Dawson County Graduation 2020

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Graduation Graduation The Best IsYet INSIDE to Come INSIDE We’re proud of you, graduates.

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Seth Adams

Tate Adkins

Perry Alford

Tate Allen

Arely Almazan

Eric Alonso

Ashlynn Anglin

Denton Bailey

Kristina Barber

Haley Barnes

Isabella Barr

Hunter Barron

Kaylie Beacham

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Elijah Bearden

Kinsey Beaty

Chloe Bennett

Kaitlyn Bennett

Daniel Brock

Whitney Brooks

Lydia Bryant

Nicholas Bryant

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Ashton Bonney

Chesney Bottoms

Dreams Brown

Jacob Brown

Logan Braden

Sarah Brown

Bryson Broadway

Bryce Bryant

DAWSON COUNTY

HIGH SCHOOL Rilie Burgess

Risheeta Chanthavong

Eli Cowart

Elijah Burruss

Katelynn Cagle

James Cappelletti

Richard Carter

Natalie Chang

Jacquelyn Conner

Brittney Cook

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Preston Chastain

Justin Cox

Zachary Cloud

Malorie Cramer

Katherine Clouse

Amelia Cranford

Jessica Cronan

Sophia D’Oliveira

INSIDE Meet the Dawson County High School Class of 2020 100 Years of Dawson County High School Senior Superlatives

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Taylor Daniel

Jordan DeAraujo

Aisha Demidova

Emily Dionese

Dylan Dixon

Caleb Dyer

Matthew Elber

Scout Fisher

William Dinsmore

Christopher Garrett

Matthew Densmore

Harley Devilla

Anna Dickerson

Tegan Dresch

Isaac Dunn

Dessie Durham

Alexa Elliott

Alexander Estes

Harmony Evans

Eva Ferrell

Bailey Fitts

Ryan Flynn

Antonio Frias

Roxie Friction

Gabriel Funderburk

Jasper Gibson

William Glaze

William Goble

Jack Gooding

Jacob Goodwin

The Sky’s the Limit

Your achievement today proves that with motivation and dedication, you can accomplish anything. Keep up the great work, and remember that we are behind you all the way.

Congratulations, graduates.

We wish you the height of success and happiness!

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Payton Goodwin

Mattie Grant

Matthew Griffin

Thomas Hall

Kaylee Hamilton

Chloe Elizabeth Harper

Christian Harper

Ellie Harper

Leah Hatcher

Mauricio Hernandez

Pablo Hernandez

Riley Herndon

Zoe Hester

Jenasis Hill

Chasity Holbrook

Alexis Holloway

Ethan Holtzclaw

Brody Howell

Bailey Hurst

Harisen Henry

Maxwell Hodgson

Cosette Huthwaite

Abigail Hyde

Elijah Ingram

Gabriel Ryan Gutierrez

Nathan Ingram

Alex Haddock

Samantha Hafermalz

Bailey Jennings

Leah-Shea Jones

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! At UNG, we’re still hard at work serving our communities and helping students fulfill their potential. Together, we will stay the course!

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Taylor Jones

Kristian Kelley

Collin Kilgore

Lexis Kimbrell

Brice King

Grayson King

Molly Kirk

Molly Kitchen

Hayden Koele

Ty Kyle

Matias Lara

Zach Lawrence

Austin Lawson

Jenna Lecours

Elizabeth Lessard

Bo Lewis

Amanda Livingstone

Ethan Lopez

Caley Madry

Elijah Manders

Hunter Maris

Kaselyn Martin

Kendall Martin

Ana Martinez

Avrey Massey

Kennady Mays

Madeline McCarron

Amanda McGinnis

Benjamin McGinnis

McKenna Lemley

Congratulations Chloe Bennett We are so proud of you!

CONGRATULATION TO THE CLASS OF 2020 You worked hard.

You persevered. You are graduating!

Congratulations on this wonderful achievement.

We hope your big day is special in every way, and wish you happiness and success as you follow your dreams into the future.

