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Wednesday, June 8, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
GRADuATIOn: Class
of 2016 has been
sent on its way
Continued from page 1
form of error, and every ad-
versity will only hide, for a
time, your path to peace and
fulfillment.”
Hosang proceeded to
honor salutatorian Rory
Petterson, who will attend
Brigham Young University
next year, with a gift before
giving up the microphone to
the three valedictorians.
Bethany Bachmeier, who
plans to attend Oregon State
University, shared a heartfelt
thanks to the staff and fac-
ulty of Sisters High School.
She started by acknowledg-
ing the custodians as the “un-
sung heroes” of the school
who also often let her into the
gym to shoot her basketball.
She noted that no matter how
early she arrived at school or
how late she left, teachers and
counselors could be seen in
their rooms.
“Our staff cares about the
future of each student, and
as such are the foundation
of this school,” she said. She
concluded by acknowledg-
ing the confidence the class
has gained, saying, “We were
never taught to give up. This
is who we are.”
Tara Greaney will attend
Dartmouth University in the
fall but remarked that no mat-
ter where the members of the
class of 2016 venture in the
future “in our hearts we will
still be the kids from a small
mountain town, because this
is our home and we will al-
ways be Outlaws.”
T h e f i n a l s p e a k e r,
Michaela Miller, focused on
the class motto: “Believe in
the promise of tomorrow, but
live today to the fullest.”
Due to her grandfather’s
influence, Miller’s belief is
that “happiness is a choice;
a choice that breeds success”
and she said, “My wish for all
of you is that you find con-
tentment and joy.”
Seniors Ross Grant, Noah
Eckstine, Megan Ellsworth,
Jessica Shepardson, Cody
Martin. Sedona Baer and
Nina Horner provided special
music and the group knocked
it out of the park with their
rendition of Green Day’s
“Time of Your Life.”
Another pair of traditions
followed as seniors present-
ed flowers to mothers and
mentors and then the seniors
turned their seats around to
see the screen in anticipation
of the musical slideshow fea-
turing senior pictures paired
with baby pictures. Technical
problems hijacked the show
within the first two minutes
and could not be overcome.
However, the slideshow
“Class of 2016: Then and
Now” can be viewed in its
entirety here: https://vimeo.
com/169494307/beb44adb45.
Recovering from the
technology setback, the se-
niors turned their chairs
back around and prepared
to receive their diplomas.
Superintendent Curtiss
Scholl greeted each gradu-
ate with a handshake, and
Principal Hosang delivered
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