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Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  June  13,  2013  â€”  PAGE  13A

Clark  named  VUHS  valedictorian VERGENNES  â€”  Vergennes  Union  High  School  named  Morgen  Clark  as  its  2013  valedictorian  and  Jonathan  Welch  as  its  salutatorian.  Justus  Stur-­ tevant  received  third  honors. Clark,  who  delivered  the  farewell  address  at  graduation,  is  the  daughter  of  Kyle  and  Heather  Clark.  She  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Nation-­ al  Honor  Society,  school  band,  and  YDUVLW\ EDVNHWEDOO WHDP $GGLWLRQDOO\ she  played  in  the  select  Commodore  Jazz  Ensemble  and  was  selected  as  an  instrumentalist  in  the  Green  Moun-­

JONATHAN Â WELCH

WDLQ 'LVWULFW DQG $OO 6WDWH 0XVLFDO Festivals.  Clark  will  attend  the  Uni-­ versity  of  Vermont  as  a  Green  and  Gold  Scholar  next  year  and  plans  to  study  molecular  genetics. Welch,  son  of  Peter  Welch  and  Nancy  Conant  of  Vergennes,  deliv-­ ered  the  welcome  address  at  gradu-­ ation.  Welch  represented  VUHS  at  Boys’  State,  earned  numerous  Under-­ classmen  Recognition  Night  awards,  and  won  state  champion  status  this  VSULQJ RQ WKH 98+6 WUDFN DQG ÂżHOG team.  He  plans  to  study  neuroscience Â

JUSTUS Â STURTEVANT

County students earn St. Lawrence degrees &$1721 1 < ² 7KUHH DUHD residents  earned  degrees  at  St.  Law-­ rence  University  in  Canton,  N.Y.,  on  May  19. -RKDQQD $ .HOOH\  of  Shoreham  graduated  summa  cum  laude  and  BETTY  JANE  MCCORMICK  Bourgeault  received  an  honorary  diploma  was  awarded  honors  in  mathematics.  Saturday  from  Middlebury  Union  High  School  six  decades  after  she  had  Kelley  is  a  graduate  of  Middlebury  WR OHDYH VFKRRO GXH WR ¿QDQFLDO FLUFXPVWDQFHV Union  High  School. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

MUHS (Continued  from  Page  1A) old  Jane  McCormick  Bourgeault,  who  received  an  honorary  diploma.  Bourgeault  attended  Middlebury  High  School  until  she  was  unable  to  continue  after  her  junior  year  in  GXH WR ÂżQDQFLDO UHDVRQV $V VKH received  her  diploma,  Bourgeault  received  a  standing  ovation  from  ev-­ erybody  attending  the  graduation. Retiring  superintendent  Gail  B.  Conley  then  addressed  the  class,  us-­ ing  bus  driving  as  a  metaphor. “You  have  to  be  planning  to  be  a  bus  driver,â€?  Conley  said.  He  encour-­ aged  the  class  to  be  bus  drivers,  to  be  leaders  of  whatever  they  do.  But  he  also  reminded  them  that  if  they  don’t  like  where  they  are,  they  also  have  WKH RSWLRQ WR JHW RII WKH EXV DQG ÂżQG a  new  one.  He  ended  his  speech  with  a  simple  rule  for  life:  You  can  drive  the  bus,  ride  the  bus,  or  get  off  the  bus.  â€œLead,  follow,  or  get  out  of  the  way,â€?  he  said. The  class  of  2013  then  lined  up  and  received  their  diplomas,  tossed  their  caps,  and  proudly  exited  the  arena  to  the  MUHS  band  playing  â€œJupiterâ€?  by  Gustav  Holst  and  cheers  from  family  and  friends,  and  moved  forward  to  whatever  their  next  en-­ deavor  might  be.

OVUHS (Continued  from  Page  1A) speech  of  the  year,  his  observations  often  met  with  applause  and  cheers  from  the  crowd. Valedictorian  Samantha  Fox’s  VSHHFK ZDV PRUH UHĂ€HFWLYH FLWLQJ the  changes  she  and  her  classmates  have  undergone  when  confronted  with  making  choices  about  their  futures.  She  said  many  of  their  de-­ cisions  in  middle  school  to  become  WHDFKHUV DUWLVWV DQG SROLFH RIÂżFHUV UHĂ€HFW ZKDW WKH\ÂśYH VHHQ HYHU\ GD\ as  they  grew  up. Âł:H VDZ WKH SROLFH RIÂżFHUV RI RXU towns  protecting  the  civilians,  and  handing  out  some  speeding  tickets,â€?  )R[ VDLG Âł:H VDZ WKH WRZQ ÂżOOHG with  the  artistic  pigs,  hearts  and  oth-­ er  artwork.â€? Now,  she  said,  many  of  her  class-­ mates  have  decided  not  to  play  it  so  safe  and  branch  out,  to  go  to  college  ei-­ ther  here  or  out  of  state,  to  go  to  work,  to  travel.  â€œThere  are  so  many  opportunities  out  there  that  we  have  not  even  discov-­ ered,â€?  Fox  said,  â€œand  so  many  ways  for  us  to  get  out  and  make  a  name  for  ourselves.â€?  It’s  hard  to  say  whether  Roberts’  speech  summed  up  the  mood  in  the  OV  gym  on  Saturday,  or  was  the  cause  of  it.  Either  way,  the  ceremony  was  a  rousing  success  and  the  graduates  left  the  ceremony  a  little  lighter  than  when  they  arrived. “Looking  back,  I  am  proud  to  say  that  I  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  2013  and  part  of  the  wonderful  group  of  people  that  make  up  my  class,â€?  Roberts  said.  â€œMost  of  all,  I  can  say  I  was  one  of  you,  one  of  us.  I  can  say  we  were  and  always  will  be  unstoppable.  In  closing,  I  would  like  to  congratulate  the  class  of  â€™13  on  a  job  â€Ś  done.â€?

Emma  B.  Meyer  of  Bristol  re-­ ceived  a  degree  in  art  and  art  history.  Meyer  is  a  graduate  of  Rice  Memo-­ rial  High  School. Cooper  J.  Thompson  of  New  Hav-­ en,  graduated  magna  cum  laude  and  was  awarded  honors  in  philosophy.  Thompson  graduated  from  Mount  $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO

at  Bowdoin  College  in  the  fall.  Sturtevant,  who  delivered  the  challenge  to  the  class  of  2014  at  graduation,  is  the  son  of  Todd  and  Laura  Sturtevant  of  Ferrisburgh.  He  competed  on  the  VUHS  Math  Team,  was  an  active  member  of  the  Com-­ modore  Band  and  Jazz  Band,  and  played  varsity  baseball  and  soccer.  He  plans  to  study  communications  at  Susquehanna  University  next  year. Â

MORGEN Â CLARK

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