Russell Raymund Toney Attending: University of Cincinnati KEES Scholarship, University of Cincinnati Retirement Benefit Scholarship Levi Alexander Weatherford Attending: Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University; Academic Merit Scholarship; University of Cincinnati; Cincinnatus Century Scholarship; KEES Scholarship
Welcome to his excellency Bishop Foys, Father Maher, Father Stenger, Mr. Clines, Mr. Gressock, faculty, honored guests, parents and classmates. It is an honor and a dream come true to be standing here as your salutatorian. To begin my speech, I want everyone to imagine the scenario I’m about to present to you. It’s March of the year 2020. You just found out that you won’t be going back to school for the next few weeks due to a world-wide pandemic. Some people are calling it a “Coronacation.” That’s pretty much what it is, right? A vacation; some time where you don’t have to go to school, but you still have to keep up with your online schoolwork. You think, “I’ve been waiting all of my life to hear that my school wants me to stay home.” You’re scrolling on Instagram and you see some memes about the class of 2020 having to graduate over video chat. You think it’s funny because you know it would never happen. After a week or so, you find out that you will be going back to school a little later than originally predicted. No big deal. Things are getting a little boring, but you would rather be bored than overwhelmed with the end-of-year mayhem from school. Another week goes by, and suddenly you can’t see any of your friends, your family members are all on each others’ last nerves, prom is hanging on by a thread, and guess what. You really are going to graduate over video chat. Well, that escalated quickly.
Ella Marie Weaver Attending: University of Dayton University of Dayton; Federal SEOG Grant; Federal Pell Grant; Forever Flyer Grant; Commitment to Catholic Education Award; Community Grant; Trustees’ Merit Scholarship; Western Kentucky University; Academic Merit Scholarship; University of Kentucky; Provost Scholarship; KY Future Scholarship; Federal Pell Grant; KY CAP Grant; Butler University; Butler Grant; Federal Pell Grant; Butler Award; Academic Scholarship; Xavier University; Presidential Scholarship; University of Louisville; Trustees’ Scholarship Award; KEES Scholarship Adam Wolff Weckman Attending: Hunter College University of Cincinnati; Cincinnatus Scholarship; KEES Scholarship Rowan Keats Weckman Attending: Hunter College University of Cincinnati; Cincinnatus Scholarship; KEES Scholarship
Ladies and gentlemen, if you had told any graduating senior at the beginning of this year that this was going (continued on page 25) 8
