Letter to the editor: Graduation was great to behold

I just had a senior graduate from Middlebury Union High School and I can’t help but take a minute to reflect on how grateful I am for the ACSD community.

On the day before graduation, many Middlebury Union High School seniors got to walk across the stage to accept year-end honors.

Middlebury Union High School Class of 2024 members Maura Connelly, Diana Herasim, and Milo Rees will address their classmates at the school’s graduation on Saturday, June 8, at Memorial Sports Center.

Yes, it’s true, but often forgotten, the town of Orwell is in Addison County. The Addison Independent’s coverage of the four high schools, they say are located within Addison County was wonderful and much appreciated. Note though that Otter Valley is in R … (read more)

Camila Blanco called herself a “typical nervous freshman” when she first crossed the threshold of Middlebury Union High School four years ago.

Patricia McNerney earned Girl Scouting’s highest honor with her project, Outdoor Classroom, the capstone to her Girl Scout experience. She graduated from Mount Abraham Union High School on June 10. 

The Vergennes Union High School Class of 2023 included people who were different in many ways. But the young women and young men who marched across the stage at the June 9 graduation found ways to form a cohesive whole. 

Looking back on her time at Mount Abraham Union High School, 2023 graduate Lily James Roberts said there was a lot she learned from experiences that didn’t take place at a desk or require a pencil and paper. 

Emily Peduto of Brandon, daughter of Anthony and Donna Peduto, is this year’s valedictorian. Abigail Adamsen of Pittsford, daughter of Keith and Lisa Adamsen, is the salutatorian.

It was the end of an era for the Addison Central School District— or at least the conclusion of an eventful decade.

Billowing clouds in the skies and a chance of rain couldn’t put a damper on the Vergennes Union High School graduation ceremony this past Friday, when family and friends gathered to celebrate the 83 graduating seniors and send them off to the bright futur … (read more)

This past Saturday started out overcast and chilly, but ultimately the skies cleared and the weather was beautiful for Otter Valley Union High School’s 2023 Commencement. It felt, in some ways, like a metaphor for the entirety of these kids’ last four yea … (read more)

Graduates of the Middlebury Union High School Class of 2023 left Saturday’s commencement ceremony with more than a diploma and memories from the past four years.

Mount Abraham Union High School sent 105 newly minted graduates out into the world on Saturday, armed with advice from a peer and an educator with whom they’d shared four years of academia, camaraderie and myriad challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pand … (read more)

Vivian Ross and Nora Wooten, both members of the Class of 2023, will address their classmates at the Middlebury Union High School graduation on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Memorial Sports Center.