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  STATE  OF       RHODE  ISLAND
  IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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  HOUSE RESOLUTION
  EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS
  Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, and Kazarian
  Date Introduced: May 21, 2026
  Referred To: House read and passed
1WHEREAS, It has been made known to the House that certain persons and organizations
2 are deserving of commendation; and
3McKenna Workman, Chariho Regional School District; your participation in the
4 Inaugural Chariho Civic Engagement Summitt and your commitment to explore the functions of
5 government, civic responsibilities and community involvement that are essential to a healthy
6 democracy;
7Representative Cotter
8Michelle Murtha, Portsmouth High School; the distinguished honor of receiving the
9 National Education Association Rhode Island 2027 Teaching Excellence Award for your
10 outstanding commitment to the students of Portsmouth High School;
11Representatives Cortvriend, McGaw and Donovan
12Aaron Gencarelli; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic achievement of
13 being awarded a Westerly Elks $1,000 Scholarship;
14Representative Azzinaro
15Ella Murphy; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic achievement of being
16 awarded a Westerly Elks $1,000 Scholarship;
17Representative Azzinaro
18Westerly Lions Club; celebrating the “100 Years of the Westerly Lions Clubs” and the
19 commitment to serve the Westerly community by helping the visually impaired, supporting
20 underprivileged residents and addressing local needs through volunteerism;
1Representative Azzinaro
2Kristi Prestly, Cranston High School West; the distinguished honor and outstanding
3 academic achievement of being a Top 12 Senior Gold Medalist at the 2026 Rhode Island
4 Academic Decathlon;
5Representatives Paplauskas, Fascia and Quattrocchi
6Saige Hodges, Coventry High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic
7 achievement of being a Top 12 Senior Gold Medalist at the 2026 Rhode Island Academic
8 Decathlon;
9Representatives Nardone, Noret, Roberts and Serpa
10Sydney Pavao, Coventry High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic
11 achievement of being a Top 12 Senior Gold Medalist at the 2026 Rhode Island Academic
12 Decathlon;
13Representatives Nardone, Noret, Roberts and Serpa
14Jack Wallbillich, Boy Scout Troop 1139, Slatersville, RI; the distinction and honor of
15 attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America for your commitment and
16 dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness;
17Representative Newberry
18Nirupama Bhatt, Cumberland High School Class of 2026; the distinguished honor and
19 outstanding academic achievement of being named Salutatorian of the Cumberland High School
20 Class of 2026;
21Representative Ackerman
22Molly F. Enestvedt, Cumberland High School Class of 2026; the distinguished honor and
23 outstanding academic achievement of being named Valedictorian of the Cumberland High School
24 Class of 2026;
25Representative Ackerman
26Rocco Czaja, Liam Kelly, Ben Ranney, Tristan Andrews, Bishop Hendricken High
27 School Swim Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of being named to the 2026 Rhode
28 Island Interscholastic League Swimming All State First Team 200 Yard Medley Relay Team;
29Speaker Blazejewski
30Griffin Cooper, Rocco Czaja, Ashton Rocchio, Tristian Andrews, Liam Kelly, Sean
31 Rourke, Hunter Andrews, Kai Bellows, Mario Cerullo, Evan Fournier, Ben Ranney, Cody
32 Hopkins, Raymond Rainville, Coash David W. Hanson, Assistant Coash Jacob Daniels, Bishop
33 Hendricken High School Swim Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of winning the 2026
34 Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division 1 Swimming State Championship;
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1Speaker Blazejewski
2The Honorable Mark Boyer, West Greenwich Town Council; your retirement after many
3 years of dedicated and faithful service to the people of the Town of West Greenwich, Rhode
4 Island;
5Representative Roberts
6Amy Paul, Pocasset Elementary School; being honored for your heroic response in
7 saving the life of a student who was choking during lunchtime and couldn’t breathe. Your
8 outstanding commitment best exemplifies the highest standards of professionalism and duty of
9 care;
10Representative Edwards
11Sheida Soleimani; the outstanding achievement and distinguished honor of receiving the
12 2026 Guggenheim Fellow Award;
13Representative Morales
14Mary-Regina Bennett; your retirement after 23 years of outstanding and dedicated
15 educational service and most recently at the St. Philip School in Greenville, Rhode Island;
16Representative Santucci
