Community is mark of Susquehanna grads

BY STACI WILSON

Susquehanna Community is one of the last schools in America to have the word “community” in its name, Saber 2015 Salutatorian and Class President Ivy Christensen told the audience during her remarks at the high school commencement exercises held Saturday, June 13.

Noting differences, talents and abilities within the graduating class of 57, Christensen said the group had demonstrated a sense of community during their time at the school. The community has pushed us to achieve our dreams.”

“Sometimes small schools get a bad rap,” she said then went on to present “the other side of the story.”

Christensen said that in a small school, teachers become both friends and mentors; and new students are welcomed and free to express themselves.

From elementary 100th day projects to a day off for the first day of deer season and a cryptic abbreviation on the door to a room in the school, “they are memories that can only happen here in Susquehanna,” she said.

Valedictorian Clayton Hansen has experienced the sense of community in Susquehanna. He came to the district four years ago. “I’ve learned to love all of you,” he said to his classmates. “I’ve grown to see you not only as friends, but as family. That’s what’s remarkable about this school.”
Steven Winnie, a Class of 1995 graduate, was the guest speaker.