Live your own life top grad says class of 71
Clifford Wi sul Wes, valedictorian of Jordan Elbridge High School in 71, recalls a small school with strong teachers and community. He urges today’s students to live their own life, explore varied interests, and pursue opportunities before responsibilities mount. He reflects on youth, opportunity, and differing career paths.
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Clifford Wisul Wes
Jordan-Brondge High School
Waite House
Vietnam
RO Fab Rother Hiscock
Barcla
Yale University
Syracuse University
College of Law
Liverpool
Wilson
Esther Gross
Jordan-Elbridge
Hgh
William Faulkner
Lone Graduate Leads Marathon Christian Academy Commencement
Julie Shapiro, the sole senior at Marathon Christian Academy, will graduate June 30 at 7 p.m. in Marathon First Baptist Church. The ceremony will feature her choosing the speaker Rev Kevin Casselman and inviting sixth to twelfth graders. Shapiro, once a public school student with a D average, improved to B to A and now faces questions about college.
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Marathon
Julie Shapiro
California
Shapiro
Marathon Christian Academy
Shapiro the Academy
Thomas Boice
Kevin Casselman
Upper Lisle
Shapro
Yunior Cass
Bes Hugh School
Miner
Tomorrow's leaders predict mixed future for Onondaga youth
The Herald Journal surveyed 152 high school seniors from East Syracuse Minoa Henninger LaFayette Liverpool and Bishop Grimes about poverty crime drugs and the environment. Most expect poverty and crime to worsen, while some optimistic youths foresee progress including a cure for AIDS. Sheriff John Dillon contests the crime pessimism.
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Onondaga County
Stephen King
the Herald-Journal
Syracuse-Minoa
Henninger
LaFayette
Liverpool
Bishop Grimes
Pedley
Michael Freedman
Syracuse University
Freedman
America
John Dillon
Onondaga and surrounding counties high school graduations listed
Onondaga and nearby counties report graduation dates for numerous high schools. East Syracuse Minoa, Fabius Pompey, Faith Baptist, Faith Heritage, Fayetteville Manlius, Fowler Syracuse, Henninger, Jamesville DeWitt, Jordan Elbridge, LaFayette, Liverpool, Baker Baldwinsville, Christian Brothers Academy, Living Word Academy, Bishop Grimes, Bishop Ludden, Corcoran, Manlius Pebble Hill, Marcellus, Nottingham, Solvay, Tully, West Genesee, and other area schools set ceremonies mainly between June 14 and June 24, with several districts listing June 22 or 23 as primary dates.
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Onondaga County
Syracuse-Minoa
Eeraeene Ee Fabius-Pompey High School
Faith Baptist Academy
Faith Heritage School
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
JUNG
George W. Fowler High School
Syracuse
Anthony A Henninger
Sap Fee
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
Seileos Jordan-Elbridge High School
LaFayette High School
Liverpool High School
C.W. Baker High School
Baldwinsville
Eeee
Christian Brothers Academy
Living Word Academy
Oover
Bishop Grimes High School
East
Bishop Ludden High
Pracuse
SUNG
Seeseeeeters
Thomas J. Corcoran High
Manlius Pebble Hill School
DeWitt
Marcellus High School
William Nottingham High School
Onondaga High School
Ee Solvay High
Tully High
West Genesee High School
Camus
West
Cayuga
Seneca Counties
Cato-Meridian High
Moravia High School
Mynderee Academy
Seneca F Falla
Port Byron
Red Creek
South Seneca Central School
Ovid
Central New York Graduates List 7700 Seniors This Month
More than 7,700 high school seniors from across Central New York are set to graduate this month. The article lists the graduates and notes eighth graders in New York score around the national math average, with results labeled alarming.
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Central New York
New York
Army draws Solay senior over Cornell for guaranteed future
Solvay High School senior Joseph Fragnito chose West Point over Cornell, citing guaranteed employment and leadership training. Sgt Steven Deane says Army offers skill training and college funding, with Desert Storm not the main draw. Local recruitment notes show shrinking quotas and fewer new draftees.
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Solvay
Joseph Fragmito
Army
Ivy
Fragnito
Cornell University
West Point
Military Academy
William Knowlton
Syracuse
Knowlton
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ESM
Jones
Chris Pedhey
Elle
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Weedsport Central School
Cortland
Tompkins
Cincinnatus Central
Cortland High School
Bryden Central School
Groton Central School
Homer High School
Marathon Central School
Marathon Christian School
McGraw Central School
Newfield Central School
Madison
Oneida
Brooknald Central School
Madison Central School
Morrisville-Eaton Central School
Oneida High
Rome Catholic
Rome Free Academy
Sherburne-Earlville
Stockbridge Valley
Munnsville
Vernon-Verona Sherril
Oswego County
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown
John C. Birdlebough
Phoenix
Sandy Creek Central School
Steven Deane
Deane
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