Volume 20, Number 10
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Coginchaug Regional High School students celebrate after officially becoming graduates June 20.
Friday, June 27, 2014
| Mark Dionne\Town Times
CRHS class of 2014 graduates By Mark Dionne
ment when 136 seniors received their diplomas. It was the first District 13 commencement for schools SuperCoginchaug Regional High School intendent Kathryn Veronesi and the graduated its 2014 class during a last for interim CRHS principal Don June 20 ceremony at the Julian B. Gates. During her speech, “PresenThayer auditorium, The rite-of-pas- tation of the Class of 2014”, Veronesi sage event included a spate of cell recognized incoming CRHS principhone selfies which became a regu- pal Brian Falcone. During introductory remarks, forlar part of the proceedings. Multiple transitions undergone mer CRHS teacher Gates described by the high school and the district returning as CRHS principal as a were evident during commence- dream come true. He complimented Town Times
the ability of the senior class to overcome obstacles. “What the world needs now is people like you,” Gates said. Chosen to give the commencement address, English teacher Rebecca Suchy noted that she began student teaching, at Strong, with the class of 2014 and followed them to CRHS. “Next year I will approach a new school year without you for the first time.” Suchy said, “Your learning will not
stop when you walk across the stage ... you will learn from others as I have learned from you.” While acknowledging she came late to their educational journey, Veronesi spoke of getting to know students. She referred to topics such as students’ favorite lunch boxes, the time Abby Eisner brought her baby brother in for show and tell, and the time students got in trouble with forSee Graduates / Page 4