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Graduation Graduation The Best IsYet INSIDE to Come INSIDE We’re proud of you, graduates. Meetthe theDawson DawsonCounty County Meet High Classofof2020 2020 ofSchoolClass allSchool Good luck and best wishes inHigh 100Years YearsofofDawson Dawson your future endeavors! 100 CountyHigh HighSchool School County Roger Slaton Senior Senior Superlatives 40 Hightower Parkway Superlatives Dawsonville, GA 706-216-8700 www.rogerslaton.com
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Seth Adams
Tate Adkins
Perry Alford
Tate Allen
Arely Almazan
Eric Alonso
Ashlynn Anglin
Denton Bailey
Kristina Barber
Haley Barnes
Isabella Barr
Hunter Barron
Kaylie Beacham
Graduation Devin Bearden
Elijah Bearden
Kinsey Beaty
Chloe Bennett
Kaitlyn Bennett
Daniel Brock
Whitney Brooks
Lydia Bryant
Nicholas Bryant
KEEPSAKE EDITION
Ashton Bonney
Chesney Bottoms
Dreams Brown
Jacob Brown
Logan Braden
Sarah Brown
Bryson Broadway
Bryce Bryant
DAWSON COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL Rilie Burgess
Risheeta Chanthavong
Eli Cowart
Elijah Burruss
Katelynn Cagle
James Cappelletti
Richard Carter
Natalie Chang
Jacquelyn Conner
Brittney Cook
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Preston Chastain
Justin Cox
Zachary Cloud
Malorie Cramer
Katherine Clouse
Amelia Cranford
Jessica Cronan
Sophia D’Oliveira
INSIDE Meet the Dawson County High School Class of 2020 100 Years of Dawson County High School Senior Superlatives
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Taylor Daniel
Jordan DeAraujo
Aisha Demidova
Emily Dionese
Dylan Dixon
Caleb Dyer
Matthew Elber
Scout Fisher
William Dinsmore
Christopher Garrett
Matthew Densmore
Harley Devilla
Anna Dickerson
Tegan Dresch
Isaac Dunn
Dessie Durham
Alexa Elliott
Alexander Estes
Harmony Evans
Eva Ferrell
Bailey Fitts
Ryan Flynn
Antonio Frias
Roxie Friction
Gabriel Funderburk
Jasper Gibson
William Glaze
William Goble
Jack Gooding
Jacob Goodwin
The Sky’s the Limit
Your achievement today proves that with motivation and dedication, you can accomplish anything. Keep up the great work, and remember that we are behind you all the way.
Congratulations, graduates. We wish you the height of success and happiness!
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Payton Goodwin
Mattie Grant
Matthew Griffin
Thomas Hall
Kaylee Hamilton
Chloe Elizabeth Harper
Christian Harper
Ellie Harper
Leah Hatcher
Mauricio Hernandez
Pablo Hernandez
Riley Herndon
Zoe Hester
Jenasis Hill
Chasity Holbrook
Alexis Holloway
Ethan Holtzclaw
Brody Howell
Bailey Hurst
Harisen Henry
Maxwell Hodgson
Cosette Huthwaite
Abigail Hyde
Elijah Ingram
Gabriel Ryan Gutierrez
Nathan Ingram
Alex Haddock
Samantha Hafermalz
Bailey Jennings
Leah-Shea Jones
CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! At UNG, we’re still hard at work serving our communities and helping students fulfill their potential. Together, we will stay the course! For details about online summer classes or fall admissions, visit
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Taylor Jones
Kristian Kelley
Collin Kilgore
Lexis Kimbrell
Brice King
Grayson King
Molly Kirk
Molly Kitchen
Hayden Koele
Ty Kyle
Matias Lara
Zach Lawrence
Austin Lawson
Jenna Lecours
Elizabeth Lessard
Bo Lewis
Amanda Livingstone
Ethan Lopez
Caley Madry
Elijah Manders
Hunter Maris
Kaselyn Martin
Kendall Martin
Ana Martinez
Avrey Massey
Kennady Mays
Madeline McCarron
Amanda McGinnis
Benjamin McGinnis
McKenna Lemley
Congratulations Chloe Bennett We are so proud of you! CONGRATULATION TO THE CLASS OF 2020 You worked hard. You persevered. You are graduating! Congratulations on this wonderful achievement. We hope your big day is special in every way, and wish you happiness and success as you follow your dreams into the future.
