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GRADUATION 2008
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Failure, CCS Seniors Told, Just A Bump on The Road To Success
 93% Of Class College
Bound, McPhail Says
Phil Pohl recalled his first day of school, 13 years ago, when he went to the school
bus for the first time, armed with a Spiderman lunch box. “I was ready to face the world, for I was a kindergartener.”
Sean Killian, another of Cooperstown Central School Class of 2008’s top four students, reflected on his classmates’ “back-pack phase... Full it was homework and stress; empty it was relief, fun or vacation. Our backpacks will no longer support
us; our lives are getting fuller now.”
Erin Sullivan noted they are entering “the suitcase phase of life... We’re all packing a bag of some sort. We have to decide what to take along with us. The suitcase is transition, apprehension and freedom.”
Kaitlyn Breiten rounded out the group, posing the question, “What bag will you carry in life?” A briefcase, a satchel, a diaper bag? “Some can see things as they are, as say why? We can see things and say” – enthusiasm rising – “WHY NOT? So pack your bags and head into the future.”
In her introductory remarks, Superintendent of Schools Mary Jo McPhail reported 93 percent of the Class of 2008 is going to college (with the help of $228,000 in Clark
Foundation scholarships); 5 percent into “the world of work,” and 2 percent
into the military. She spoke of their community service: working on Habitat for Humanity, donating school supplies to a mining community, helping to stock
the Cooperstown Food Bank.
Laura Resnick, class president, said she’s heard Cooperstown referred to as “sheltered. The hard task, for most of us, will be leaving.”
She noted 49 students, about half the class, spent all 13 grades locally.
While the class has been successful, “failure awaits us all as a stepping
stone to greater success,” and she gave some examples.
Henry Ford went bankrupt five times. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney for “lack of talent.” She quoted Wayne Gretsky, “We miss 100 percent of the shots we never
take.”
CCS CLASS OF 2008
COOPERSTOWN – Here is the Cooperstown Central School Class of 2008:
Dante A. Alessi
Alison T. Angerer
Robert Alan Bauer
Brock Michael Bell
Jonathan S. Birch
Aaron Michael Bogart
Kaitlyn Hilary Breiten
Donna M. Bronson
Kyle Bronson
Kristen Irving Busse
Robert Albert Busse
Sean William Clinton
Tyler W. Combs
Kaitlin S. Cring
Michael J. Croft
Emily Anne Dauchy
Michael W. Davis
Catherine Rose Donley
Brittany R. Doroski
David J. Douglas
Karl J. Dykstra
Peter J. Edmonds
Justin P. Ellis
Jamie Lee Feik
James Douglas Fort
Samantha Lynn Fox
Veronica A. Garbera
Benjamin E. Garcia
Gregory M. Giovine
Roseanne C. Grigoli
Christopher M. Gulotta
Arum T. Habercorn
April Michelle Higgins
Ryan M. Huggins
Andrew P. Hughes
Abigail E. Hull
Ryan J. Jacobson
Erika A. Johannesen
Kenneth B. Kane
Madison Taylor Kenyon
Sarah Elizabeth Key
Anna Marguerite Kieler
Sean Michael Killian
Silvia L. King
Douglas H. Kline
Katrin Klit Kronborg
John D. LaDuke
William Allen Landon
Drew Cameron Lierheimer
Kyle Spencer Mackie
Gianna Lyn Marsala
Robert A. Mayton
Benjamin F. Miller
Caitlin Marie Murphy
William H. Nichols
Joshua Potter Pearlman
Claire Boutain Petroskey
Mary Ellen Phillips
Rachel Marie Pier
Philip Michael Pohl
Sharleen M. Pollock
Marissa A. Pomarico-
Maxson
Jennifer R. Potrikus
Daniel Murphy Poulette
John Walker Rathbun
Laura Suzanne Resnick
Michael A. Rodriguez
Andrea J. Rosen
Sara A. Ruggiero
Carolyn I. Schiavo
Kelly L. Segit
Terrell A. Silvera
Rebecca Anne Smith
Teanna Lee Smith
Anna Grace Snell
Quinn Edward Snyder
Marcos Andre Soares
Gregory S. Sorin
Griffi n D. Soule
Angela Marie St. John
Katie M. Stilson
Erin Elizabeth Sullivan
Marissa Lynn Szwejbka
Ian E. Taylor
Thanatnicha Thanaboonrungroch
Lillien Gendall Tillapaugh
Luke John Tirrell
Karolina Fanni Toth
Lindsay Marie Valentine
Jessica Lee Walrath
Jonathan M. Weber
Jennifer Ann Wehner
Eli W. Weir
Danielle White
Jaclyn C. Wilson
Lauren E. Zoltick
 Labels: 07-04-08, Area Briefs, Cooperstown, Graduation |
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