17David Enos; the distinguished of having the gym at Lincoln High School renamed in your
18 honor as the Enos Auditorium for your commitment and dedication to the student of Lincoln
19 High School;
20Representatives Ackerman, Costantino and Shallcross Smith
21Saige Hodges, Coventry High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic
22 achievement of placing as a Top 12 Senior Gold Medalist in the 2026 Rhode Island Academic
23 Decathlon;
24Representative Read
25Sydney Pavao, Coventry High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic
26 achievement of placing as a Top 12 Senior Gold Medalist in the 2026 Rhode Island Academic
27 Decathlon;
28Representative Read
29Jaylene Le, Toll Gate High School; the distinguished honor and outstanding academic
30 achievement of placing as a Top 12 Senior Gold Medalist in the 2026 Rhode Island Academic
31 Decathlon;
32Representative Read
33Lt. John Bray, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
34 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Supervisor of the Year;
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1Representative Shekarchi
2Cassandra Fonseca, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of
3 being named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Hospital of the
4 Year;
5Representative Shekarchi
6Jay Pierotti, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
7 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Steward of the Year;
8Representative Shekarchi
9Steve Calise, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
10 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 High Security of the Year;
11Representative Shekarchi
12Walter Cole, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
13 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Intake Service Center of
14 the Year;
15Representative Shekarchi
16Brandon Ferreira, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
17 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Maximum Security of the
18 Year;
19Representative Shekarchi
20Janilson Lopes, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
21 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Medium Security of the
22 Year;
23Representative Shekarchi
24Kathleen Hicks, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
25 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Women’s Division of the
26 Year;
27Representative Shekarchi
28Gerard Pilon, Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers; the honor of being
29 named as the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers 2026 Minimum Security of the
30 Year;
31Representative Shekarchi
32August Eve Pittman, Boy Scout Troop 77, Buttonwoods; the distinction and honor of
33 attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boys Scout of America for your commitment and
34 dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship, Character and Fitness;
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1Representative Solomon
2Suzanne, Pezza, Narragansett Pier School; being honor by the National Education
3 Association of RI “Legacy of Learning” campaign during Teacher Appreciation Week for your
4 commitment to building your student confidence, voice and inspiring a love of learning;
5Representative Craven
6Barrington Little League, 11U Majors Baseball 2025 All Star Team; the outstanding
7 athletic achievement of winning the District 2 Championship;
8Representative Boylan
9Barrington Little League, 12U Majors Baseball 2025 All Star Team; the outstanding
10 athletic achievement of winning the Silver City Slugfest;
11Representative Boylan
12Barrington Little League, 9/10U Baseball 2025 All Star Team; the outstanding athletic
13 achievement of winning the District 2 Ron Silva Championship;
14Representative Boylan
15Barrington Little League, 9U Softball Team; the outstanding athletic achievement of
16 winning the East Providence Fastpitch Tournament;
17Representative Boylan
18Woodley Benoit; the distinguished honor of receiving Honorable Mention for your
19 Gaspee Pencil Drawing at the Senator Jack Reed Art Competition on May 3, 2026;
20Representative O’Brien
21Carolyne Kellner; your commitment and dedication to the students who participate in Mt.
22 Pleasant High School Art Department;
23Representative O’Brien
24Attorney James Howe; the joyous and momentous celebration of your 70th Birthday;
25Representative McEntee
26Cohen Norman Brinker, Peter James Grammas, Jacob Benedict Sarkady, Boy Scout
27 Troop 6, Cranston, RI; the distinction and honor of attaining the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy
28 Scouts of America for your commitment and dedication to the values of Scouting, Citizenship,
29 Character and Fitness;
30Representative Paplauskas
31Elena S. Arribas, Nirupama Bhatt, Lucy G. Biggs, Addison K. Buchanan, Athena Chang,