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Mitchell McVay
Brandon Mills
Gabriella Morales
Oscar Morales
Joseph Nagy
Madjiguene Ndiaye
Russell Odom
Hannah Osborne
Jacob Payne
Madison Peels
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Donovan Mitchell
Turner Mitchell
Robyn Mohr
Ethan Moore
Tayler Muilenburg
Katherine Myaskovsky
Logan Myers
Steven Nelson
Trinity Nichols
Evan Noonan
Eduardo Nunez
Julia Ossorio
Phillip Padgett
Declan Paige
Justin Pass
Carsen Perry
Danny Phillips
Sarah Pinson
Koby Moss
Savannah Perdue
Congratulations!
Madison Popphan
Dalton Poss
Juleah Ann Prichard
Jacob, we are so incredibly proud of you! You came into our family at 12 years old and you’re such a huge blessing to us. You’ve overcome so many obstacles that were meant to stop you but you kept working hard, held onto your faith and kept going when things got tough. No one can take away from you what you’ve been able to accomplish. You’ve grown into a wonderful and caring young man. You did it bud! Congratulations on graduating and we can’t wait to see what you do next! We love you very much Jacob! As being “mom #2” in your life, I also want you to know that I’ve loved having you as my son and watching you accomplishing your goals and overcoming so many things. I know I can speak for your mom, who is watching over you each and every day, that she is so very proud of you and she’s smiling down on you. I know that you graduating this year makes her so happy. ~Love, Stephanie and Hal Jacob, I’m so blessed to have you as my Grandson. You’ve grown into an incredible young man and I could not be more proud of you. ~Love, Grandma. We are so proud of you, Jacob!! You’re gonna do big things! ~Love, Jill, Cody and Benny Congrats Bro! ~Camden
Congratulations Class of 2020 Graduates!
Congratualtions Class of 2020! Karmen Pharris,
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Abby Pruitt
Lilly Pruitt
Lauren Ragey
Chase Reeves
Jacob Regnier
Evion Reinhardt
Christian Rigsby
Daniel Roberts
Amy Ryan
Mark Scott
Briana Ray
Kobe Rea
Campbell Reed
Maximus Reynolds
Jacob Rider
Caleb Rigsby
Madison Roberts
Sarah Roland
Marion Ross
Brooke Rutledge
Shalyn Sams
Michael Sanchez
Amy Sanders
Richard Sanford
Matthew Scott
Marissa Seabolt
Melissa Shaw
Andrew Sheffield
Hudson Sapp
Grace Shippey
Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
Make all of your dreams come true.
