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Topping a class known for resilience Scholar with Distinction and Super Master awards, and is a recipient of the Rensselaer Looking back on four years of Medal. He volunteered with the high school filled with unexpect- East Rockaway Public Library, ed challenges at East Rockaway Kiwanis Club, and the New York Junior-Senior High School, Vale- State School Music Association. dictorian Madeline Prucha and Although the coronavirus Salutatorian Jason pandemic added an Miller reflected on unexpected layer of what their class difficulty to their endured. high school tenure, “Looking ahead, Miller said he was it’s safe to say that proud of his graduthe class of 2022 will ating class’s resilbe ready for whatevience. er the future holds,” “Despite all these Miller said in his challenges,” he said, speech to his fellow “we’ve been able to graduates. “We’ve spend our last year gone from normal in person and expeclasses to fully rience and enjoy all remote classes of these milestones where we didn’t see together” each other walking “The Junior Bandown the halls for quet, Senior Sunmonths, to a hybrid rise, the Athletic schedule, and finally Complex Grand back to something Opening, Senior Day, close to normal.” Awards Night, Great JASoN MIllER Miller was a co- Salutatorian Adventure, and of president of the course Senior Prom. school’s National As a class, we have Honor Society, vice president of proven that we can handle whatKey Club, a member of DECA, ever is thrown at us, and I think president of Tri-M Music Honor we actually came out stronger in Society and a member of the the end.” Student Cabinet. He earned AP Continued on page 4
By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
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Two journeys end, two more begin Lynbrook High School’s class of 2022, top, celebrated at the close of its commencement ceremony on June 24 on the Marion Street School field. Above, members of East Rockaway High School’s senior class strode off the football field after their graduation. Story, more photos, Page 12.
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s a class, we have proven that we can handle whatever is thrown at us, and I think we actually came out stronger in the end.