No More Pencils: GMUHS graduates the Class of 2016

| Jun 22, 2016 | Comments 0

Fifty-seven seniors graduated from Green Mountain Union High School on Friday, June 17, as staff and students said farewell to Fritz Wendlandt, long-time music teacher, band director and musical theater impresario.

This was also the end of supervisory union Superintendent Bruce Williams’ tenure.

Salutatorian Robert Haseltine and Valedictorian Sarah Baker spoke as did English teacher Dylan Bate, who urged his departing students to “get out into the woods whenever you can … When society is cloying or claustrophobic, nature is the antidote. …  (and to) remember poetry. …  a testament to our deepest feelings.” Below the clickable photos, you’ll find a list of the awards presented during graduation. Click here for those presented at Awards Night.

Fritz Wendlandt conducts students during his final commencement performance. All photos by Shawn Cunningham. Click any to launch the gallery.
The Class of 2016.
Riley Karl, left, and Tuckerman Wunderle lead the procession as class marshals.
Kyle Cyr, left, and Jared Jackson
Emily Castillo
Noah DiStefano, left, and Shane Verespy
Robert Haseltine, left, and Matt Chambers
Kaitlin Wells, left, and Isis Hastings-Vincent
Maddie Woods, left, and Alisha Dykes
Hannah Sheere, left, and Reilly Knipes
Connor Rose, left, and Maddie Thomas
Mary Thompson, left, and Anna Huckins
Rachael Ravlin, left, and Sabrina Pisciotta
Kaili Osier, left, and Thomas Foster
Ryan Murray, left, and Liam Charlton
Nolan Rufa, left, and Brian Kendall
Lily Nader, left, and Rachel Spigel
Megan Spinrad, left, and Brennan Adams
Michele Picz, left, and Heather Morse
Alexandria Steele, left, and Jasmin Ricketts
Harlem Geto, left, and Hunter Peters
Hunter Frappiea, left, and Sarah Schleimer
Thomas Lopez, left, and Wilson Church
Lucas Trask, left, and Cooper McCoy
Jacob Dion, left, and Julie Hale
Michael Baker, left, and Jamie Douglas
Rylee Ewald, left, and Sarah Martel
From left, Matt Tyler, Niki Dolloph and Matt Mosher
Valedictorian Sarah Baker delivers her commencement speech
Sarah Baker accepts her diploma.
Mortar boards in the air!
Richard Scott gets a head start on clearing the audience chairs.

Awards handed out during graduation are:

American Legion Post 67

$1,000 to both Robert Haseltine and Sarah Martel

Spencer Huntley Memorial Award

Spencer’s mother, Sharon, urged the crowd not to text and drive before awarding a $1,000 scholarship to Rachel Spigel

Alumni Award

Heather Morse

Babe Ruth Awards

Rylee Ewald
Cooper McCoy

Chester Academy Gold Pins

Heather Morse (received in her junior year)
Matthew Chambers
Sarah Baker
Robert Haseltine*
Rylee Ewald
Sarah Martel*
Kaitlin Wells

*Chester Academy Medal awardees as well

John Butler Scholarships (totaling $9,300 renewable)

Matthew Chambers
Robert Haseltine
Sarah Martel
Heather Morse
Kaili Osier

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About the Author: Cynthia Prairie has been a newspaper editor more than 40 years. Cynthia has worked at such publications as the Raleigh Times, the Baltimore News American, the Buffalo Courier Express, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Patuxent Publishing chain of community newspapers in Maryland, and has won numerous state awards for her reporting. As an editor, she has overseen her staffs to win many awards for indepth coverage. She and her family moved to Chester, Vermont in 2004.

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