32 Cole J. Collemer, Savannah L. Collins, Katherine E. Dwyer, Molly F. Enestvedt, Emma C.
33 Figueiredo, Keira A. Fuller, Brett R. Hawkins, Samantha R. Jacinto, Brayden M. Janeiro,
34 Giabella A. Lamoureux, Grace V. Lopes, Georgia L. Lyles, Madison M. Magazu, Chase A.
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1 Minchillo, Connor J. Moreau, Sudeepa Nayak, Abigail M. O’Connell, Evan C. Pereira, Shannon
2 S. Poirier, Jake R. Schonhoff, Brooke R. Tellier, Sophia M. Thibault, Sienna M. Tremblay, Ruby
3 R. Walsh, Sahasra Yenumula, Cumberland High School Class of 2026; the outstanding academic
4 achievement of being named Cumberland High School Class of 2026 Top 10% Student;
5Representative Ackerman
6Jeanne Michon, Executive Director, New Beginnings, Inc.; your 40 years of dedicated
7 and faithful service to providing food and basic human needs to the underserved and unhoused in
8 the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island;
9Representative Phillips
10Aaliyah Rosaline Lama, Johnson & Wales University Class of 2026; the outstanding
11 academic achievement of your graduation from the Johnson & Wales University Class of 2026
12 College of Business with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting;
13Representative Diaz
14Lewis Pryer; being honored for going above and beyond to provide the unhoused in the
15 City of Providence and Kennedy Plaza the food and clothing necessary to helping them with the
16 resources they need;
17Representative Solomon
18Pierre Leveillee; being honored for going above and beyond to provide the unhoused in
19 the City of Providence and Kennedy Plaza the food and clothing necessary to helping them with
20 the resources they need;
21Representative Solomon
22Donald Bergeron, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 43
23 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
24 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
25Representative Shekarchi
26Kenneth Nichols, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 41 years
27 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
28 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
29Representative Shekarchi
30Donald Reil, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 41 years of
31 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
32 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
33Representative Shekarchi
34Joseph DiBlase, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 40 years
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1 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
2 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
3Representative Shekarchi
4Gerald Ducharme, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 39
5 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
6 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
7Representative Shekarchi
8Dante Marovelli, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 39 years
9 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
10 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
11Representative Shekarchi
12Gloria Cross, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 38 years of
13 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
14 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
15Representative Shekarchi
16Avelino Duarte, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 38 years
17 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
18 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
19Representative Shekarchi
20Earl Forgue, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 38 years of
21 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
22 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
23Representative Shekarchi
24Robert St. Jean, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 38 years
25 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
26 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
27Representative Shekarchi
28Matthew Lombardo, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 37
29 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
30 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
31Representative Shekarchi
32Gregory Richards, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 37
33 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
34 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
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1Representative Shekarchi
2Michele Rossi, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 37 years
3 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
4 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
5Representative Shekarchi
6William Goclowski, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 36
7 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
8 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
9Representative Shekarchi
10Keith Vieira, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 36 years of
11 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
12 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
13Representative Shekarchi
14Paul Abelli, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years of
15 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
16 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
17Representative Shekarchi
18James Bailey, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years of
19 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
20 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
21Representative Shekarchi
22Gregory Belisle, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years
23 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
24 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
25Representative Shekarchi
26Anthony Bomba, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years
27 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
28 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
29Representative Shekarchi
30Manuel Cortez, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years
31 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
32 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
33Representative Shekarchi
34Christopher Distasio, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35
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1 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
2 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
3Representative Shekarchi
4Jason Ditroia, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years of
5 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
6 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
7Representative Shekarchi
8Bernard Fournier, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35
9 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
10 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
11Representative Shekarchi
12James Hollis, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years of
13 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
14 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
15Representative Shekarchi
16Kevin Krupa, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years of
17 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
18 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
19Representative Shekarchi
20Stephen Marsella, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35
21 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
22 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
23Representative Shekarchi
24John Marszalkowski, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35
25 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
26 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
27Representative Shekarchi
28Thomas Pilozzi, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years
29 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
30 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
31Representative Shekarchi
32Robert Renshaw, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years
33 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
34 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
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1Representative Shekarchi
2Kevin Silvia, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 35 years of
3 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
