For Cony High School students, Sunday’s ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center was a chance to take stock of their lives before they move on.
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51 students graduate from Winthrop High
Winthrop High School awarded diplomas to 51 graduates on Saturday in the school’s gymnasium. Maguire Anuszewski was valedictorian and Nora Walsh Conrad was salutatorian.
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Richmond graduates celebrate successes large and small
For two seniors, high school has been a time to learn some skills to help shape the rest of their lives.
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Waterville educator urges seniors to ‘build a good foundation’
Ron Webber, who taught and coached for more than 40 years in the district and continues to teach as a substitute, also asked seniors to use meaningful words such as “I like what you do” with those they care about.
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Candy Guerette, Topsham: A diploma for the happiest voice in the choir
The moment the band began playing “Pomp and Circumstance,” I reached into my purse for a tissue. Today closed a chapter in my daughter Aimee’s life, our life, as she marched into the auditorium for her high school graduation. She held her head high, trying to look serious. That wasn’t possible, it wasn’t her nature. […]
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John E. Lawrence, Winslow: Speech showed not all knowledge is power
In this season, graduations are happening all around. This topic got me to think of the four of which I was a participant – in particular, the one at Schenck School in 1960. For the “honor” of having the highest grades in our class of 16, I was told by our teaching principal, Kenneth Taylor, […]
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Cheryl Stringer, New Gloucester: Leaving it all behind and discovering what lies ahead
It was a June evening in 1982, at Gray-New Gloucester High School. I zipped the flimsy graduation robe over my white and navy dress. I remember it was sailor-style; in retrospect a bit juvenile, but I was still more child than woman. I draped the yellow stole and the double-tasseled cord around my shoulders, then […]
