William Allen High School celebrated its Class of 2026 commencement ceremony on Friday, June 12, 2026, at PPL Center in Allentown. The ceremony opened with a powerful guitar duet of our national anthem by Justin Gonzalez Torres and longtime CMS student Andrew Colon Rodriguez.
Watch Andrew and Justin’s performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” on the ASD YouTube Channel here.
Andrew joined CMS back in 2016 through our Modern Band program at ASD’s Central Elementary School. He has since taken lessons and performed on piano, drums, saxophone, guitar, voice, and more. Andrew, we are so proud of the amazing young man and musician that you have become!
We congratulate Andrew and all our CMS 2026 high school graduates and wish them all much success and happiness in their future endeavors: Shira Bach, Kasra Fayyazi, Colette Ferriere, Alyssa Franchetti, Naomi Herrera, Kiara Larrama, Paul Mansour, Jenison Mendez, Riley Nemitz, Valeria Palma Robles, Sam Palumbo, Tiffany Perez-Maldonado, Clarke (CJ) Ray, and Sacha SanClemente. Watch the e-news for features on more of our seniors later this summer!
