Hera Hopkins
Francesco Mian
Justin Ragsdale
Arne Schiemann & Bryanna Larson
Joud Khalaf
Mariah Miller
James Ombati
Alexis Scott
Paige Smith & Sara Smith
Devon Shay
Blade Ware
Justine Larue
Anastasiia Panchenko
Sophia Shelnut, Kole Titus & McKenzie Titus
Margaret Brent, Breanna
Gardner & the VHS Choir
Josefine Lassen
Löic Patigny
Sheyanne Pedersen
Quentin Skanes
Chance to Become
Mahaila Fennell
Kayleigh Lillethun
Benjamin Skanes
Guest Speaker
Juliet Safier
Jared Medearis
Jacob Perry
Mikila Solberg
Senior Cup - Quentin Skanes
VHS Principal Nate Underwood
Farewell
I’d like to start off by thanking you all for
coming. I think I speak for all of us when I say
we wouldn’t have made it this far without all of
you supporting us.
When I was talking to Mr. Underwood
about speaking at graduation his advice to me
was, “You’ve been to graduations before, you
know, just keep it short sweet and to the point
otherwise people stop listening or fall asleep.”
So I’ll do my best to not make any of you fall
asleep.
When we started at VHS as freshmen
most of us had no idea what we wanted to do
with our lives and to be honest I think a lot of
us still don’t, but over the last 4 years we’ve
learned things from our teachers, staff and
peers that we couldn’t have learned any other
way, and in my opinion some of our favorite
things we learned were the ones you never
knew you were teaching us. For example:
• From Mrs. Willard we learned that laughing is
essential to life and it doesn’t matter how loud
you do it, if you think something’s funny, laugh.
• From Mr. Ware we learned that some people
spit when they talk and sometimes you have to
yell to get your point across.
• From Mr. Brown we learned that no matter if
you’re going on the 2 or 3 check mark system
he will never give you the last check mark.
• From Ms.Safier we learned “No sex, drugs,
alcohol, wear your seatbelt, be nice to your
siblings, get help if you need it, and quit that
gossiping.”
• Those of you in careers class last year will
remember that Mrs.Wilcoxen showed us what
bat wings are, but we also learned that it’s never
too late to do something you’ve always wanted
to do.
• From Mr. Underwood we learned that if he
says “Maybe, I’ll get back to you, Let me think
on that, or Check back with me tomorrow,”
99% of the time that means no.
In the last 4 years we’ve all had the
opportunity to learn how to be a friend, a
student, and a teammate. Our coaches and
teammates helped us learn how to win together
but more importantly how to lose together
because you can’t always win.
High school will always be a part of our
lives we take with us but unlike when we were
freshmen and thought that graduation would be
the end of the world, we now realize that this is
just the beginning for all of us.
No matter what we do or where we go I
will always be proud to say, “It’s a great day to
be a Logger.”
Congratulations
class of 2016, we
did it!
-Jocie Roberts
Valedictorian
Made Possible With Generous Contributions From:
Wauna Credit Union • US Bank, Vernonia Branch
R&S Market & Vernonia Scrub Tub
Vernonia Dental • Black Iron Grill • Jeff & Susan Ely • Bridge Street Mini Mart
Vernonia Auto Parts • Susan & Rick Wagner • Susan & Dale Pedersen • Erica Johansen • Kathi & Mike Fetch