MAHS grads more than test scores

BY STACI WILSON

Montrose Area’s salutatorian said she couldn’t even pronounce the title she earned before she was told she was to speak at commencement.

But Mary Catherine Fruehan practiced and pulled it off flawlessly at Saturday’s commencement exercises held at the high school stadium.

Although she excelled academically, Fruehan said that she and her fellow graduates were more than numbers and test scores.

“How do you measure kindness, compassion and respect?” she asked. “The people here see us for who were are and not just a grade.”

She said some people describe the younger generation as selfish and apathetic, but she continued, “We have come to school every day knowing people here care. They know we have something to offer that can make a difference,” Fruehan said.

In a speech peppered with science and Star Wars, valedictorian Thomas Jordan also spoke highly of his Montrose high school experience and offered the class advice for the future.

He told them that no matter what situation they faced in life there were only two possible outcomes – success or failure.

With that in mind, he told his classmates to always “push forward” and do their utmost.

Vice principal Russell Canevari was presented a plaque for his years of service in high school administration.

Canevari plans to teach social studies and coach the school’s football team in the fall, Superintendent Michael Ognosky said at the ceremony.

Musical numbers were performed by Samantha Robinson, Marissa Robinson and Zachry Warriner.

The graduates are: Samantha Abbott, Amanda Atkinson, Emily Augenti, Tiffany Barnhart, Bailey Benninger, Tyler Bergman, Brooke Bishop, Tamara Blaisure, Jordan Blanton, Dustin Bobowski, James Brewer, Alex Brown, Molly Brunner, Joshua Bryant, Gabrielle Burgess, Edward Burke, Jennifer Byerly, Trevor Canfield, Daniel Carley, Bryce Carlton, Nathaniel Carter, Michael Chapel, Olivia Charles, Tiffany Church, James Churco, Emilea Clark, Bridgette Conboy, Alexander Sechrist-Cranmer, Leah Cronk, Shannon Daly, Lindsey Decker, Nicholas Delaney, Alexis DeLousia, Amelia DiPhillips, Derek Diskin, Whitman Dixon II, Laura Douglas, Ethan Duke, Michael Duncan, Lucas Estes, Jacob Fedin, Sarah Feeney, Vincent Fizzano, Mary Cate Fruehan, Jesse Frystak, Brittni Furman, Dustin Greenley, Mason Griffiths, Jesselyn Gwardyak, Daniel Haberle, Emily Hardy-Shephard, Colton Hartman, Taylor Heeman, Kelsie Henry, Emily Hewes, Katelyn Hibbard, Andrea Hinds, Courtney Hinds, Matthew Hohn, Lorianne Holbrook, Tyler Hollister, Nicole Holofchak, Meghan Honeyford, Richard Hull, Gina Jacoby, Ethan Jones, Thomas Jordan, Julia Kalluf, Alesha Kegelman, Travis Kellogg, Megan Kinney, Courtney Lawrence, Shannon Lay, Alexandra Lewis, Morgan Lundy, Zachary Lupole, David Macey, Ryan Martin, Michael Marz, Rebecca Maxey, Connor McNamara, Alicia Miner, Travis Moniz, Victoria Murty, Carolyn Myer, Clement Naylor, Matthew Ochse, Ryan Ochse, Joon Oh, Joshua Oliver, Joseph Olszewski, John Olver, Kenneth O’Rourke, Brett Palmer, Christopher Peck, Samantha Porter, Drusilla Potts, Michelle Powers, Christopher Preston, Aaron Pytlik, Alysia Race, Sarah Reynolds, Stacie Rihl, Marissa Robinson, Samantha Robinson, Kyle Rogers, Joel Roman, Kienan Ross-Robertson, Nathaniel Roszel, Samantha Ruegner, Allison Russell, Cheyenne Santoriello, Katie-Ellen Shelp, Daniel Simonds, Samantha Singer, Keenan Small, Cameron Smith, Cory Snow, Katelyn Spellman, David Spence, Blake Spickerman, Stephen Squires, Kristy Stankiewicz, William Stranburg, Courtney Strid, Kelly Strohl, Brandon Sullivan, Kathryn Swingle, Zachary Tereska, Zachary Thorne, Courtney Tingley, Heather Traver, Crystal Treacy, Kayla Triebel, Travis Turner, Samantha Vetri, Brittany Villanella, Megan Walker, Zachry Warriner, Elijah Washburn, Lila Weiss, Ryan Wert, Barry Wheaton, Brianna White, Cole Williams, Heather Wimmer, Robert Wood, Kevin Zamorski.