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Graduation 2013: Tampa Bay Tech

 
Jessica Clark, left, and Kalena Harris, middle, hug their friends after Tampa Bay Tech’s graduation Friday at the Florida State Fairgrounds.
Jessica Clark, left, and Kalena Harris, middle, hug their friends after Tampa Bay Tech’s graduation Friday at the Florida State Fairgrounds.
Published June 8, 2013

Tampa Bay Tech

NUMBER OF GRADUATES: 430

VALEDICTORIANs: Freddy Jimenez Jr., Architectural Design Academy; Miral Gomaa, Academy of Health Professions; Diego Centeno, Tampa Bay Technical.

SALUTATORIAN: Paulo Heredia, Architectural Design Academy; Samra Kazim, Academy of Health Professions; Malak Anshassi, Tampa Bay Technical.

SPEAKERS: Principal Michael Ippolito, Student Government President Wyatt Dell, Senior Class President Caitlinn Edge, Heredia, Kazim, Anshassi, Jimenez, Gomaa, Centeno, Assistant Principal for Curriculum Tammy L. Crawford and Assistant Principal for Magnet Curriculum Jennifer Sparano.

QUOTE: "You have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." — Harriet Tubman, quoted by Gomaa.

SOLEMN MOMENT: The crowd bowed their heads in silence in honor of John Singleton, a Tampa Bay Tech student who was shot and killed in 2011.

Liz Tsourakis, Hillsborough High, tb-two* staff