PHOTOS: 2023 TFA graduation

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The First Academy hosted its 2023 graduation ceremony Friday, May 12, at the Worship Center of First Baptist Orlando.

This year’s graduating class included 81 students from the Upper School, one from The First Hope (unique abilities program) and 16 from Classical (hybrid homeschool).

The ceremony included words from TFA Head of School Dr. Steve Whitaker, Upper School Principal Dr. Shayne Grove, Valedictorian Sarah Jackson and Salutatorian Dean Harvey.

THE FIRST ACADEMY CLASS OF 2023
The Classical School
Taylor Adams

Abraham Asef

Azaleah Brown

Samuel Cohee

Emanuela Factor

Louie Fletcher

Gavin Grogan

Matthew Hill

Janelle Jacobson

William Macdonald

Caleb Osborne

Tucker Parris

Jaiden Pierson

Emily Powelson

Joshua Robinson

Valeria Sanchez-Perez

The First Hope
Lindsey Stokes

The First Academy
Matthew Alexander

Evan Avara

Jaden Bastian

Jaxson Begley

Stephen Broom

Francisco Camanducci

Daniela Cardenas

Cameron Case

Gabriela Castro Cardona

Matthew Christensen

Phillip Clarke

Charles Clendenin

Caden Collins

Eleanor Currey

Faith DeBoom

Nicholas Dimas

Mason Dowling

Kanghua Du

Mollie Duling

Foster Elkins

Britney Evans

Buchanan Field

Logan Georgi

Dean Harvey

Olivia Hebert

Hannah Hudson

Sarah Jackson

Elliott Jamison

Minor Jones

Trent Kelly

Oscar Kingston

Alyssa Knott

Eric Lederer

Yuheng Li

Antonella Lopez

Olivia Lu

Jaden Lugo

Sarah Lytle

Melvin Maldonado

Nicolas Martin

Ansley Mayberry

James McGinn

Reina Medina

Patrick Melley

Rain Miklos

James Millar

Hadley Miller

Christopher Mixner

Chloe Monde

Jacob Morse

Mackenzie Morse

Robert Newsome

Matthew Perez

Iverson Perkins

Liam Philbin

Gabriel Prado

Mackenzie Rearden

Greer Reineke

Grady Rewis

Luke Riley

Reilley Rizzo

Campbell Romero

Sophia Rosa

Dylan Rose

Hope Russo

Evan Ryan

Cade Schrimsher

Lily Shen

Keren Silva

Enzo Sioson

Anna Strong

Jason Tenczar

Amanda Thibodeaux

Kate Thomas

Kristalle Tomat

Austin Vines

Christian Wagenknecht

Daniel Ward

Sebastian Yepes

Pauleen Zakout

Ava Zeng

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News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.