Graduation 2019
& Where Are They Now?
During the high school graduation season we tell the graduates to look forward to the future with hope and optimism, giving an opportunity for those of us who have seen a few seasons to look back to our own years in high school and just beyond.
school graduation ceremonies this month.
The newly minted graduates look forward to the next stages of their lives: moving away from home, perhaps seeing a bit of the world, getting that first post-graduation job, figuring out what it’s all about. It is a time full of promise with a measure of apprehension. Look for those familiar faces in the photos inside from the Middlebury, Mount Abraham, Otter Valley and Vergennes union high
We join in the reminiscing and asked graduates from these four local high schools to tell us a little about where life has taken them in the years since graduation. Inside you’ll find profiles of a handful of Vermont natives in their mid and late 20s — people you may have known when you were in high school. We chose a selection of
At the same time, parents and alumni see the fresh, young faces and can’t help but look back at how their own lives and those of their friends and acquaintances have progressed over the years.
people who graduated between six and 10 years ago in the hopes that this month’s high school graduates will be able to see something of their own generation in the profiles. You’ll find a variety of vocations and avocations represented in the profiles, but they barely scratch the surface of the diversity that can be found among the young people produced in the Addison County. Enjoy the stories and the photos and wish a graduate well.
Independent photo/Bethany Palmer
MUHS Class of 2019 MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School’s Commencement exercises took place on Saturday, June 8 at Memorial Sports Center. The MUHS graduating class of 2019 was composed of 113 students, including: Ada Anderson, William Barber, Parker Beatty, Hogan Beazley, Samantha Bennett, Jack Berthiaume, Aileen Bosworth, Jacob Broughton, Riley Brown, Trinity Bryant, Isaac Buttolph, Spencer Cadoret, Wyatt Cameron, Danny Campbell-Dickerson, Max Carson, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Ezra Christensen, Niclaus Clark, Heather Cloutier,
Silas Conlon, Brenna Cook, Lillian Cotell, Benjamin Crawford, Rebekah Crossman, Samuel Daly, Sean Deering, Catara Doner, Colin Dowd, Nora Draper and Zachary Dunn. Also Tristan Durante, Kolby Farnsworth, Lucas Farrell, Derek Felkl, Natalie Fenninger, Ian Fenster, Simon Fischer, Jayden Fitzgerald, Ashley Friend, Bethany Gale, Jacob Galvin, Niccolo Gori-Montanelli, Lacey Greenamyre, Caleb Hamilton, Connor Harris, Anabel Hernandez, Marina Herren-Lage, Deanna Hilaire, Max Hirdler IV, Nanja Horning, Michael Huber, Audrey
Huston, Justin Jackson, Anne Kappel, Larkin Kenney, Josh Kerr, Simon Kiel, Drew Kiernan, Suzanne Klemmer, Justin Koontz and Bryan Krymlak. And Emily Laframboise, Abigail LaRock, Aaron Larocque, Carly Larocque, Will Larocque, Christian Leggett, Ayanna Mason, Aleta Mathers, Alexis Matot, Eleanore McGarry, Tucker Moulton, Morgan Munnett, Maisie Newbury, Olivia Odell, Peter Orzech, Samantha Paige, Ylexeus Palacio, Colton Paquette, Virginia Patz, Georgianna Pistilli, Emma Pope McCright, Sophie Poppenga, Emily Pottinger, Joel
Pyfrom, Holly Rancour, Ethan Reiderer, Kyra Roberts, Nickolas Roberts, David Robidoux and Jesse Rubin. Also Anna Scharstein, Camden Schnoor, Kaylee Shum, Jaskaran Singh, Owen Southerland, Jordan Stearns, Katelyn Stearns, Natali Sullivan, Ashley Sunderland, Taylor Sylvester, Diya Taylor, Megan Thomas-Danyow, Joshua Trautwein, Ben Turner, Grace Walker, Katherine Wallace, Serena Welch, Grace Widelitz, Harley Williams, Silas Wisell, Xavier Wyncoop and Carson Yildirim. Congratualtions to all the graduates. See MUHS Where Are They Now on Page 8C
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