For the sixtieth time, the Rotary Membership of Covington held its annual High 10 ceremony to honor the various exemplary seniors in Newton County Colleges.
Led by Membership President Tarrence Houston and occasion host Keith Adams, the Rotary Membership holds this occasion yearly to showcase the ten graduates from Alcovy, Eastside and Newton excessive faculties who had been on the prime of their class.
Following opening remarks from Houston and Adams, the scholars heard from Superintendent Dr. Duke Bradley III. Bradley, who’s halfway by way of his second 12 months as superintendent, reminded the scholars on how essential they had been to not simply the college system, however the general group.
“You aren’t simply college students with excessive GPAs,” Bradley mentioned. “You might be students, you’re athletes, you’re leaders, you’re artists, you’re innovators [and] you’re folks that we admire. You assist to form our group. You carry legitimacy to our group. There are not any extraordinary communities with out extraordinary younger individuals.”
Bradley additionally highlighted the resilience that this senior class has proven. Simply this college 12 months alone, college students confronted prolonged closures because of Hurricane Helene, the BioLab fireplace and a number of winter climate shutdowns.
However regardless of the obstacles, Bradley praised the exemplary college students for all of their accomplishments regardless of the various difficulties of the college 12 months.
“You’re not simply the highest of your class,” Bradley mentioned. “You’re the customary bearers for what is feasible in all of Newton County Colleges.”
The keynote speaker for this 12 months’s ceremony was Bret Dunn, an area lawyer, Marine Corps veteran and proud 2013 Alcovy Excessive Faculty alum.
Dunn shared a message of empathy and kindness to the scholars, reminding them to look after others.He closed by demonstrating how troublesome experiences don’t diminish one’s worth.
Dunn pulled out a $20 invoice and proceeded to crumple it up. He then took the invoice, straightened it out and reminded the viewers that the invoice nonetheless had worth regardless of its wrinkles and flaws.
“There’s a lot unhealthy in the very best of us and a lot good within the worst of us. It hardly behooves any of us to speak about the remainder of us,” Dunn mentioned. “What I’d problem you to do is have grace with individuals in your interactions… Love the individuals subsequent to you, love the individuals that you just lead and search each single day to serve and assist others.”
The highest 10 college students for Alcovy Excessive Faculty and their chosen lecturers are as follows, starting with the valedictorian and salutatorian:
Francisco Alvarado (Ryan Allred), Nevaeh Craven (Roberta Axson), Kianna Felix (Jasmine El-Jourbagy), Omar Garcia (Zachary Pitts), Ivan Jackson (Andrew Pollard), Kayli Keophy (Jasmen Moore), Alani Munoz (Cynthia Cannon), Valeria tapia Padilla (Taylor Moody), Kayla White (Amy Fraser) and Kaitlyn Williams (Brittany Beland).
The highest 10 college students for Eastside Excessive Faculty and their chosen lecturers are as follows, starting with the valedictorian and salutatorian:
Ian White (Elijah Clark), Malachi Scharf (Michael Poor), Kaiden Blazina (Haley Dawkins), Abby Malcom (Sara Beth Hammond), Shelby Moore (Alisa Echols), Annalie Parker (Catrina Pollard), Chandler Shurtz (Kelly Elder), Robby Thomas, Jr. (Kayla Stoddard), Anna Underwood (Eric Adams), and Benjamin Weaver (Caleb Watson).
The highest 10 college students for Newton Excessive Faculty and their chosen lecturers are as follows, starting with the valedictorian and salutatorian:
Aniya Wren (Alianna Evans), Nicol Vives (Cecily Gunter), Karian Christmas (Maureen Ryan), Isaiah Edmonson (Enedine Andre-Perales), Jaylen Fannin (Taylor Moody), Halyn Corridor (Kelly Elder), Alainah Jackson (Marcus Williams), Jasim Momin (Ryan Allred), Joshua Patterson (Jasmine El-Jourbagy) and Patricia Phillips (Zach Ames).