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Congratulations Class of 2020
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Tyler Simpson
Henry Snyder
Carter Sperrazza
Emma Shore
Kameron Sides
Katelynn Sides
Kody Stamey
Hayden Starr
Kara Starr
Austin Sullens
Logan Summers
Rachel Swafford
Kaitlyn Tanner
Sarah Teague
Caleb Tennant
Juniper Thacker
Shawn Thomas
Andrew Thompson
Makayla Thompson
Isabella Tinsley
Mac Tinsley
Montana Tinsley
Joseph Toal
Marlie Kay Townley
Heather Trigg
Matthew Trigg
Grant Trosterud
Michael Velasquez
Allison Venters
Cecilia Vivar
Gracie Walden
Christopher Walker
Cameron Wallace
John Luke Wilkie
Dakota Wood
Matthew Wood
Haley Wright
Maggie Wright
Piper Wright
Jatin Yarbrough
Avery Young
Rhianna Zastrow
Logan Starr
Swayde Stephens
Sallie Stowers
Dylan Swaite
Preston Sweatman
Sierra Sweatman
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Braxton Zeidler
To the Class of 2020, By Brody Hughes It is with a very somber heart that I write this message to you. You all have missed out on so many events, ceremonies and memories to round out your senior year. I know you must feel that both as a class and as individuals, there are things that have been left undone. There were classes together with friends that were suddenly halted. Athletic games with teammates that were never played. School records that should have been broken. Going to senior prom with a date, or a group of friends and
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a night you looked forward to for so long that never came to fruition. The list goes on and on... It is truly heartbreaking. The class of 2020’s journey did not end the way we would have hoped and planned. Still, despite all of the circumstances that have transpired, the class of 2020 has completed the drill. You all have persevered through a very difficult time. Individually, you have worked through your own struggles, both with school and in your personal life. Though you all have been apart from one another physically over these last weeks, I have watched as you all have come together as a class. You have helped one another adjust
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to online learning, lifted each other up when all you really wanted to do was cry, and supported each other no matter the distance or obstacles. For these things, you will always be remembered. As you all leave the halls of Dawson County High to follow your dreams, it is my hope that you will reflect and draw strength from the lessons you have learned through these trying times. The lesson of perseverance when the plan becomes not really a plan at all. The lesson of finding hope in what seems to be a hopeless cause or situation. The lesson of adapting to strange
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and difficult circumstances. And perhaps the most important of them all: the lesson of being kind and considerate to one another because you never really know what someone else is going through. In the end, it doesn’t cost anything to be kind, anyway. Not only have you learned these lessons, but you have helped the DCHS staff to learn them as well. I am so proud of each one of you and am blessed to have witnessed your perseverance. I look forward to hearing of the great things that each one of you will accomplish in your lives. Congratulations, graduates! Always a Tiger
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2020 Senior Superlatives
Most Artistic
Allison Venters and Kobe Ray
Most Spirited
Bailey Jennings and Evion Reinhardt
Mr. and Mrs. DCHS
Brody Howell and Katelynn Cagle
Congratulations to the winners of the Dawson County Democratic Committee JP Livaditis Scholarship!
Sarah Teague Winner of $1000 Scholarship
Roxie Fricton
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATING CLASS OF
2020!
We are extremely proud of your successes and pray God’s blessings on your future endeavors.
Winner of $500 Scholarship
The Dawson County Democrats We Work for Freedom, Opportunity, and Security for ALL. Paid for by the Dawson County Democratic Party Bette Holland, Chair, and Lynne Holliman, Treasurer
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Congratulations Class of 2020!
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Most Likely to Change the World
Campbell Reed and Roxie Friction
Most Athletic
Chloe Bennett and Shawn Thomas
Class Clown
Bryson Broadway and Chloe Harper
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Most Photogenic
Congratulations
Hats Off
to the Graduates Graduation is finally here and we are proud of your hard work and what you have accomplished. Now that you’ve earned your diploma, there’s nothing stopping you from reaching your goals, and we hope all of your dreams come true. We wish you a happy graduation and a great summer. Congratulations Class of 2020. You’ve earned it.
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As you turn the page to the next chapter, the future is yours to write. Fill it with new experiences, good people and rewarding choices that help make the world a better place. Best wishes to all of the dedicated seniors who are celebrating their graduation today!
Dawson County Board of Education Karen Armstrong Doris Cook Nathan Ingram Roger Slaton Elaine Wilson Damon Gibbs, Superintendent
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Most Talented
Isaac Dunn and Kiersten Moran
Most Likely to Become Famous
Joey Toal and Sophia D’Oliveira
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Trendiest
Katherine Clouse and Bo Lewis
Friendliest
Mattie Grant and Harly Devilla
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Best Shoe Game
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Your graduation is a great achievement, but this is only the beginning for what life has in store for you next with even bigger challenges and opportunities.
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Congratulations to the graduation class of 2020. Great things await your future!
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