Graduation was one of the best, if not THE best, time in my life.  The concept of spending
13 years of my life for a single sheetof paper that carried so much value was hard to grasp
at first. But, as time pressed on, so did the eventsleading up to June 9, 2003.
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The Hermitage Bands Spring concert. Shown below, the Euphonium section.

One day my friends Kristi and Sarah felt like being misfits and wrote "Class of 2003! [pawprint] <3 ya, Kristi & Sarah" on my
rear windshield.

Then came the day of the Senior Honors Assembly. I went and visited two very memorable teachers to me...

Mr. Whitten, AP US History- who gave me so many smiles, reality checks, laughs, and two camping trips.
Mr. Whitten, if by some miracle of God you get this website address and are reading this, thank you for everything.

Mrs. Kelley, Chemistry I- the woman whose class literally, almost cost me my diploma. Nice woman, mediocre teacher,
horrible subject. Tie-dyeing will never fade, right Liz?

When I was walking around school with some of my friends looking into classrooms while laughing and pointing at
underclassmen (lol), we decided to take some random pictures. Here they are:

(L-R)- Class of 2003 Valedictorian, and great friend, Louise Kapelewski, Me, my wonderful friend Kristi Hanley.

(L-R)- Myself and Kristi

(L-R)- Myself, Louise

After the Senior Honors Assembly, we all went our separate ways until graduation. Friday before graduation, I had the
Hermitage Technical Center completion ceremony, where I was a club speaker for FBLA, and got the below certificate.

GRADUATION DAY: JUNE 9, 2003: The day had come. 4 years of early morning band, tests, quizzes, beloved snow days,
band trips, harassing underclassmen, "lunch with Louise", not-so-Academic Team. The day when it all ended. Some gladly,
some reluctantly. After a 2 hour ceremony, I came home with the below slip of paper, which I still sit and stare at.

After the ceremony, we were all so happy to get outside, away from Mr. Blackburn (CHARLIE! DOWN! haha), all the teachers we
never wanted to see again, and see some of the people we had spent so long with, but would spend much longer without. I'm happy to
say the people in these pictures with me are only a few of the ones I won't lose touch with.

(L-R)- Drew Melson, myself, Michael Gray

(L-R)- Michael Gray, myself, Heather Morris-Lowery, Phillip Hillier

(L-R)- Phillip, myself, my mom

Same people from the above picture

Then came Beach Week....(page coming soon)