Once again, Hamilton Township’s three public high schools have recognized their top 10 graduating seniors for the school year just completed.
And as it does every year, the Hamilton Post is here to celebrate the academic achievements of these stellar students.
This year, the district has provided only the students names with their future college choices and prospective major areas of study. No GPAs or class ranks were provided.
One noteworthy trend among this year’s top graduates is a return, at least a little bit, toward liberal arts as a course of study. In recent years, relatively few students have chosen majors such as psychology or literature. But there are a few this year.
Another trend, and a welcome one, is students choosing health science majors including neuroscience and nursing. With the challenges that health-care professionals have dealt with in the post-Covid world, it is heartening to see that our young people are still excited by the prospect of making a career out of caring for people and helping them be healthy.
Of the 30 students in Hamilton’s three public high school top 10s, fully two thirds are set to continue their education in their home state. Five have made plans to attend The College of New Jersey, five are committed to Rutgers University, and three have chosen to attend Monmouth University. All 30 have chosen to remain on the East Coast.
Hamilton High West
Hamilton High’s top 10 graduates have nearly all chosen to stay in New Jersey for their post-high school studies.
Justin Elias and Anoop Singh are both set to attend TCNJ, where Elias hopes to major in biochemistry and Singh in music education.
Marcos Jimenez has chosen to attend Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken for college, with a future course of study of electrical engineering. Carissa Scelza also plans to major in engineering, but mechanical engineering in her case. She is preparing to attend Rowan University in Glassboro.
Isabelle Kuchie is headed to Kean University to study graphic design, and Jordon Moss to Monmouth University to major in nursing. Jaela Rivera also intends to study nursing at Monmouth.
Kayla Vo plans to study biology at Rutgers University, and Gina Wong is looking to major in chemistry at Princeton University. Sabria Spell has not decided on a major yet, but plans to attend Vargas University.
Nottingham High School
Nottingham High School’s top 10 students have chosen seven different majors among them.
Top 10 students Maria Del Sol Colon and Solmari Colon are both set to attend The College of New Jersey to study nursing.
Noah Federovich has selected Purdue University in Indiana, where he plans to study computer engineering. Catalina Holliday plans to study neuroscience at Columbia University in New York City.
Ava Longo and Nkemakolam Uduma are both headed to Rutgers University in the fall. Longo plans to study criminal justice and pre-law. Uduma is set to major in nursing.
Hank Marinelli is committed to Williams College to study chemistry. Logan McGuire has chosen Monmouth University, with criminal justice a focus of study. And Alessandra Sessoms has made plans to attend the University of Richmond, in Virginia, where she will study nursing.
Steinert High School
Three of the top 10 graduating seniors at Steinert High School are preparing to study biology at the next level: Kaileigh Brady at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Olivia Cerullo at High Point University in North Carolina, and Gianna McClure at the University of Delaware.
Giovanni Conte plans to attend TCNJ in the fall, majoring in accounting. Gavin Giallella plans to attend Penn State University, with no major course of study yet chosen. Taylor Seeley and Sophie Smith both plan to major in psychology — Seeley at Kean University, and Smith at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The other three members of Steinert’s top 10 have all selected Rutgers University as their scholastic home for the next four years.
Kristen Taylor is planning to major in business analytics. Samuel Urban and Ethan Zimmerman are both prospective engineering majors at the state university.
The Hamilton Post wishes these graduates, and all other members of the Class of 25, the best of luck in their futures, whether they plan to enter college or the workforce.
The top 10 graduating seniors of the Nottingham High School Class of 2025: (front row) Solmari Colon, Maria Del Sol Colon, Ava Longo, Catalina Holliday, Alessandra Sessoms and (back row) Hank Marinelli, Noah Federovich, Nkemakolam Uduma, Logan Mcguire and Luciano LaMorte. (Photo by Laura Geltch/Hamilton Township School District.),
