2026_MNA Grad Tab

Graduation Keepsake Edition

Featuring Graduates From: Bear Lake, Brethren, Casman Academy, Manistee ISD, Manistee High School and Onekama

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BEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

BEAR LAKE TOP STUDENTS Lanessa Ware Caleb Forward

BAC C A L AU R E AT E

Myles Harless

May 20th at 7:00 PM at Bear Lake Community Church

Natalie Brown

May 22nd at 7:00 PM at Bear Lake Schools

S A L U TAT O R I A N Caleb Forward CLASS COLORS Navy Blue & Sage CLASS SONG “Higher”

by Creed

Liberty Daugherty Grady Harless

G R A D UAT I O N CEREMONY

VA L E D I C T O R I A N Lanessa Ware

LilyAnne Artman Spencer Mallison Rianna Leiffers Lauren Pulido-Huber

CLASS FLOWER White Carnation & Red Button Rose CL ASS MOT TO “Set your goals high, and don’t stop until you get there” - Bo Jackson

“Every dream begins with a wish”

Dream big, sweet girl!

We love you huge!

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BEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

Madelynn May Allen

LilyAnne Grace Artman

Natalie Kay Brown

Liberty Jane Daugherty

Maggie Mae Evans

Caleb Douglas Forward

Dian Michelle Green

Grady Lee Harless

Myles Michael Harless

Alecia Rose Hayes

Jacob Harrison Hughey

Landyn Edward-James Kequom

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BEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

Regan Viola Leiffers

Rianna Lorraine Leiffers

Maria Elisa MaganaGarcia

Spencer Aiden Mallison

Haley Jo Mathieu

Jacob Edward Miller

Easton James Nowak

Camrin Carlton Poland

Lauren Christina Pulido-Huber

Piper Olivia Putney

Devin Ryan Shook

Hailee Grace Smith

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BEAR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

Leon Pascal Wahl

Lanessa Renee Ware

Cong'ts Lanessa Ware

& Class of 2026!

Haley Bug always be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

We love you always and forever, Dad, Mom, Sis, Brother, Bubby, and Gram

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BRETHREN HIGH SCHOOL

BRETHREN TOP STUDENTS

VA L E D I C T O R I A N Mackenna Warde

Cole Headley

S A L U TAT O R I A N Mackenzie Dilloway

Natalie Myers Ava Leatherman

BAC C A L AU R E AT E

Levi Morrison

May 22nd at 7:45 AM at Epworth United Methodist Church

Waylon Hicks Nathan Ooms Chloe Tracy

G R A D UAT I O N CEREMONY

Madlyn Abend Madelyn Krasinski

May 22nd at 6:00 PM at Brethren High School Gym

Tyler Schulte

CONGRATULATIONS BRETHREN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2026!

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CLASS COLORS Turquoise CLASS SONG “You’re gonna go far”

by Noah Kahan CLASS FLOWER Lily CL ASS MOT TO “Right now is a memory, so make the most of it.”

“A great accomplishment shouldn’t be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.”

- HARVEY MACKAY

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BRETHREN HIGH SCHOOL

Madlyn Abend

Aiden Black

Kenyon Brown

David Bystrom

Jerry Cain

Jonathon Card

James Castro

Mackenzie Dilloway

Jeramy Dudynskyj

Natalie Garske

McKenzie Gruber

Adam Hamilton

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BRETHREN HIGH SCHOOL

Cole Headley

Jonathon Hernandez

Waylon Hicks

Shane Hiller

Colton Kangas

Daniel Karas

Troy Krasinski

Madelyn Krasinski

Ava Leatherman

Mary Lopez

Isaac Mikus

Levi Morrison

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BRETHREN HIGH SCHOOL

Harold Murphy

Natalie Myers

Brodie Nelson

Nathan Ooms

Joseph Reading

Chase Schmidt

Ersie Schmidt

Kimberly Schneider

Kierston Scholl

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BRETHREN HIGH SCHOOL

Tyler Schulte

Bailee Silvey

Shadow Smead

Jamie Sorensen

Chloe Tracy

Mackenna Wardie

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! ENJOY YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE!

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CASMAN ACADEMY

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Wyatt Wesley Babcock

Abigail Mae Bottrell

Darien Michael Bromley

Annalise Marie Edgington

May 14th at 1:00 PM at Ramsdell Theater CLASS COLORS Green & Blue CLASS SONG “ The Times They Are A-Changin’ ”

by Bob Dylan CLASS FLOWER Carnation

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CASMAN ACADEMY

Nathan Scott Edgington

Brenden Patrick Gilles

Ivy Christine Popielarz

Noah Joseph Richards

Shalah Lee McClain

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M A N I S T E E I N T E R M E D I AT E S C H O O L D I S T R I C T

LUKAS KOLK

JOSH SZYMANSKI

JASON WATTS

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE MANISTEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GRADUATION CELEBRATION!

