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MUHS Â Â CLASS Â Â OF Â Â 2015
VUHS Â Â CLASS Â Â OF Â Â 2015
KEIL Â Â COREY, Â Â MT. Â Â ABE Â Â CLASS Â Â OF Â Â 2006
ALISON   “ALY�   DEGRAFF,   MUHS   CLASS   OF   2006
JAMIE Â Â WATKINS, Â Â VUHS Â Â CLASS Â Â OF Â Â 2006
MUHS Â Â CLASS Â Â OF Â Â 2015
TARYN Â Â MASON, Â Â OVUHS Â Â 2007
A salute to our graduates! During  the  high  school  graduation  season  we  tell  the  graduates  to  look  forward  to  the  future  with  hope  and  optimism,  while  those  of  us  who  have  seen  a  few  seasons  come  and  go  often  look  back  to  our  own  years  in  high  school  and  just  beyond. The  newly  minted  graduates  look  forward  to  the  next  stages  of  their  lives:  moving  away  from  home,  perhaps  seeing  a  bit  of  the  world,  JHWWLQJ WKDW ÂżUVW SRVW JUDGXDWLRQ MRE ÂżJXULQJ RXW ZKDW LWÂśV DOO about.  It  is  a  time  full  of  promise  with  a  fair  measure  of  apprehen sion  thrown  in.  Look  for  those Â
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familiar  faces  in  the  photos  inside  from  the  Middlebury,  Mount  Abraham,  Otter  Valley  and  Vergennes  union  high  school  graduation  ceremonies  this  month. At  the  same  time,  parents  and  alumni  see  WKH IUHVK \RXQJ IDFHV DQG FDQÂśW KHOS EXW ORRN back  at  how  their  own  lives  and  those  of  their  friends  and  acquaintances  have  progressed  over  the  years.  We  join  in  the  reminiscing  and  asked  grad uates  from  these  four  local  high  schools  to  tell  us  a  little  about  where  life  has  taken  them  in  WKH \HDUV VLQFH JUDGXDWLRQ ,QVLGH \RXÂśOO ÂżQG SURÂżOHV RI D KDQGIXO RI 9HUPRQW QDWLYHV LQ their  late  20s  —  people  you  may  have  known  when  you  were  in  high  school.  We  chose  a Â
selection  of  people  who  graduated  between  six  and  10  years  ago  in  the  hopes  that  WKLV \HDUœV KLJK VFKRRO JUDGX ates  will  be  able  to  see  some thing  of  their  own  generation  in  WKH SUR¿OHV <RXœOO ¿QG D YDULHW\ RI YR cations  and  avocations  repre VHQWHG LQ WKH SUR¿OHV EXW WKH\ barely  scratch  the  surface  of  the  diversity  that  can  be  found  among  the  young  people  produced  in  Addison  County. Enjoy  the  stories  and  the  photos  and  wish  a  graduate  well.
MT. Â Â ABE Â Â CLASS Â Â OF Â Â 2015