Goodings
Grove Luther J. Schilling William E. Young William J. Butler
Hadley
Middle Homer Jr. High
Contact:
Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager
cbrautigam@homerschools.org |
708-226-7628
For
Immediate Release:
June 1, 2018
Grade
school years come to a close for 428 Homer Jr High students
Congratulations
Class of 2018!
Homer School District 33C is just a memory now for 428 young adults.
On June 1, the Homer Junior High School Class of 2018 completed their
grade school years and collected their 8th grade diplomas from the
Board of Education.
“Eighth grade graduation is an important milestone in the academic
careers of our young adults,” said Principal Troy Mitchell.
“As with any graduating class, the emotions of sending our students to
high school are bittersweet,” he added. “We send the Class of 2018 off fully
prepared to succeed in high school and beyond, but are of course sad to see
such a tremendous group of students leave our school.”
The end was bittersweet for many, including classmates Brinda Parikh and
Abigail Obradovic who were selected by their teachers to deliver the
commencement speeches.
“As much as I have looked forward to this day, I have never been a fan
of endings,” said Brinda.
“I feel that this year flew by in terms of schoolwork -- even through
all the stress, projects, homework, tests and more,” added. “But through all of
that, through these past nine years, we were raised.
“We were reared as people by our parents, students by our teachers and
as classmates from our peers,” she continued. “We were taught to be hard-working,
intelligent, funny, kind and so much more thanks to some in this very
audience.”
Student Council Co-Presidents Emma Morgan and Adam Zidan President
recapped some of the Class of 2018’s accomplishments this past year, including
a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and a letter writing
campaign for troops serving our country.
Classmates Kyra DeNormandie and Emily Formella recognized groups of
students who had demonstrated outstanding achievement in academics, music and
athletics while choral director Diane Pullara led graduating members of the
Homer Junior High Chorus as they sang this year’s graduation song, “This is
Me.”
“Each graduating class leaves a lasting impression on the staff of Homer
Junior High,” Mitchell told families, “and this year’s eighth-graders are
certainly no exception.”
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