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‘We’re ready to pave our paths’: Frontier graduates 97

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anita Fritz, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 6/8/2019
Link: Complete Article

Photo by Paul Franz

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Retired history teacher Thomas Prew told graduating seniors Friday night to always incorporate four things into everything they do in life: perseverance, imagination, humility and kindness. Then, he gave them a final history lesson.

“Be determined,” Prew said. “Foster your imagination. Imagine what might be. Be modest, respectful and humble, not arrogant.”

He told the 97 graduating seniors that kindness does not equate to weakness, but rather, strength.

The graduates had marched onto the football field just minutes before. Some had decorated their caps and some struggled to keep step as parents, friends, relatives, teachers and underclassmen watched. But, within an hour, the first of the Class of 2019 was receiving his diploma.

Class of 2019 President Emily Laus told her classmates it was a long journey, but they did it together.

“We’ve matured physically, mentally and emotionally,” she said. “We made our mark.”

Laus told the soon-to-be graduates to look back on the great memories, but also look forward.

“We are newly born,” she said. “Life will not be easy, but we can face the challenges.”

Continue Reading at Hampshire Daily Gazette

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Frontier Regional School, graduates, Graduation

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