An image of 12 students sitting on a wall and another 12 students standing behind them along with Shaker High School Principal Marcus Puccioni.

Shaker High School and the North Colonie Central School District are proud to announce the names of our 2025 Honor Graduates. The following students will graduate in the top five percent of the senior class on Friday, June 27, 2025.

Shriyan Ahuja is the son of Nita Ahuja and Rajesh Ahuja. Shriyan will attend Johns Hopkins University as a Chemical/Biomolecular Engineering major.

Sarah Al Shaarawi is the daughter of Najlaa Hassan and Hassan Al Shaarawi. Sarah will attend Georgia Tech in the fall as a Aerospace Engineering major.

Zayd Bhatti is the son of Absar Bhatti and Sabeen Durrani. Zayd will attend Georgetown University in the fall as a Business and Global Affairs major.

Shashank Boosa is the son of Ratan Raj Boosa and Sumalatha Boosa. Shashank will attend Stony Brook University in the fall as a Biology major on a Pre-med track.

Naomi Bosaka is the daughter of Srinidhi Bosaka and Prathima Bosaka. Naomi will attend the University at Albany in the fall as a Biology major on a Pre-med track.

Jack Bunaes is the son of Siobhan Bunaes and Erik Bunaes. Jack will attend the University of Rochester in the fall as a Biomedical Engineering major.

Sarah Byun is the daughter of Chang Sung and Chang Byun. Sarah will attend Stony Brook University in the fall as Biology major.

Alyssa Caiano is the daughter of Andrea Caiano and Paul Caiano. Alyssa will attend Northeastern University in the fall as a Biology major.

Julia Cheban is the daughter of Svetlana Cheban. Julia will be attending Siena College in the fall as a Biology major.

Catherine Cheng is the daughter of Min Li and Zhaolin Cheng. Catherine will attend Johns Hopkins University in the fall as an Applied Mathematics and Statistics major.

Abeesha Duaa is the daughter of Aisha Mahmood and Ziaullah Ziaullah. Abeesha will attend the University at Albany in the fall as a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major.

Shreeya Gillela is the daughter of Sunil Gillela and Kavitha Manda. Shreeya will attend Stony Brook University in the fall as a Biochemistry major.

Hans Gupta is the son of Vandana Goel and Salil Gupta. Hans will attend the University of Maryland in the fall as a Computer Science major.

Pavithra Jayakumar is the daughter of Selvi Jayakumar and Jayakumar Sivaraj. Pavithra will attend Cornell University in the fall as a Materials Science and Engineering major.

Kevin Lu is the son of Zonghaun Lu and Fang Zhao. Kevin will attend Cornell University in the fall as a Mathematics and Computer Science major.

John Park is the son of Jane Park and Minjoon Park. John will attend Johns Hopkins University in the fall as a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major.

Neha Prabhu is the daughter of Kailash Prabhu and Nithya Kumaragurunathan. Neha will attend Rutgers University New Brunswick in the fall as a Chemical Engineering major.

Victoria Raghubar is the daughter of Dinorah Raghubar and Dave Raghubar. Victoria will attend Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall as a Film and Animation major.

April Ren is the daughter of Dolly Ye and Liang Ren. April will attend Duke University in the fall as a Biomedical/Chemical Engineering major.

Marley Ruberti is the daughter of Susan Ruberti and Chris Ruberti. Marley will attend the University at Buffalo in the fall as an Architecture major.

Rishabh Saha is the son of Payel Datta and Deepak Saha. Rishabh will attend the University of Southern California in the fall as an Applied Mathematics major.

Gopika Madhurima Sarvepalli is the daughter of Sri Devi L. Mynampati and Venkata Sarvepalli. Gopika will attend the University at Albany in the fall as a Linguistics & Computer Science major.

Faiz Shaikh is the son of Asiya Shaikh and Gulvahid Shaikh. Faiz will attend Stony Brook University in fall as a Physics major.

Hyeonseo Suk is the son of Sung Dae Suk and Kyoungok Woo. Hyeonseo will attend the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the fall as a Physics major.

Pranjal Yadav is the daughter of Anil Kumar and Pavitra Yadav. Pranjal will attend Stony Brook University in the fall as a Applied Math & Statistics major.