Manchester High School Class of 2025 graduates
Manchester High School Class of 2025 Graduation Ceremony. Screenshot from livestream of graduation.
by Sara Swanson
On Sunday, June 1, at 2pm, Manchester Jr/Sr High School (MHS) held its graduation ceremony inside the gym. In recent years graduation has been held in the athletic complex but it is currently undergoing bond-funded renovations. Principal Joshua Lindeman gave the welcome address. The National Anthem was performed by the MHS band, which was conducted by graduating senior Lillian Smith. In place of a guest speaker, three student council representatives, Gunner Carson, Sawyer Lutton, and Vance Williams, presented senior reflections. Lindeman then presented salutatorian Lillian Smith and valedictorian Lila Harvey. MHS teacher Randy Smith read graduates’ names while diplomas were presented by school board members in many cases and in a few special instances, by the graduate’s parent if they were an employee of Manchester Community Schools. Sawyer Lutton led the turning of the tassel and Lindeman gave closing remarks.
The class of 2025 chose the yellow rose as their class flower, maroon and gold as their class colors, “Humble and Kind” by Tim McGraw as their class song, and “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” by Lao Tao as their class motto.
Manchester High School 2025 Graduating Class:
Brody Alexa
Laura Blair
Faith Branner
John Brinkman
Gunner Carson
Rebecca Clark
Memphis Conklin
Jake Dalton
Konnor Duffing
Seeger DuRussel
Isabella Duvall
Nathan Fletcher
Savanah Flint
Amber Fowler
James Fowler
Maya Freeman
Carter Gallinat
Dylan Gauss
Thomas Gautz
Claire Gaydosh
Neil Gebhardt
Adam Grebe
Rocco Guido
Lila Harvey
Luke Helmke
Angelina Helwig
Andrew Hoeft
Griffin Howe
Phoenix Hulswitt
Thomas Johnson
Parker Lanehart
Trent Line
Sawyer Lutton
Malic Magnusson
Nathan Meyer
Benjamin Miller
Philip Monschau-Johnson
Mackenzie Morgan
Drake Neff
Onyx Ostrom
Benjamin Pauly
Jase Punches
Brady Reed
Samantha Rentfro
Savannah Roe
Alexander Rodgers
Jeffery Sangster
Jesse Sangster
Sean Sayer
Nathanial Seaman
Nolan Shepherd
Lillian Smith
Sarah Stommen
William Taylor
Michael Thomason
Garrett Wallace
Annalies Walsh
Teague Williams
Vance Williams
Where will the graduates be headed? A variety of places: 21 will be headed to community college, with 14 planning on attending Washtenaw Community College and seven attending Jackson College; 10 are entering the workforce; five are entering young adult programs; four are attending Eastern Michigan University; four are undecided or have non-specific educational plans; three are attending Michigan State University; two are attending Spring Arbor University; two are attending Grand Valley State University; and one student each is attending George Washington University, Bowling Green State University, Valparaiso University, Kalamazoo College, Alma College, Adrian College, Universal Technical Institute, and Michigan Career and Technical Institute.
The graduation ceremony is available to watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysbVvl0F-4Q
Congratulations to all of the graduates!
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