- December 22, 2024
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Graduating seniors decorated their caps with a plethora of creative designs.
Nicole Hu, Kyleigh Hope, Daniel Holter, Palmer Haynes, Jacob Hawkanson and David Han showed off their graduation tassels and cords.
Julia Dziekan, Hope Woods, Giovanna Leal Santana, Jordyn Kinard, Ava Joyce and Keira Collins celebrated their last moments as high school students.
Gabriel Aguilar, Jamile Cavalcante and Jay Beavers were all smiles on their graduation day.
Camryn Willingham, Olivia Harcombe, William Leary and Joshua Noto Sela graduated from The First Hope, TFA’s unique abilities program.
Angie Faustin hugged Annabelle Folvarcik after helping to fix her cap.
TFA staff helped to celebrate the graduating Class of 2024.
First Orlando Senior Pastor Dr. David Uth shared words at the beginning of the ceremony.
TFA Head of School Dr. Steve Whitaker congratulated the graduating Royals.
Sarah Donovan, assistant head of school for PK-12 programs and parent relations, was one of the speakers for the ceremony.
Hope Woods was one of the students who sang from TFA's Chapel Band.
Matti McGinn, upper school president, was one of the student leaders who spoke.
Sloane Vines, upper school vice president, was one of the student leaders who spoke.
Salutatorian Ava Joyce gave a speech at the ceremony.
Gabriel Aguilar, senior thesis presentation winner, shared his project with attendees.
Valedictorian David Han gave a speech at the ceremony.
The First Academy hosted its 2024 graduation ceremony Friday, May 10, at the Worship Center of First Baptist Orlando.
This year’s graduating class included 90 students from the Upper School, five from The First Hope (unique abilities program) and 16 from The Classical School (hybrid homeschool).
The ceremony included words from First Orlando Senior Pastor Dr. David Uth, TFA Head of School Dr. Steve Whitaker, Sarah Donovan, assistant head of school for PK-12 programs and parent relations, and student leaders; a live worship performance from TFA’s Chapel Band; and speeches from valedictorian David Han and salutatorian Ava Joyce.
In addition, Gabriel Aguilar, senior thesis presentation winner, shared his project with attendees, and Hanru Swanepoel and Grace Cowan were presented with the Daniel and Esther awards, respectively.
THE FIRST ACADEMY CLASS OF 2024
The Classical School
Anderson, Julian
Bandaru, Joshua
Bittner, Nicholas
Brown, Zahmya
Campion, Emma
Conner, Faith
Damron, Robert
Davis, Stephen
Dennis, Brooke
Fitzgerald, Josiah
Gagne, Nathan
Garcia, Brianna
Jackson, Lottie
Keller, Jack
Kinard, Jordyn
Reece, Rachael
The First Hope
Harcombe, Olivia
Leary, William
Noto Sela, Joshua
Powers, Durkin
Willingham, Camryn
The First Academy
Aguilar, Gabriel
Atchison, Nathanael
Baker, Zackary
Barbon, Bryce
Beavers, John
Bozeman, Charlotte
Bronson, Anna
Callwood, Derrick
Cavalcante, Jamile
Clark, Alexandra
Cloud, Addison
Collins, Keira
Colon Figueroa, David
Cowan, Grace
Curtis, Alexander
De Jesus Torres, Lorenzo
DeCook, Brant
DeMutis, Ila Hart
Deng, Oliver
Dizney, William
Dziekan, Julia
Erickson, Lydia
Faustino, Angelina
Folvarcik, Annabelle
Grant, Grace
Grant, Sean
Grimes, Austin
Gruszka-Corbi, Tatiana
Han, Shande
Hawkanson, Jacob
Haynes, Palmer
Holter, Daniel
Hope, Kyleigh
Hopper, Zachary
Hu, Xiaonan Nicole
Hughes, Walker
Hugill, Dylan
Hurst, Ella
Jones, Malachi
Joyce, Ava
Koon, Eli
Koziara, Michael
LaChapelle, Tyson
Leal Santana, Giovanna
Liu, Zixi
Madonna, Margaret
Martin, Erin
Mason, Bradley
Mason, Calista
Mattson, David
McGinn, Madaline
McManus, William
Milanez Araujo, Maria Fernanda
Modlin, Macy
Moreno, Gianni
Pastis, Zoey
Peralta-Martinez, Gian
Pham, Ivan
Pierce, Elliott
Pierzynski, Ava
Porter, Joy
Reeves, Fisher
Rice, Raegan
Risinger, Aniston
Roehrig, Brady
Rogers, Bodie
Rose, Matthew
Salmon, Jaz'myne
Sanchez Rosario, Daniel
Santana, Victoria
Seeber, Samuel
Sheridan, Molly
Simpson, Trey
Smith, Fayth
Socie, Jace
Spore, Jonathon
Stringer, George
Swanepoel, Hanru
Sweeney, Liam
Tracey, Olivia
Tulp, Brooks
Valois, Brianna
Vines, Sloane
Walters, Gabrielle
Weinberg, Maddox
Wilson, Justin
Woods, Hope
Wynne, William
Zerquera, Alexis
Zhu, Menglu