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MAY 29

10:30 AM

772 E. PARKDALE AVENUE, MANISTEE

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL VA L E D I C T O R I A N Macaela Bruce S A L U TAT O R I A N Clear Wang CLASS COLORS Blue & Gold

BAC C A L AU R E AT E May 15th at 3:00 PM at Faith Covenant Church

G R A D UAT I O N CEREMONY May 15th at 6:00 PM at Manistee Middle High School: Mariner Gymnasium

CLASS SONG “Good Riddance” by Green Day CLASS FLOWER Blue Peony CL ASS MOT TO “Beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but it’s everything in between that makes it all worth living” - Bob Marley

MANISTEE TOP STUDENTS Braden Banicki Macaela Bruce Alayna Edmondson Georgia Haag Luke Olson

Olivia Salmon Maxwell Scharp Gabrielle Senters Valerie Wagner Clear Wang

Gabrielle Accardi

Adetokunbo Awomolo

Braden Banicki

Madilyn Bjorkquist

River Blair

Aiden Boss

Macaela Bruce

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Maxx Carlson

Samantha Carrick

Jenna Casper

Nicolo Chersovani

Nolan Dalke

Madeline Dawson

Anthony Doremus

Steven Driver Jr.

Alana Dunlap

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Achilles Eckerson

Alayna Edmondson

Jorren Edmondson

Kylee Elgie

Landon Everly

Avamae Fett

and Congratulations C to all Manistee High School Graduates!

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Drake Fordham

Tabitha Forton

Lindsey Gardner

Gracie Gilman

Sophie Govea

Nevaeh Grandstaff

CONGRATULATIONS

Aubrey Jean Nickleson!

Manistee High School

We’ve Got To Hand It To You... ...

You’ve struggled, worked hard,, studied late and made sacrifices es and now you’re graduating.

There will be more challenges in store for you, but with your education and hard work, nothing is beyond your reach.

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Joslyn Gray

Aaron Guenthardt

Georgia Haag

Shalyn Harmon

Joshua Haynes

Owen Heintzelman

Magdalena Herberger

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

ZennethRuthie Howell

James Jados

Graeleigh Jensen

Audriana Johnson

Miles Joseph

Evelyn Koller

Congratulations Manistee High School Graduates!

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Alexis Krause

Jacob Lee

Owen Madsen

Bradley Mead

Natalee Miehlke

Ayden Miller

Jacob Miller

Aaron Milliman

Hayden Mund

Owen, Congratulations!

We’re SO proud of you and the amazing person you have become.

Dream big and have fun!

Love, Mom, Dad, and Emmet

Gia Han Nguyen

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Aubrey Nickleson

Julia Nogueira

Justin Oakley

Luke Olson

Colt Outman

Keira Padilla

Aubrey Jean Nickleson Class of 2026 Manistee High School

Beyond Proud of you.

The Sky is the Limit!

Luv, Mama and Bri

Caps off to the Class of 2026!

YOU DID IT!

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Owen Polcyn

Camden Pomeroy

Gracie Pruyne

Jaylyn Randall

Danielle Rivers

Christian Rose

Olivia Salmon

Cecelia Sandberg

Maxwell Scharp

Gabrielle Senters

Keegan Shannon

Joseph Sian

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Zehfarian Simes

Aaron Snay

Brady Snay

Landin Sowa

Aubree Speicher

Peyton Stallings

Rylee Swanson

Wishing you all the best on your graduation day and beyond.

Charles Thompson

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MANISTEE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL

Kiedis Underwood

Danielle Vasquez

Valerie Wagner

Nikolai Wallett

Clear Wang

James Washburn

Madalyn Wayward

Joshua Weiss

Kaden Worch

Genevieve Woroniak

John Yoke

Braylen Zimmerman

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ONEKAMA HIGH SCHOOL

ONEKAMA TOP STUDENTS

BAC C A L AU R E AT E May 13th at 6:30 PM at First Congregational UCC of Onekama

G R A D UAT I O N CEREMONY May 15th at 6:00 PM at Onekma High School Gym

Aleah Blackmore Hailey Hart Sierra Steiner Jolie Tabaczka Luke Bradford Brandon Brindle Riley Cogburn Mitchell Falk Aubry LeSarge Anna Bradford

VA L E D I C T O R I A N

Aleah Blackmore S A L U TAT O R I A N

Hailey Hart CLASS COLORS Sage & Lavender CLASS SONG “Tonight, Tonight” CLASS FLOWER Lilacs

Aleah Mae Blackmore

Anna Louise Bradford

Luke Anthony Bradford

Brandon Austin Brindle

Jacob Robert Brown

Jacob Roy Burtch

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ONEKAMA HIGH SCHOOL

Karima Elissa Castillo

Riley Ann Cogburn

Zoe Jane Edmondson

Mitchell Kenneth Falk

Chase Alfred Gauthier

Thia Dos SantosCasimiro

Matthew Richard Gardner

Caps off to the Class of 2026!

YOU DID IT!

Carley Lynn Guerne

Edward P. Hybza, D.C.

231-723-7743

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ONEKAMA HIGH SCHOOL

Hailey Madison Hart

Tyler Allen Hart

Evan Lee Harvey

Kaitlynn Grace Hawkins

Andrew Paul Hybza

Jennifer Morgan Kmiecik

Jasmine Victoria Hope Lapp

Aubry Ann LeSarge

Collin Richard Lindeman

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ONEKAMA HIGH SCHOOL

Andrew Seth Potter

Dainyn Allen Roberts

Sierra Noelle Steiner

Jolie Catherine Tabaczka

CONGRATS CLASS OF 2026!

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