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Mitchell McVay

Brandon Mills

Gabriella Morales

Oscar Morales

Joseph Nagy

Madjiguene Ndiaye

Russell Odom

Hannah Osborne

Jacob Payne

Madison Peels

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Donovan Mitchell

Turner Mitchell

Robyn Mohr

Ethan Moore

Tayler Muilenburg

Katherine Myaskovsky

Logan Myers

Steven Nelson

Trinity Nichols

Evan Noonan

Eduardo Nunez

Julia Ossorio

Phillip Padgett

Declan Paige

Justin Pass

Carsen Perry

Danny Phillips

Sarah Pinson

Koby Moss

Savannah Perdue

Congratulations!

Madison Popphan

Dalton Poss

Juleah Ann Prichard

Jacob, we are so incredibly proud of you! You came into our family at 12 years old and you’re such a huge blessing to us. You’ve overcome so many obstacles that were meant to stop you but you kept working hard, held onto your faith and kept going when things got tough. No one can take away from you what you’ve been able to accomplish. You’ve grown into a wonderful and caring young man.

You did it bud! Congratulations on graduating and we can’t wait to see what you do next!

We love you very much Jacob!

As being “mom #2” in your life, I also want you to know that I’ve loved having you as my son and watching you accomplishing your goals and overcoming so many things. I know I can speak for your mom, who is watching over you each and every day, that she is so very proud of you and she’s smiling down on you. I know that you graduating this year makes her so happy. ~Love, Stephanie and Hal Jacob, I’m so blessed to have you as my Grandson. You’ve grown into an incredible young man and I could not be more proud of you. ~Love, Grandma.

We are so proud of you, Jacob!!

You’re gonna do big things! ~Love, Jill, Cody and Benny Congrats Bro! ~Camden

Congratulations Class of 2020 Graduates!

Congratualtions Class of 2020!

Karmen Pharris,

Associate Broker ABR, MRP, SRS Dawsonville Realtor

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Abby Pruitt

Lilly Pruitt

Lauren Ragey

Chase Reeves

Jacob Regnier

Evion Reinhardt

Christian Rigsby

Daniel Roberts

Amy Ryan

Mark Scott

Briana Ray

Kobe Rea

Campbell Reed

Maximus Reynolds

Jacob Rider

Caleb Rigsby

Madison Roberts

Sarah Roland

Marion Ross

Brooke Rutledge

Shalyn Sams

Michael Sanchez

Amy Sanders

Richard Sanford

Matthew Scott

Marissa Seabolt

Melissa Shaw

Andrew Sheffield

Hudson Sapp

Grace Shippey

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

Make all of your dreams come true.

Kaselyn Martin

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Congratulations Class of 2020

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Tyler Simpson

Henry Snyder

Carter Sperrazza

Emma Shore

Kameron Sides

Katelynn Sides

Kody Stamey

Hayden Starr

Kara Starr

Austin Sullens

Logan Summers

Rachel Swafford

Kaitlyn Tanner

Sarah Teague

Caleb Tennant

Juniper Thacker

Shawn Thomas

Andrew Thompson

Makayla Thompson

Isabella Tinsley

Mac Tinsley

Montana Tinsley

Joseph Toal

Marlie Kay Townley

Heather Trigg

Matthew Trigg

Grant Trosterud

Michael Velasquez

Allison Venters

Cecilia Vivar

Gracie Walden

Christopher Walker

Cameron Wallace

John Luke Wilkie

Dakota Wood

Matthew Wood

Haley Wright

Maggie Wright

Piper Wright

Jatin Yarbrough

Avery Young

Rhianna Zastrow

Logan Starr

Swayde Stephens

Sallie Stowers

Dylan Swaite

Preston Sweatman

Sierra Sweatman

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Braxton Zeidler

To the Class of 2020,

By Brody Hughes It is with a very somber heart that I write this message to you. You all have missed out on so many events, ceremonies and memories to round out your senior year. I know you must feel that both as a class and as individuals, there are things that have been left undone.

There were classes together with friends that were suddenly halted.

Athletic games with teammates that were never played.

School records that should have been broken.

Going to senior prom with a date, or a group of friends and

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a night you looked forward to for so long that never came to fruition.