4 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
5Representative Shekarchi
6Theodore Paquette, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 34
7 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
8 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
9Representative Shekarchi
10Mario Sousa, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 34 years of
11 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
12 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
13Representative Shekarchi
14Paul Bibeault, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 28 years of
15 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
16 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
17Representative Shekarchi
18Olufunmilayo Solanke, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 28
19 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
20 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
21Representative Shekarchi
22Michael Hall, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 25 years of
23 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
24 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
25Representative Shekarchi
26Glenn McCartney, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 26
27 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
28 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
29Representative Shekarchi
30Deborah Cunningham, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 22
31 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
32 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
33Representative Shekarchi
34Robert Massa, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 22 years of
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1 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
2 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
3Representative Shekarchi
4Michael Gerard, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 19 years
5 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
6 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
7Representative Shekarchi
8Daniel Noble, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 18 years of
9 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
10 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
11Representative Shekarchi
12Victor Cotto, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 16 years of
13 dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member of
14 the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
15Representative Shekarchi
16Christopher Fortes, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 10
17 years of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a
18 member of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
19Representative Shekarchi
20Alfred Zannini, Rhode Island Department of Corrections; your retirement after 37 years
21 of dedicated and faithful service protecting the people of the State of Rhode Island as a member
22 of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections;
23Representative Shekarchi
24Marvin Laguerre, Valedictorian, Smithfield High School Class of 2026; the distinguished
25 honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named Valedictorian of the Smithfield
26 High School Class of 2026;
27Representative Santucci
28Audrey Slaughter-Biello, Salutatorian, Smithfield High School Class of 2026; the
29 distinguished honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named Salutatorian of the
30 Smithfield High School Class of 2026;
31Representative Santucci
32Arrow Yuszczak, Valedictorian, Burrillville High School Class 2026; the distinguished
33 honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named Valedictorian of the Burrillville
34 High School Class of 2026;
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1Representatives Place and Newberry
2Abigail Bassett, Salutatorian, Burrillville High School Class 2026; the distinguished
3 honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named Salutatorian of the Burrillville
4 High School Class of 2026;
5Representatives Place and Newberry
6Donovan Turner, Classical High School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
7 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
8Speaker Blazejewski
9Saige Hodges, Coventry High School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
10 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
11Speaker Blazejewski
12Sydney Pavao, Coventry High School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
13 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
14Speaker Blazejewski
15Kristi Prestly, Cranston West High School; the outstanding achievement and
16 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
17Speaker Blazejewski
18Rosalind Bassen-Alexander, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement
19 and distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
20Speaker Blazejewski
21Savanna Tickner, East Greenwich High School; the outstanding achievement and
22 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
23Speaker Blazejewski
24Amir Depina, North Providence High School; the outstanding achievement and
25 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
26Speaker Blazejewski
27Preston Maong, South Kingstown High School; the outstanding achievement and
28 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
29Speaker Blazejewski
30Jaylene Le, Toll Gate High School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished honor
31 of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
32Speaker Blazejewski
33Thomas Hutchinson, The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and
34 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
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1Speaker Blazejewski
2Chichi Minami, The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
3 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
4Speaker Blazejewski
5Philip Spradlin, The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
6 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
7Speaker Blazejewski
8Coach Dayna Cueva Alegria The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and
9 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
10Speaker Blazejewski
11Daniel Shea The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished honor
12 of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
13Speaker Blazejewski
14Angela D’Amico The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
15 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
16Speaker Blazejewski
17Kiara Jin The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished honor of
18 winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
19Speaker Blazejewski
20Austin Nolan Bidwell The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and
21 distinguished honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
22Speaker Blazejewski
23Amelia Collins The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
24 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
25Speaker Blazejewski
26Shay Smith The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished honor
27 of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
28Speaker Blazejewski
29Seamus Smith The Wheeler School; the outstanding achievement and distinguished
30 honor of winning the 43rd Annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon;
31Speaker Blazejewski
32William Riccio, Director, City of Newport Public Services; the distinguished honor of
33 receiving the American Public Works Association Top 10 Public Works Leaders of the Year
34 Award for your commitment to public service that has benefited generations of Newport
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1 residents;
2Representative Carson
3Recce Vitale, Valedictorian, Cranston West High School Class of 2026; the distinguished
4 honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named Valedictorian of the Cranston West
5 High School Class of 2026;
6Representatives Paplauskas, Fascia, and Quattrocchi
7Celina Cheng, Salutatorian, Cranston West High School Class of 2026; the distinguished
8 honor and outstanding academic achievement of being named Salutatorian of the Cranston West
9 High School Class of 2026;
10Representatives Paplauskas, Fascia, and Quattrocchi
11Billy M. Accardi, Kareem Al-Bilbeisi, Krstel Alam, Emmanuel Alba, Racquel A.
