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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016
LIVINGSTON MANOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
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Livingston Manor graduates 31; sending 3 women into the U.S. Army STORY AND PHOTOS BY JEANNE SAGER
LIVINGSTON MANOR — Sending seniors off into military service is nothing new for Livingston Manor Central School. Every year there are least two or three grads headed off to serve their country. But in the same year that saw Defense Secretary Ash Carter approve final plans from military service branches, and the U.S. Special Operations Command open all combat jobs to women, and America get its first female infantry officer, Livingston Manor is seeing a first, too. Three of this year's female graduates have enlisted in the U.S. Army. Considering just 14 percent of the nation's troops are female, Tara Carlson, Katie Spencer and Heidi Snyder know they're somewhat of a rare breed in the graduating classes across America. But the way they see it, doing something a little different is what will set them apart. 'I feel like we have to work harder," said Carlson, "but it doesn't mean we can't do it." It's a message that stood out in this year's LMCS graduation: facing a change head-on and not being afraid to do something different. Spencer, the class' salutatorian, knows all about change. She moved to Livingston Manor in high school, and she clearly remembers her first day at LMCS. She went home and sobbed, wishing she could return to her old school and old friends. "I made the mistake of blinking like the rest of you," Spencer told the crowd. When she blinked, everything changed. Livingston Manor became her home, the LMCS Class of 2016 her second family. Change is what valedictorian Kayli Green wished for her classmates too, encouraging them to "get out of your comfort zone." LIVINGSTON MANOR HS CLASS OF 2016 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Adam Lasky Memorial Award - John
W. Weigand
Agudas Achim Society Award for Highest Regents Average - Kayli
Morgan Green
American Legion Award for highest average in Social Studies - Kayli
Morgan Green
Art Scholarship Award - Fern Amelia
Mills
Avery Foundation Scholarship Award - Aryanna Laura Staudt, Fern
Amelia Mills, Kayli Morgan Green
Beaverkill Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution - Kayli Morgan
Green
Beaverkill Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution - Wesley A. Gerow Board of Education Award for the student who ranks 3rd in class standing - Wesley A. Gerow Board of Education Award for the student who ranks 4th in class standing - Kaitlin Giselle Rau Brian Ingber Memorial Foundation, Inc. - Annaliese Michelle Gorr Catskill Fly Tyer's Guild Scholarship Award - Annaliese Michelle
Kaitlyn Rau shoots a grin to the crowd during Saturday’s Commencement Exercises in Livingston Manor. Annaliese Michelle Gorr
Stephanie Babich-Youmans Scholarship Fund, established by Stephanie's parents and sisters to honor her memory - Katie Marie
Elinor E. Decker Memorial Award -
Katie Marie Spencer Frank & Helen Burger Scholarship from New York Chapter of NAPUS -
Spencer Sullivan County Long Beards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation Academic Scholarship - An-
Annaliese Michelle Gorr Frank A. & Lulu Rose Foundation -
Fern Amelia Mills, Kaitlin Giselle Rau, Kayli Morgan Green
naliese Michelle Gorr Sullivan County Postmasters Assoc. -
Annaliese Michelle Gorr
Frank and Lois Gibson Boys' Athletic Achievement Award - Gregory W.
Sullivan County Trail Association Scholarship - Annaliese Michelle
Scott
Gorr
Frank and Lois Gibson Girls' Athletic Achievement Award - Kaitlin
Sullivan/St. Tammany Chapter 298 Order of Eastern Star - Annaliese
Giselle Rau
Michelle Gorr
Grad Program Cover Design Award -
Fern Amelia Mills
SUNY Presidential Scholars Award -
Austin Shaver, Gregory W. Scott, Katie Marie Spencer, Kiara Lee Pagan, Luke John Sanders Tech Scholarship Award - Wesley A. Gerow
Hilda M. Neild Scholarship Fund -
Katie Marie Spencer Hon. Louis B. Scheinman Memorial Scholarship Fund - Kaitlin Giselle
Rau HOPE: “Help Open People's Eyes” Award - Kaitlin Giselle Rau, Tara
The Valedictorian’s Certificate of Commendation from the Sullivan County Legislature - Kayli Morgan
Lynne Roser Jamie Bertholf Memorial Scholarship -
Green
Annaliese Michelle Gorr Jamie Lyn Ford Memorial Award -
Fern Amelia Mills John DuMond Memorial Scholarship -
Katie Spencer, left, is this year’s LMCS salutatorian, while Kayli Green earned the valedictorian slot.
