D
ear Beauregard High School Class of 2021, Noah Webster is credited with compiling his dictionary in 1828, a compendium of some 70,000 words. I have read that approximately 4,000 words are added to our language each year. That total has probably been surpassed with all of the “goings-on” this year. Our ‘new normal’ has contributed its own vocabulary — COVID-19; COVID positive; COVID quarantine; social distancing; and virtual, blended and traditional instruction, to name just a few. With the opening of the new Beauregard High School in September, we christened our campus with unique names, as well — the FX Building, the Hornet Gymnasium, the Career Center, Academic Blue, Academic Gold, and Academic Red, the HIVE, the Hall of Hornets, the VESPA and the Hungry Hive. Not since the class of 1973 has a Beauregard High School class experienced as many changes on campus. Of course, those changes have not been without challenges. This pandemic has definitely presented its share of challenges and setbacks, but what we have accomplished over the course of this school year is remarkable. Specifically, we started class on campus on Sept. 14, a month later than what was planned; we opened a new campus to students who knew not where to go; we transitioned to a four-by-four block schedule from an eight-period schedule; we have offered three methods of instruction (traditional, blended and virtual); we have successfully hosted all of our scheduled athletic events, albeit amidst numerous restrictions; we have enjoyed the sound of music and drama in our new choral room and auditorium; and we have striven daily to be Hornet Health Heroes (wear your mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands and stay safe). This graduating class has met each change and each challenge with dignity and with the resolve to persevere. Our mission at Beauregard High School is to prepare you for life after high school. We push you through course after course, and test after test. I sincerely hope that you will always remember, through all that your young life has experienced — a natural disaster in 2019 and this pandemic — that the adventurous spirit of our Hornets is not just to endure, not just to survive, but to thrive. We are extremely proud of you for reaching this milestone in your life and for the perseverance you have displayed along the way. As for Noah Webster, I am certain that neither he nor I, could adequately use words to define the sincere feelings of appreciation and gratitude I have for all who have kept Beauregard High School abuzz in 2020-2021 and for making this graduation a reality! Sincerely, Richard L. Brown, Jr. Principal
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Graduating Class of 2021
