssef, Lulu Lima, Julia DiCienzo and Noelle Atkins. These seniors, all members of the National Honor Society represented Rockland High School in the WGBH Quiz Show competition held on Nov. 13, known as Super Sunday. The Rockland was one of 125 schools from throughout Massachusetts that competed for 16 spots on Season 8 of High School Quiz Show on Channel 2 WGBH. Photo from Facebook.com/HighSchoolQuizShow/

Matt Dunn gives some directions.

Emily Delaney and Noelle Atkins

Kaylee Patten, Colleen McCarthy, Bridget Reardon, Emily Delaney and Hannah Millen.

Brianna LaPaglia, Lexi Murphy, Noelle Atkins, Rachel McDermott, Rachel Buker, Shannon Lindahl, Sydney Wells, Taylor Gallagher

Seniors are happy that they pulled out the win!

The winning team, Class of 2017.

Adam Royle and Kaylee Patten

Captain Talia Rindone with her parents Daria and Guy

Rylee Kimball with her father Sean

Captain John Goode with his parents Kim and John

Henry Nguyen and his mom, Jenny

Cameron Olsen with his mom, Jean

Jakigh Marcelin with his parents Chauntaye and Ricardo and sister, Kaelyn

Captain Dominic Ferrante with his parents Susan and Mike

Captain John MacDonald with his parents Christine and John

Captain Jordan Rothwell with her parents Maryellen and Scott

Captain Haley Rice with her mom, Gina

Noah Mazzilli and his mom, Tiffany

Michael Barry with his parents Uarda and Joseph

Leo Field with his parents Caroline and Lee

Tim Kane with his parents Joanne and Steve

Jake Hughes with his dad, Paul

Olivia Elie and Grace Oliver

Seniors rule! photo by Maddie Gear

Lyndsey Norris, Lexi Murphy, Meghan Saucier, and Brianna LaPaglia Veritas photo

Taunting the Juniors are John Goode, Brian MCullough and Matt Dunn. Veritas photo

Leo Field and Cornell McWilliams photo by Maddie Gear

Colleen McCarthy, Julia DiCienzo, Kaylee Patten, Noelle Atkins and Sophie McLellan.

Leo Field photo by Sophie McLellan

Cornell McWilliams dances to Michael Jackson. photo by Maddie Gear

photo by Maddie Gear

Mr. Harrison crowns Mr. Rockland Ryan Leavitt

Adam Royle photo by Sophie McLellan

Jeffre Donahue photo by Maddie Gear

Evan Murphy does a comedy act for the audience at Mr. Rockland competition. photo by Maddie Gear

Kaylee Patten, Miss Rockland

Noelle Atkins

Julia DiCienzo and her parents

Colleen McCarthy and her parents

Sophie McLellan and her parents

Noelle Atkins, Kaylee Patten, Colleen McCarthy and Colleen Burke were the emcees for the Mr. Rockland contest. photo by Sophie McLellan

Boys Soccer captains

Football captains

Mike McPeck and Ryan Leavitt

Adam Royle (Eugene) and Kimberlie Jean-Poix (Cha Cha Digregorio) with Ali Landy and Megan Diver.

Shandi Austin as Kenickie

Dr. Alan Cron, Superintendent of Schools and RHS senior, Luana Lima. Veritas photo

Morgan Foster and Mike Belmonte in a scene from Hamlet. Veritas Photo

Jurnee Dunn as Juliet

Left to right: Jurnee Dunn, Jessica Lutts, Sophie McLellan, Evan Murphy, Emily Delaney, Luana Lima, Michael Belmonte and Lauren Zaremba. These eight seniors were the finalists in the Spellman Oratorical Contest on Weds. April 5. Veritas photo

Kaylee Patten (left) and Emily Beatrice are co-captains of the lacrosse team. courtesy photo/yearbook

SGC VP, Shannon Lindahl

Celebrating a great year of Student Government Council. photo by Maddie Gear

Matt Dunn with his parents, Carla and Steve.

John Caron is joined by his parents, Cathy and John.

Joe Taft and his parents, Michelle and Gary.

Chris McHugh with his parents, Patti and Will.

Brian McCullough and his parents, Linda and Joe.

Brett Schneider along with his mom and dad, Heather and Kenneth.

