St. Joseph the Worker Holds Eighth Grade Graduation Ceremony

Forty students graduated Tuesday from in Orefield in a ceremony and Mass at the attended by family and friends.

Patch photographer Betty Cauler was on hand to capture the ceremony.

The eighth-grade graduates will go on to high schools in the fall, including Central Catholic, , Salisbury, Emmaus and Northwestern Lehigh high schools.

Msgr. Robert J. Wargo told the graduates to make the right decisions as they prepare for high school.

This was the Catholic school's 12th graduation class.

A reception followed in the gym for family and friends.

The eighth graders who graduated are:

Abigail Ashcroft, Kiana Azar, Alyson Barlok, Benjamin Baroun, Laura Bell, Zackery Benner, Bryan Bishop, Emily Blumetti, James Clee, Isabella DeFalcis, Kevin DeVincentis, Elaine Donmoyer, William Doolin, Geovany Elias, Ryan Goodwin, Eli Gough, Austin Grace, Emily Grady, Brianne Gurniak, Abigail Hall.

Also Elizabeth Iobst, Arthur Johnson, Alyssa Konsko, Gabrielle Matejcek, Brianna Matus, Ryan Maydick, Katherine Mazur, Brian McCabe, Jacob Myers, Roseanna Pergosky, Sarah Ploof, Liam Power, Michael Rittenhouse, Alexis Rompilla, Julia Tielman, Amelia Trestrail, Gabriella Schwoyer, Erik Shimkanon, Kyle Siebert and Haley Wagner.