WELL-WISHES FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORS:
Danielle Abadia
Azure Acosta
Emily Adams
Evan Adshade
Sawyer Agnew
Mackenzie Andersen
Mikayla Anderson
Kaden Baerg
Suzanna Baird
Emma Baker
Taylor Bass
Hannah Bass
Morgan Bass
Ashlynn Beard
Jane Beidleman
Morgan Bell
Arden Berlanga
Mia Blank
Angeli Blanton
Julia Boldt
Mia Brittain
Carter Brookman
Mackenzie Brown
David Brunner
Kelly Budd
Jaden Buist
Michael Buriok
William Burton
Clarissa Burton
Evan Byerley
Faith Byers
Christina Calkins
Luke Carlson
Abigail Carter
Jordyn Carter
Anna Casseri
Patrick Chambers
Neil Chandler
Alianna Chestnut
Iris Clancy
Emma Cole
Marcus Collins
Jubilee Connor
Marissa Conway
Jonathan Coulter
Maria Courie
Hannah Crawford
Elijah Crouden
Nathan Crozier
Preston Crum
Katie Cunningham
Karen D’Andrea
Diana Dancea
Dillen Darrah
Kyleigh Davis
Zachary Dawson
Jordan Day
Emily DeRienzo
Summer Dobbins
Jessica Doiron
Kaylee Donovan
Carly Dulaney
Madison Dwiggins
Cassiana Eazarsky
Hope Ellison
Kara Evans
Samuel Facteau
Alexie Farris
Lydia Faustt
Gabryella Fermo
Dakota Foltz
Nathan Foor
Lauren Forlow
Ashley Freckleton
Sierra French
Haruna Fujita
Morgan Gerald
Melissa Gerald
Alexa Gieck
Maureen Gillespie
Eliana Gnuse
Robert Gram
Olivia Grant
Cayson Gregory
Marisa Griggs
Jaylyn Gustafson
Luke Hamann
Wiley Harris IV
Angelikha Haslund
Jennie Heller
Noah Hendrick
Hansel, Jern Han Heng
Dayne Hepner
Hannah Herman
Chloe’ Higgins
Hannah Hlastan
Kaden Hofheins
Georgia Holt
Carson Horne
Conner Horne
Alysa Howard
Kylee Hudak
Ariana Jaquith
Kaylee Jay
Tahj Jones
Kaiya Jordan
Hadassah Jordan
Ashley Keith
Ashton Kern
Zachary Kerner
Audrey Kesner
Alyson Kimmer
Devynn Kinard
Briegette Kirchmann
Gabriel Kiser
Kate Kishpaugh
Samantha Klotzbach
Isabella Kotturi
Xavier Krantz
Cassidy Lancaster
Logan Landavere
Kelly Layne
Kathleen Lehmann
David Lemler
Qianyu Lim
Barrett Linhoss
Don Loos
Jon Maitland
Carolynne Manosh
Olivia Marshall
Chloe McCain
Kayla McDade
Ainslee McMahan
Bryce Mears
Grace Meinsler
Elizabeth Mendoza
Caleb Miller
Colton Miller
Olivia Milligan
Amber Mingo
Annabel Molano
Pamela Molina
Skyla Moore
Gabriella Nibaldi
Abigail Noe
Grace Oettel
Ashley Parker
Mackenzie Parker
Samantha Peddicord
Gabriel Penfield
Karisa Perik
Greta Peterson
Todd Pettet
Valerie Pewitt
Stone Pickford
Anna Podolinsky
Grace Polk
Kristen Poppen
John Porter
Grace Powell
Konstantin Provost
Cora Raines
Hunter Josiah Randlett
Khalil Richardson
Marquis Richardson
Diego A. Rivera Muniz
Nilda Rodrigues
Ariel Rose-Theriault
Monica Roth
Reagan Rowland
Carter Rutkowski
Briley Ryan
Brittney Santana
Mackenzie Santee
Chastity Santiago
Abigail Saxon
Danielle Scapin
Amanda Scheiern
Victoria Schlatter
Madison Schmidt
Alexander Schoell
Martha Schrock
Kiley Schuchard
Emma Scott
Marlin Shelton
Micah Siemens
John Skripko
Kassidy Slaughter
Sarah Smith
Sadie Smith
Hannah Snyder
Joshua Songy
Emily Spelman
Caitlin Stevens
Caleb Stopa
Mary-Elizabeth Tallman
Hannah Tan
Lihui Dawn Tan
Keilah Taylor
Sylas Taylor
Joel Tengesdal Tourniaire
Julianna Thacker
Eden Thompson
Sara Thoreson
Kara Thurston
Tavia Townley
Makayla Truss
Cole Tyler
Kayleigh VanHouten
Nicolas Varner
Grace Venema
Lillian Verderaime
Jermiah Victor
Sophie Vincent
Anna Vuolo
Memphis Wallace
Nicole Wendt
Ellie West
Rachel Frye Werkman
Jaden Wheeler
Joshua Williams
Abby Williamson
Sophia Winter
Grayce Wise
Kelsey Wolfe
Wesley Young
Sara Youngelman
DEAR GRADUATING
CLASS OF 2020,
Your big year has looked different then you’ve imagined. You’ve probably dreamt of finishing high school and enjoying the usual senior-year festivities. You’ve purchased your cap and gown. You’ve started to send out save-the-dates. Suddenly, the world looks different. Life has seemed to have stopped, and the things we’ve been dreaming about have been taken away. Now what? You’re allowed to feel bummed out. That’s a natural and fair response. COVID-19 has flipped the world upside-down and you’re allowed to feel confused and disappointed. But we don’t want you to feel hopeless. We don’t want you to feel like you’ve worked hard for nothing. We want you to be proud of what you’ve accomplished. Many of you have accomplished big things. Maybe you’re graduating with college credits completed, whether one course or an entire associate’s degree. Maybe you’ve gotten a higher GPA than what you expected. Maybe your high school years brought hardships and troubles that you had to overcome. But that’s exactly what you did. You persevered and carried on. You’re about to jump into an exciting new season of your life, regardless of what the jump might look like. We were so excited to gather together and celebrate as a group, but we don’t want you to lose sight of what the day was supposed to be focused on. YOU. The cap and gowns are an added fun bonus. But the day isn’t to celebrate pieces of clothing you’ll wear for a few hours. The day was to celebrate you as a person and you as a graduate. So let’s still do that, just in a different way.
We don’t know what the next season looks like for you. Maybe you’re off to college. Maybe you’re joining the military. Maybe you’re taking a gap year. Maybe you’re jumping right into a career. Regardless, don’t let the disappointment of 2020 so far ruin the excitement and butterflies of what’s to come. Isaiah 43:19 says, “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Doesn’t this all feel new? The normal we expected feels “new.” The graduation we expected feels “new.” But “new” doesn’t mean bad, or that God isn’t moving in this time of your life. The new is scary and unexpected, but the new is historic. The new doesn’t remove these attributes from you: strong, accomplished, or brave. We see that in you, and we don’t want you to hide those incredible characteristics in the disappointment of your senior year. We want you to see it, too. So as your year finishes, celebrate. Throw a hat in the air, dress up for the occasion, sing, dance, do what you need to. Just don’t lose sight of the victory you’ve accomplished. Think back on the times that God showed up and gave you the strength to get through the late nights and challenging classes. Remember that God sees you in this weird transition season, and is so excited to walk into the next step with you – even if that next step isn’t across a stage. We’re so proud of you. We can’t find the words to fully express how proud we are, so we’ll just say it again: We’re so proud of you.
LOVE,
YOUR LUOA FAMILY