The list goes on and on...

It is truly heartbreaking.

The class of 2020’s journey did not end the way we would have hoped and planned. Still, despite all of the circumstances that have transpired, the class of 2020 has completed the drill. You all have persevered through a very difficult time. Individually, you have worked through your own struggles, both with school and in your personal life.

Though you all have been apart from one another physically over these last weeks, I have watched as you all have come together as a class.

You have helped one another adjust

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to online learning, lifted each other up when all you really wanted to do was cry, and supported each other no matter the distance or obstacles.

For these things, you will always be remembered.

As you all leave the halls of Dawson County High to follow your dreams, it is my hope that you will reflect and draw strength from the lessons you have learned through these trying times.

The lesson of perseverance when the plan becomes not really a plan at all.

The lesson of finding hope in what seems to be a hopeless cause or situation.

The lesson of adapting to strange

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and difficult circumstances.

And perhaps the most important of them all: the lesson of being kind and considerate to one another because you never really know what someone else is going through.

In the end, it doesn’t cost anything to be kind, anyway. Not only have you learned these lessons, but you have helped the DCHS staff to learn them as well. I am so proud of each one of you and am blessed to have witnessed your perseverance. I look forward to hearing of the great things that each one of you will accomplish in your lives.

Congratulations, graduates!

Always a Tiger

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2020 Senior Superlatives

Most Artistic

Allison Venters and Kobe Ray

Most Spirited

Bailey Jennings and Evion Reinhardt

Mr. and Mrs. DCHS

Brody Howell and Katelynn Cagle

Congratulations to the winners of the Dawson County Democratic Committee JP Livaditis Scholarship!

Sarah Teague Winner of $1000 Scholarship

Roxie Fricton

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATING CLASS OF

2020!

We are extremely proud of your successes and pray God’s blessings on your future endeavors.

Winner of $500 Scholarship

The Dawson County Democrats We Work for Freedom, Opportunity, and Security for ALL. Paid for by the Dawson County Democratic Party Bette Holland, Chair, and Lynne Holliman, Treasurer

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Congratulations Class of 2020!

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Most Likely to Change the World

Campbell Reed and Roxie Friction

Most Athletic

Chloe Bennett and Shawn Thomas

Class Clown

Bryson Broadway and Chloe Harper

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Most Photogenic

Congratulations

Hats Off

to the Graduates Graduation is finally here and we are proud of your hard work and what you have accomplished. Now that you’ve earned your diploma, there’s nothing stopping you from reaching your goals, and we hope all of your dreams come true.

We wish you a happy graduation and a great summer. Congratulations Class of 2020. You’ve earned it.

1162 Hwy 53 East Dawsonville, Ga 30534

Christian Harper and Kaylie Beacham

Phone: 706-216-8474 Fax: 706-216-6170

As you turn the page to the next chapter, the future is yours to write. Fill it with new experiences, good people and rewarding choices that help make the world a better place.

Best wishes to all of the dedicated seniors who are celebrating their graduation today!

Dawson County Board of Education Karen Armstrong Doris Cook Nathan Ingram Roger Slaton Elaine Wilson Damon Gibbs, Superintendent

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Most Talented

Isaac Dunn and Kiersten Moran

Most Likely to Become Famous

Joey Toal and Sophia D’Oliveira

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Trendiest

Katherine Clouse and Bo Lewis

Friendliest

Mattie Grant and Harly Devilla

from the

Dawson County Sheriff's Office

Best Shoe Game

Eli Burruss and Marlie Townley

Your graduation is a great achievement, but this is only the beginning for what life has in store for you next with even bigger challenges and opportunities.

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Sheriff Jeff Johnson

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Congratulations to the graduation class of 2020.

Great things await your future!

Dr. Ray Habermann and his friendly and enthusiastic staff welcome you to our clinic.

“WHERE PETS ARE TREATED AS FAMILY”

Thank you!

Dawson community for supporting our clinic during these difficult times • Vaccinations, spaying & neutering • Ultrasonography • In house laboratory services • Chemotherapy • Orthopedic • Laser Surgery

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