Adult Education Director Jayne Perkins, front row center, encouraged graduates to “go do good things.”
By Lisa Blanchette
Isabella Verissiomo
Tylor Phillips
Photos: Lisa Blanchette
By Lisa Blanchette
The library at Sanford Community Adult Education was filled to capacity on Wednesday, June 11, as 19 graduates celebrated their accomplishment with friends, families and staff. They were among 32 people receiving their diplomas this year – the largest class since before the Covid pandemic.
Graduate Isabella Verissiomo, opened the ceremony by singing the National Anthem followed by opening words from Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson. Three student speakers, Tylor Phillips, Isabella Verissiomo and Kelly McLean Theriault, stepped up to the podium to share their journey to graduation and express thanks to friends, family, teachers, and SCAE staff who had supported them along the way. Elias Thomas of the Sanford Springvale Rotary Club presented SCAE Director Jayne Perkins with the club’s Paul Harris Fellow Award for “service above self” and encouraged the graduates to emulate her example.
Rotary scholarships were awarded to Zoie Mello. Tylor Phillips, Joseph Proia, and Kelly McLean Theriault. University of Maine Scholarships were awarded to every student in attendance. Tylor Phillips was recognized as the SCAE Outstanding Student of 2025.
Perkins told students to “go do good things,” advice she said she got from her father in 1997 and has shared with students ever since.
The 32 SCAE graduates of 2025 are: *Ryenn Baker, *Natalie Barker, Madeline Ball, *Austin Berube, Caleb Burton, Dominic Conway, Alahna Desaults, *Justin Dotson, Laura Gero, *Jake Gross, *Morgan Hamel, Isaiah Holt, *Brooklyn Jackson, *Cylus Kelleher, Kylie Lafontaine, Jeremy L’Homme, *Shakira Linteau, *Zoie Mello, *Olivia Morton *Kolby Nichols, Mikel, Pelletier, *Tylor Phillips, Celso Polley, *Joseph, Proia, David Ryan, *Kelly McLean Theriault, *Isabella Verissiomo, *Abigail Ward, *Jayson Westgate, *Kia Wilcox, and Jyron Xaykosy. (*Indicates those who participated in the ceremony.)
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