12 Albuquerque, Tyler T. Almeida, Natalia Amaral-Beale, Brianna Barbara Angela, Lorelei Denise
13 Archambault, Tila V. Armstrong, Sienna Lynn Auclair, Tre Leonard Baker, Jefferson Clinton
14 Barbosa Montrond Teixeira, Aliyah Bedoya, Neala R. Bentley, Zackery M. Berg, Joshua Stephen
15 Bergeron, Hector Julio Bermude, Jordan J. Bibeault, Tyler Joseph Biddle, Layla Marie Bolduc,
16 Amari B. Bonelli, Nicholas George Boudjouk, Breanne Ava-Marie Bouthillette, Brayden A.
17 Brouillard, Colby Lawrence Brown, Holden Timothy Brown, Jeremiah J. Brown Garza
18 Alexander Bugera, Ava Amelia Cabral, Aidan Anthony Caetano, Elzbieta R. Caldarone, Isabel
19 Grace Campagnone, Liam Patrick Canale, Liam Joseph Carraher, Allyson R. Catu Gomez,
20 Liedson Andrade Centeio, Deaven De Jesus Cepeda, Adrian Russell Chase, Devin Cifuentes,
21 Ryan Matthew Cimorelli Jr., Ava Elizabeth Cipriano, Jameson David Clark, Anastasia Caitlin
22 Coleman, Angel Jay Colon, Donovan Thomas Conway, Nicholas B. Cormier, Maya Alice
23 Crocker, Hailey Culhane, Meredith Virginia Dawkins, Mathieu Eugene Delisle, Niccolo Lucien
24 Della Vecchia, Brooke A. DeMarco, Elizabeth Louise Deneneo, Khadija Anta Laye Diagne,
25 Mason Corey DiDomenico, Mason Christopher Diorio, Emilly Andrade do Nascimento, Wynston
26 Frank Domenico, Ariel Alejandro Donis Rosales, Charlotte Lyllyan Louise Drolet, Maya
27 Marguerite Drolet, Dylan Russell Embrey, Weslie Williams Estevez, Ashley Rebeka Estrada-
28 Lima, Keegan Jeffrey Falcone, Jake M. Famiglietti, Tyler C. Fay, Amerie Fernandez, Emma
29 Brady Fetters, Dylan Michael Fonseca, Kaia Fortier, Reed Wesley Fortier, Arthur Harold Fortune
30 III, Keian Mcadoo Fox, Cassidy Love Fuller, Zoe Eleni Gaitanis, Nicholas R. Ganim, Evelyn
31 Samantha Gay, Kyleigh Marie Gay, Addison Rose Goff, Riley James Goff, Julie Kennedy
32 Gongoleski, Ava Marie Good, Siena Lynn Goris, Jade Lynn Gracia, Emily Joann Gray, Helen
33 Mary Green, Brian E. Gugel, Jacob T. Harris, Elliana Sophia Havey, Landyn N. Heart, Aislinn
34 Henry, Christian A. Hernandez, Jesse Hetu, Kimberly R. Hickey, Max Raymond Hill, Dina
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1 Mackenzie Howland, Eli V. Hughes, Thomas J. llluzzi, Andreya Sophia Imondi, Levi A. Jackson,
