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WORCESTER - Members of the Worcester Academy class of 2008 were challenged to continue to "think green" after leaving the Hilltop and heading off to college. Sarah Hammond Creighton, director of the Office of Sustainability at Tufts University, was graduation speaker for the Academy's 174th Commencement exercises yesterday.

Dexter P. Morse, head of school at Worcester Academy, praised Creighton for her advocacy of environmental sustainability, both at Tufts and in society at large.

"The message is clear. We need to have a world view that is global in nature and respectful of both diversity and natural resources, if we are to succeed in the 21st century."

Speakers also included valedictorian Daniel Collins of Sterling and salutatorian Hannah Iaccarino of Shrewsbury.

Of 146 graduates this year there were students from the United States, Canada, mainland China and Hong Kong, Haiti, Korea, Rwanda, Spain, Taiwan and Thailand.

Class of 2008 area graduates are:

Berlin: Jennifer Alexandra Zacharia.

Blackstone: Taylor D. Larsen.

Bolton: Jackelyn A. Lane and Colin S. Parker.

Boylston: Melissa Christina Ciociolo and Andres J. Molina-Sujdak.

Brookfield: Alexandra Drew Klimavich.

Fitchburg: Anthony Samuel Weeks.

Grafton: Hilary Rebecca Clifford.

Holden: Andrew P. Fuhrmann, Connor J. Landers, Keith William Lyons, Ross E. Parker, Jordan Perschel and Erica Scola.

Holliston: Ryan Matthew Doliner and Sari A. Pogorzelski.

Hopkinton: Cara N. Brown, Andrea Mari Durgarian and Leigh Jessica Manley.

Leicester: Jeffrey P. Copeland and Stefanie Nicole Pagonis.

Leominster: Daphne Marthe Bastien.

Lunenburg: Pattaya C. Hongsmatip.

Milford: Rachel S. Rios.

Millbury: Cynthia A. Greschler

Northbridge: Chad Randor.

Paxton: Brittany Nicole Bobola and Shayla Michelle Westerman.

Princeton: Kelcey Coady Heman and Janelle Alicia Utter.

Shirley: Joseph Francis Eramo.

Shrewsbury: Sarah Jayne Adams, Stephen P. Black, Alexa K. Brady, Carlo Francesco Cervini, William Cook, Hannah Frances Iaccarino, Lauren A. Marculitis, Abhinav M. Navani, Brielynne R. Neumann, William Davis Reich, Geoffrey M. Revelli, Jason A. Robinson, Anthony Jude Rofino, Michael B. Serebrennikov and Stephen Tutunjian.

Southboro: Ryan E. Fournier, Caitlin M. Keville, Bryan T. O'Connor, Ariel Laderriere Schuster and Scott R. Thompson.

Southbridge: Caelyn T. Bellerose.

Spencer: Kevin C. Mortimer.

Sterling: Daniel P. Collins, Aaron Samuel Faucher and Stephanie Michelle Morrel.

Sturbridge: Daniel H. Bayless.

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