Graduation 2013
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Where Are They Now? A Special Publication of The Addison Independent t June 13, 2013
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MUHS Â Â 2013 HANNAH Â BRYANT, Â MAUHS, Â 2000
VUHS Â Â 2013
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EMILY Â Â MERKET Â Â PEARL, Â OVUHS, Â 2006 AND Â Â JOE Â Â PEARL, Â OVUHS, Â 2006
A salute to our graduates! High  school  graduation  is  a  time  for  celebration.  Congratulations  to  the  young  men  and  women  who  worked  so  hard  and  successfully  achieved  this  important  milestone  in  their  lives.  The  newly  minted  graduates  look  forward  to  the  next  stages  of  their  lives:  moving  away  from  home,  perhaps  seeing  a  bit  of  the  ZRUOG JHWWLQJ WKDW ÂżUVW SRVW JUDGXDWLRQ MRE ÂżJXULQJ RXW ZKDW LWÂśV DOO DERXW ,W LV D time  full  of  promise  with  a  fair  measure Â
of  apprehension  thrown  in.  Look  for  those  familiar  faces  in  the  photos  inside  from  the  Middlebury,  Mount  Abraham,  Otter  Valley  and  Vergennes  union  high  school  graduation  ceremonies  this  past  weekend. At  the  same  time,  parents  and  alumni  VHH WKH IUHVK \RXQJ IDFHV DQG FDQÂśW KHOS but  look  back  at  how  their  own  lives  and  those  of  their  friends  and  acquaintances  have  progressed  over  the  years. Â
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  JUDGXDWLRQ ,QVLGH \RXœOO ¿QG SUR¿OHV of  a  handful  of  Vermont  natives  in  their  late  20s  and  early  30s  —  people  you  may  have  known  when  you  were  in  high  school.  We  chose  a  selection  of  people  who  graduated  between  six  and  13  \HDUV DJR LQ WKH KRSHV WKDW WKLV ZHHNœV
high  school  graduates  will  be  able  to  see  something  of  their  own  generation  in  the  SUR¿OHV <RXœOO ¿QG D YDULHW\ RI YRFDWLRQV DQG DYRFDWLRQV UHSUHVHQWHG LQ WKH SUR¿OHV but  they  barely  scratch  the  surface  of  the  diversity  that  can  be  found  among  the  young  people  who  grew  up  in  Addison  County. Enjoy  the  stories  and  the  photos  and  wish  a  graduate  well.
VANESSA Â DUNLEAVY Â YEATON, Â MUHS, Â 2003