Paso Robles Press • June 16, 2022

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Bearcats Ready to ‘Stand for a Better Future’

PRJUSD Says Goodbye to Deputy Superintendent Trustees candidate forum will be held on June 28 for potential board hopefuls By CAMILLE DeVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com

PASO ROBLES — Paso Robles Joint Unified School District met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 14. Board members and staff said goodbye to Deputy Superintendent Jennifer Gaviola, who is leaving Paso Robles for a position as superintendent at Cayucos School District. “Words cannot begin to describe what you meant to CONTINUED ON PAGE A15

The Paso Robles High School graduating class of 435 seniors celebrated moving on to their next chapter at the War Memorial Stadium on Friday, June 10. Photos by Kristin Raynor/PRP

435 students graduate The senior class asked Geoffrom Paso Robles High frey Land and Jenny Martinez, both PRHS social science School on June 10 teachers, to be the emcees for By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com

PASO ROBLES — On a more than toasty day, Paso Robles High School (PRHS) hosted its 126th graduation for the Class of 2022 on Friday, June 10, at War Memorial Stadium.

their graduation. For the first time since 2019, the senior Bearcats walked and graduated together on the same night. This year 435 students graduated from PRHS, over 30 more than in 2021. The PRHS Advance Choir Forte opened the ceremony

singing the national anthem, and was followed by Senior Class President Ashley Paulsen leading the Pledge of Allegiance. After introducing PRHS faculty members, Land and Martinez introduced Superintendent Curt Dubost, Deputy Superintendent Jennifer Gaviola, Assistant Superintendent Brad Pawlowski, Assistant Superintendent Erin Haley,

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By CAMILLE DEVAUL camille@pasoroblespress.com

PASO ROBLES — Paso Robles High School’s Class of 2022 officially graduated on Friday, June 10, and as tradition, their 2022 Valedictorian and Salutatorian gave the final speeches at the commencement. Paso Robles High School Bearcat Class of 2022 Valedictorian: Tyler Woodard Valedicere, the Latin origin for valedictorian, appropriately translates to “to say farewell.” But, over the centuries, we have coined the term valedictorian to mean much more than just saying goodbye. Valedictorians are the last to give their speech at graduations and are chosen based on their academic standing among their graduating class.

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Typically, they have the highest grade point average amongst their fellow classmates and become the point persons for the farewell commencement speech. Paso Robles High School Bearcat Tyler Woodard is the Class of 2022 valedictorian, earning a 4.83 GPA. Woodard opened his speech by saying, “To those of you graduates who have a pretty good idea of what you’d like to do in your life, congratulations. And those who don’t, I am glad I’m in good company.” But Woodard knows a little bit about where he is going next in life. Woodard will be attending UC San Diego to pursue aerospace engineering with plans to intern for the school or an engineering firm. Regardless of Woodard’s plans, he says to his classmates, “No matter what we all choose to do, I hope we choose to enjoy life. I hope we choose

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Wine Country Theatre Presents ‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore’

VALEDICTORIAN TYLER WOODARD

The show, written by Norah and Delia Effron, will have its second weekend of shows from June 17 through 19 By CHRISTIANNA MARKS christianna@pasoroblespress.com

PASO ROBLES — Wine Country Theatre is back with its production of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore.” The show’s run started last weekend, with two out of their three performances completely sold-out. It will continue its run at the Plymouth Congregational Church Fellowship Hall in Paso Robles this weekend SALUTATORIAN RAYVIN WULFING ( June 17-19). to prioritize who we are and Woodard not only maintained “When we realized that who we can be.” his incredibly high GPA but we had no venue any longer Between being captain of also completed six advanced at the Park Ballroom, I go the boys soccer team and placement classes. to this church; it’s like my keeping up with school work, CONTINUED ON PAGE A15 second home. I was literally

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their efforts in activism. “Whenever the senior class saw a problem, we saw to fix it, and we introduced new traditions and ideas to our school community,” said Gaviola, “We set the tone for our underclassmen and sowed the seeds for what Paso Robles High School would be like in the future.” She later added, “We are the Bearcats who can stand for a

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PRHS Class of 2022 Valedictorian, Salutatorian Address Fellow Graduates Speakers dispense advice, best wishes to classmates

and the Board of Trustees: Chris Arend, Chris Bausch, Frank Triggs, Lance Gannon, Tim Gearhart, Dorian Baker, and Nathan Williams. Associated Student Body President Malia Gaviola was the first student speaker of the night. She asked her classmates to remember what they stood for during their high school years and commended her class for

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in here [the Plymouth Congregational Church Fellowship Hall] having coffee one Sunday. The church service people gather in here and have cookies and coffee,” said Director and Wine Country Theatre Creator Cynthia Anthony. “I was just staring at that stage, and I thought, I wonder if we could do ‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore’ in here? This is an example of a venue calling out for the play because the play’s very simply staged, and it worked. I just had a vision about it.” “Love, Loss, and What I Wore” is written by esteemed sister duo and screenwriters Norah and Delia Effron. Norah is known for penning rom-coms like “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle,” while Delia and Norah tag-teamed for the likes of “You’ve Got Mail” CONTINUED ON PAGE A15

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