Wesley A. Gerow
Devon Mikayla Dutcher John Hundley III & Josh Hundley Memorial Scholarship Fund - Michael
D. Grantham Knoll Scholarship Fund - Annaliese
Michelle Gorr, Aryanna Laura Staudt, Kaitlin Giselle Rau, Kayli Morgan Green Lazare and Charlotte Kaplan Foundation Scholarship - Annaliese
Michelle Gorr, Aryanna Laura Staudt, Austin Shaver, Fern Amelia Mills, Jade Elizabeth Bivins, Joseph Alexander Cubero, Kaitlin Giselle Rau, Kayli Morgan Green, Luke John Sanders, Michael D. Grantham, Tara Lynne Roser, Wesley A. Gerow Liberty Elks Lodge #1545 Awards for Citizenship and Service - Kiara Lee
Pagan, Wesley A. Gerow Livingston Manor Community Center Service Award - Luke John
Sanders
Theodore Gordon Fly Fishers' Science Award - Wesley A. Gerow Trevor Simpson Memorial Award -
Livingston Manor Lion's Club Tony and Kelly Lackey Memorial Award -
Annaliese Michelle Gorr, Austin Shaver Livingston Manor Rotary Club Service Award - Annaliese Michelle Gorr Livingston Manor Teachers' Assoc. Awards for Higher Education -
Aryanna Laura Staudt, Fern Amelia Mills, Kaitlin Giselle Rau LMCS “Plaque of ‘39” given by the 50th Anniversary Alumni Association - Kayli Morgan Green LMCS 50th Anniv. Alumni Award Student who ranks 1st in class standing - Kayli Morgan Green LMCS 50th Anniv. Alumni Award Student who ranks 2nd in class standing - Katie Marie Spencer LMCS School-Related Professionals' Association Graduation Award for the student who ranks 5th in class
standing - Fern Amelia Mills Lorna B. Hoag Perseverance Award -
Ashley Kelly Madison Louis A. & Rita Hick Smith Memorial Fund - Annaliese Michelle Gorr,
Devon Mikayla Dutcher Marjorie B. Siegel Memorial Music Award (The John Philip Sousa Band Award) - Tara Marie Carlson Maureen J. Reisner Memorial Award for Music - Tara Marie Carlson Mecky Schwartz Award - Tara Marie
Carlson Michael Dolgas Environmental Award - Gregory W. Scott Misner Agency Award for Greatest Improvement in High School English - Ariella Pierpoint National School Choral Award - Kayli
Morgan Green NYS Attorney General's Triple “C” Award - Austin Shaver, Kiara Lee
Pagan
NYS Comptroller's Achievement Award - Gregory W. Scott, Katie
Marie Spencer NYS Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Assoc. Inc. Scholarship -
Gregory W. Scott, Tara Lynne Roser NYS Education Department Scholarship for Academic Excellence - Kayli
Van Etten Oil Co. Award for Excellence in Language - Kayli Morgan
Green Will Hardware - Industrial Arts Award - Michael D. Grantham William Kelly Scholarship Award given by the Kelly family, in memory of Billy - Katie Marie Spencer
Morgan Green, Wesley A. Gerow Peck’s Market Graduation Award -
Joseph Alexander Cubero, James Robert Johnston, Kayli Morgan Green, Kiara Lee Pagan, Michael D. Grantham PTSA Service Scholarship Award -
Katie Marie Spencer, Tara Lynne Roser Rolling V. Academic Improvement Award - Jade Elizabeth Bivins Rose & Kiernan, Inc. Scholarship Fund - Fern Amelia Mills
Gorr
Certificates of Merit from the NYS Assembly and NYS Senate - An-
naliese Michelle Gorr, Ariel Anne Mears, Ariella Pierpoint, Aryanna Laura Staudt, Ashley Kelly Madison, Austin Shaver, Daniel Michael Dutcher, Devon Mikayla Dutcher, Emily Priscilla Gorr, Failien Lanette Dungey, Fern Amelia Mills, Gregory W. Scott, Heidi Snyder, Jade Elizabeth Bivins, James Robert Johnston, John W. Weigand, Joseph Alexander Cubero, Joseph I. Perez, Justin Serrano, Kaitlin Giselle Rau, Kaitlyn Jacobs, Katie Marie Spencer, Kayli Morgan Green, Kiara Lee Pagan, Luke John Sanders, Michael D. Grantham, Nikolas A. Zayas, Ocean Heintz, Steven Barnes, Tara Lynne Roser, Tara Marie Carlson, Wesley A. Gerow
Craig R. Sturdevant Memorial Award -
Michael D. Grantham
Custodial Staff Award for Outstanding Attendance during the 4 High School Years - Fern Amelia Mills Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Award Katie Marie Spencer David Pollack Award for Class Salutatorian - Katie Marie Spencer David Pollack Award for Class Valedictorian - Kayli Morgan Green DeVOE-Ted To A Cure Scholarship for Veterinary Studies - Annaliese
Michelle Gorr
Don R. Zeininger Memorial Award for Industrial Arts - Nikolas A. Zayas Dorothy Dolgas Memorial Award 40444
Wesley A. Gerow
Dr. Lewis G. Denman Memorial Scholarship Fund - Kaitlin Giselle Rau Earle and Elizabeth Wilde Cornell Cooperative Extension Scholarship -