2 Jenraeigh Jasmine Jatta, Conor Adin Johnson, Elaine Tresa Joy, Milo S. M. Joyce, Rheann Alicia
3 Kalinga, Jonathan Andrew Kamborian, Aaron David Kanter, Noah William Kilroy, Mackenzie
4 M. Kishfy, Khadija Kouraj, Holden James Lambert, Jeremy Edward Langlois, Lily Larivee,
5 Emma Margaret Lavery, Zaiden L. Le Grand, Jasmine Olivia Lebeau, Samantha Maitland Lees,
6 Ryan Justin Lemery, Joseph Stanley Lezon IV, Jacob James Lizotte, Evan James Lombardi, Anna
7 Margaret Longpre, Jennifer Estefania Lopez Roman, David Americo Lucci, Angelo Joseph Lupo,
8 Zoe Jolie Lyle, Peter Mallon, Charles J. Manion, Alexander David Manning, Luis Eliejah
9 Maravilla, Luke Anthony Marchand, Kianna Nicole Marfeo, Lucas David Marshall, Evelyse
10 Marie Martinez, Jordan P. Martins, Abigail Lauren Marzetta, Samuel Lee Masanz, Nicholas J.
11 McCann, Riley Elizabeth McCluskey, Molly Rose McGum, Trevor Paul McKee, Janise Annette
12 Marie McNamara, Audrey Ella McQuade, Carson M. Mellen, Ava Lynn Mello, Maggie Simas
13 Melo, Brody Alexander Mendonca, Jace Gavin Miller, Hailey Lynne Miranda, Jaylene Veronica
14 Monteiro, Liam F. Moore, Elliana Marie-Skye Moreau, Hunter Richard Moreau, Tyler R. Morris,
15 Jessie Mira Mostello-Kubel, Stephen James Motta, Isabella Marie Moulico, Alexandra J. Murray,
16 Mackenzie Grace Musto, Nogaye Ndiaye, Caitlyn Nicole Newton, Brayden Nicastro, Scott M.
17 Nicoll, Kaitlyn Nieves, Madison Marie Alicea O'Connor, Jarett John O'Hagan Jr., Connor James
18 Olick, Gianni Joseph Pagios, Boston Kenneth Paquette, Caleigh I. Parent, Julian James Paroyian,
19 Edwar Camilo Parra Valencia, Nicholas James Pelosi, Wyatt William Pereira, Malakai R.
20 Phetsarath, Emma Michelle Picard, Andrew J. Picozzi, Ava Sophia Pistacchio, Amanda Rose
21 Proia, Kyle R. Provost, Louis Ranieri, London R. Rapko, Aiden Thomas Pereira Reid, Aidan
22 Nicholas Ricci, Brandon Riley, Gianna Dimitra Rivera, Sofia Ioanna River, Brennan Harold-
23 Frederick Robery, Riley Daniel Robertson, Jayden Xavier Rosario Rodrigues, Logan Peter Rojas,
24 Sarah Roldan-Restrepo, Rocco Antonio Romeo, Matthew Ruest, Saffia Sajjad, Benjamin E.
25 Sampers, Lily Silvana Schmidts, Niclos Cristiano Semedo, Hailey Beth Serabian, Damien P.
26 Setaro, Kayden Z. Shaub, Alexiah H. Silva, Adelaide Grace Smith, Noura Srour, Finley R.
27 Stebenne, Theodore Frederick Stimson, Aiden Finn Syvertsen, Angelo Thibeault, Liana Marie
28 Torres, Sanford Joel Trachtenberg, Christian Stephen Trottier, Aubrey Shay Tucker, Giana Grace
29 Tumminelli, Zakkary Jozef Tyler, Mohammed Umar, Andrea Nicole Urizar, Noah Hunter
30 Valedofsky, Mia Dawn Vespia, Caterina A. Vuono, Ameenah Waahid, Everett Matthew Webster,
31 Mason Amaro White, Thomas Whitford, Lucia Kelly Whyte, Chase Joseph Williams, Wilson
32 Yang, Giulia Laine Zambarano, Mark A. Zarlenga, Luka James Zdravkovic, Jacob Zhang, Mahdi
33 Ziani, Lincoln High School Class of 2026; the outstanding academic achievement of your
34 graduation from the Lincoln High School Class of 2026;
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1Representatives Ackerman, Costantino and Shallcross Smith
2NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
3RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives hereby extends to the aforesaid persons
4 and organizations its very best wishes on this memorable occasion and expresses the hope for
5 continued good fortune; and be it further
6RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is respectfully requested to
7 transmit a properly inscribed citation to each of the aforesaid.
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