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Surprise!

Putnam High School graduate Robyn Haley Alexander received her diploma from a surprise guest --- her brother U.S. Marine Corporal Jesse Alexander, serving in North Carolina. More PHS and Woodstock Academy photos on page 6.  Linda Lemmon photo.

 

 

captions on page 6, clockwise from top left:

Academy: Grace Logan, left, and Laura Lobby.

Putnam: Amanda Janos

Academy: Camille Frigon

Academy: Manchester Pipe Band and First Company Governor's Foot Guard

Putnam: Graduates fist bumped and more entering the stage.

 

 

Putnam High:

'Give back'

By Linda Lemmon

Town Crier Editor

PUTNAM ---  Putnam High School Principal Jacqueline Vetrovec, noting the hours of community service the Class of 2017 have already given, seemed to have no doubt that this is a class that will give back. Class members have given 2,200 in community service, she said. 

She gave graduates five pieces of advice including try selflessness, give back, embrace change, use your imagination and creativity, learn to fail and be persistent. 

School Superintendent William Hull inspired the graduates with the "Paradoxical Commandments" of  Dr. Kent Keith, urging them to do good, succeed, be honest and frank, think big and give the world their best in spite of what the world dishes out.

Awards presented at graduation include: Valedictorian Award: Heather Terron; Salutatorian Award: Andrew Simmons. Educator of the Year:  John Peters; Citizen of the Year: Moe Coderre; Student of the Year: Jozzlynn Lewis.

In a surprise graduate Robyn Alexander received her diploma from her brother, Marine Corporal Jesse Alexander.

The 63 graduates include:

Robyn Haley Alexander (HH), Cassity Johnson, Samantha Elaine Aponte, Dimitri Key, Wayne J. Ballou, Felicia John Krajewski , Andrew F. Barylski (HH), Aylissa Marie Kruger,  Lucas Basilio, Michael Z. LaFreniere, Hannah Faith Bowen (HH, NHS), Jozzlynn Annmarie Lewis (HH, NHS), Olivia Braithwaite (H), Nathaniel MacDowell, Joshua Mark Brodeur, Alysha Charisse Minaya-Torres (HH, NHS), Terese Angela Bunkley, Kyle M. Moore, Molly Elizabeth Cumberland (H), Saige Morin (HH), Zachary D. Cutler (HH), Alyssa Lee Peterson (H, NHS), Jocelyn Marie Davis, Dakota J. Race, Zachary W. A. Davis (H), Lindsay Victoria Roberts (HH, NHS), Mathew DeCosta (H), Mariah Rock, Dylan Denomme, Kiara Jocelyn Rose-Ritchie, Angelica Rose Desrosiers (HH), Autumn Linwood Sargent,  Eric DesRosiers, Adam Saucier, Aaron Joseph Dumas, Emily Lynn Sheets, Alyssa Jean Doris Espinosa (HH), Steven L. Shippee, Alyssa Lynn Frederick, Andrew J. Simmons (HH), Maria Cara Fredette (HH), Hunter Stadig (H), Steven Gill, Veniamin Strukov, Bailee Goff, Angel Heaven Tanner (H), Dakota Sean Michael Gray, Heather Mikelle Terron (HH, NHS), Austin Harmon (HH), Fredric Nicholson Tucker (H), Kayla Nicole Harmon (H), Hailey Marie Turner, Kionna Rose Hazzard (H), Hannah Twerdy (H), Collin J. Heppe, Angelica J. Vanzile-Perez (HH), Jaylene Hernandez (H), Jahsun Vidal, Tysone Hill, Ali Marie Zadziejko (H), Amanda M. Janos (HH).

Valedictorian: Heather Terron, Salutatorian: Andrew Simmons; H = Cumulative average of 85% and above; HH = Cumulative average of 90% and above; NHS = National Honor Society