Brandi Andrighetti reflects on 2021 as Webutuck’s salutatorian

WEBUTUCK — It’s almost Graduation Day, the moment every high school senior anticipates from the moment they enter the school building for the first day of their last year. For Webutuck High School senior Brandi Andrighetti, saying goodbye to the Webutuck Central School District will carry a little extra “pomp and circumstance” as she will be leading this year’s graduating class into the future as its salutatorian.

For the last nine years, Brandi has been a proud member of the Webutuck community. Before moving into the district in the third grade, she previously attended elementary school in Torrington, Conn. 

Throughout her time as a Webutuck Warrior, Brandi has done her part to be an active student, from serving on the Student Council since seventh grade to her involvement with both the Junior National Honor Society and the National Honor Society. On top of her academic activities, she has played varsity softball throughout her entire high school career.

Looking even further into her extracurriculars, Brandi has also done a lot with the school to benefit both her classmates and her school district, such as helping to plan school field trips (like the annual eighth-grade trip to Boston) as well as pep rallies, Spirit Weeks and a lot of the Community Day fundraisers. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she said she was helping to plan for the Class of 2021’s prom.

When asked about her favorite aspect of the Webutuck Central School District, Brandi accredited the district’s teachers and the support system surrounding them. This is also what she said she’ll miss the most about Webutuck when it comes time for her to graduate.

Thinking back on her accomplishments at Webutuck, Brandi said, “Definitely being salutatorian is probably the biggest thing. Throughout high school, I had a lot of downfalls and hard things that I had to push past, so getting to that point was probably one of the best things.”

After graduating from Webutuck on Friday, June 25, Brandi said she’ll be moving to Florida to attend the University of Tampa, where she’ll major in allied health to be on track to becoming a physician’s assistant. She also plans to minor in either Spanish or psychology.

To the future generations of students who will soon walk the halls of the Webutuck High School just as she did, Brandi advised, “No matter how hard it gets, always try your hardest because you can always get through.”

And to her fellow graduates, her message is simple and sincere: “Congrats — we made it!”