Seniors in the band and chorus received flowers from the parents’ band boosters. From left: Michael Belmonte, Sean Vo, Vivian Nguyen, Mr. John Piazza, band director, Morgan Foster, Jeffre Donahue, Genesis Rojas, Lauren Zaremba, Kimberlie Jean-Poix, Taylor Vernava, Luana Lima, Tatiana Hill, Sophie McLellan, Jurnee Dunn, Shandi Austin. Veritas photo

Jake Hughes with his grandmother and his dad, William.

Brian McLaughlin and his dad, John.

Ryan Leavitt and his parents, John and Christine.

Mike McPeck with mom and dad, Linda and Chris.

Seniors line up to make “Thespian Vows” and receive graduation cords.

Veritas Sports Editor,Joe Taft was recognized for his writing with a Special Achievement Award from the New England Scholastic Press Association.

From left, Mike McPeck, Sean Vo, Luana Lima and Nicole Atkins

The seniors got their wish yesterday as the softball team qualified for tournament, the first spring team to do so, with a win over Middleboro. Veritas photo

Amanda Mui and Nicole Reera

Luana Lima receives her certificate from Mr. Harrison

Tennis seniors

Lacrosse seniors

Bridget Reardon

Emily Beatrice

Hannah Millen

Soccer seniors

Band seniors

Hockey seniors

Wrestlers

Mo Youssef

Merry Christmas

Ready for the rally

Senior members of the Rockland High School National Honor Society presided over the induction of new members on May 17 at Rockland High School. Each senior’s college acceptances and final college choice were announced during the ceremony. From left: back: Sean Vo, Kaylee Patten, Mike McPeck, Mo Youssef, Chris McHugh, Dana Peck, Sydney Wells, Shannon Lindahl, Matt Rocha. Front: Erin Buckley, Luana Lima, Vivian Nguyen, Colleen McCarthy, Meghan Saucier, Noelle Atkins, Julia DiCienzo and Jessica Lutts. Veritas Photo

Matt Dunn and Julia DiCienzo were honored as Scholar-Athletes of the Year by the South Shore League Athletic Directors. Right is AD Gary Graziano.

Posing in London with Big Ben in the background. photo courtesy of Ms. Walsh.

Grace Oliver, Natalie Draicchio and Dana Peck enjoying the fantastic view on a hike. Photo courtesy Melissa Shaugnessy.

Captain Matt Dunn with his parents, Steve and Carla

photo by Maddie Gear

Henry Nguyen at the barbecue for seniors

Sophie causes a calamity at the barbecue

Shannon Lindahl and Noelle Atkins at the cook-out

Kaylee Patten and Mike McPeck did a great job directing the many activities at the rally. Veritas photo

photo by Maddie Gear

Joe Taft and Jocelyn DeSousa

Esten alumni include Emily Beatrice, Chris McHugh, Rachel Buker, Hannah Millen, Bridget Reardon, Mo Youssef, Brian McLaughlin, Ali Sammon, Isabel Sacco and Brian McCullough

From left seniors, Julia DiCienzo, Shannon Lindahl, Noelle Atkins, Adam Royle and Taylor Gallagher led the SGC this year. Joanne White and Amanda Lanigan are SGC advisors. Maddie Gear photo

Tatiana Hill, leftJeffre Donahue right

Mike Belmonte and Sophie McLellan

John MacDonald and Brianna LaPaglia

Food looks good at the cookout

Seniors in band and chorus

Mike McPeck reads the dedication of the yearbook to Jim Cahill

Brian McCullough and Emily Beatrice

Jeffrey Najarian presented military cords to Brian McCullough and Renata Baptista

Cookout

The softball team wins its first game in tourney!

Tug of war at the cookout

Ali Sammon practices CPR with instructor, Fire Lt. John Sammon (who just happens to be her father). photo by Maddie Gear

Isabella Sacco practices infant CPR during their CPR certification classes on Thursday and Friday’s senior issues program. photo by Maddie Gear

Jake Crawford and Grace Oliver

Sydney Wells receives a certificate from Mr. Harrison

The cast and crew of Grease!

Michael Bodley received an award for Best Solo Performance for his performance in Grease.

Noelle Atkins and Brett Schneider

Gregory Connors and Matt Rocha model their Mayan fashions.

Shandi Austin plays Macbeth

Emily Beatrice starts the make-up work on Matty O’Brien who will play Thisbe. Mike McPeck approves

Genesis Rojas, senior at RHS, participated in Poetry Out Loud on Sunday, March 5, 2017. She was selected to go on to the State Finals in Boston on March 12.

Shawn Ward

Julia DiCienzo