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Ho SCHOOL GRADUATIONS - 2006 Sturgis bell tolls for 68 grads Ceremony celebrates achievement and acceptance By David Curran news@barnstablepatrlot.com DAVID CURRAN PHOTOS LOGGING OUT - Nate Fanning signs the log after receiving his diploma during Sturgis Charter School's fifth commencement at Aselton Park in Hyannis Saturday. WINNERS ALL - Juanita Smith adorned her mortarboard with a message of triumph and celebration for Saturday 's Sturgis Charter School graduation. PROCESSIONAL - Bagpiper Doug Mackenzie and Executive Director Eric Heiser lead Sturgis Charter School's faculty and the Class of 2006 into Aselton Park for the school's fifth commencement Saturday. UP IN THE AIR - Families and friends snap their shutters as the Sturgis Charter School Class of 2006 celebrates Saturday's graduation with the traditional collective mortarboard launch. ASK NOT - Josh Woerdeman rings the Sturgis Charter School bell, a commencement tradition at the school. They'd waited four years. Now, the moment immi- nent, a few couldn't contain themselves. "Ring the bell!" a hand- ful called out after Josh Woerdeman, about to become, for once, the ben- eficiary of his alphabetical rank, received his diploma from Eric Heiser, executive director of Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis, during the school's fifth commencement ceremonies at Aselton Park Saturday. But Maybelline Willner wasn't finished with the logbook,signing out as all Sturgis graduates do, next to the signatures they penned at matriculation, and Woerdeman had to do the John Hancock thing before he could perform the singular honor that goes to each year's final graduate. "I have to wait!" he hissed in a stage whisper to his classmates, failing to con- tain a grin. Willner finished signing, Woerdeman took pen in hand and made his mark, then moved into position. One more classmate urged him on: "Ring it like you mean it, Josh!" He did. Moments later, mortar- board tassels moved in unison from left to right, the 68 members of the Class of 2006 marched out of the tent that sheltered their graduation from rain that threatened but never fell, and on to the rest of their fives. David Stewart, one of two seniors to address the tent overflowing with families and friends, faculty, admin- istration and trustees, said he foresees from his class- mates nothing less than Oscars, Pulitzers and more. "Whenever somebody's going to receive the Nobel Prize for finding a cure for AIDS or cancer, I'm sure they'll be there," he said, gesturing to his classmates, his mortarboard adorned with a "peace" symbol. "I have no doubt about that." High academic achieve- ment, a hallmark at Sturgis since its founding, was one of two themes that perme- ated the commencement, the school's first in which all graduates pursued International Baccalaure- ate Organization diplomas. Not all will receive "LB." sheepskins -the list will come next month from the organization's headquarters in Geneva, said Heiser -but all studied what he termed the "rigorous and challeng- ing university preparatory" curriculum. Acceptance was the other theme, touched on first by faculty member Johanna Kallio. "I am proud that you have accepted me even though I am Finnish and often loudly politically incorrect ," she said. Point- ing to the respect students show to their classmates, whether Christian, Jew- ish, or even gothic pagan, she said, "Humanity, then, seems to be the'core value at Sturgis." "What really makes Stur- gis unbelievable is how well the students respect each other, get along with each other," echoed graduate Melanie Lanouette. As the school looks for- ward to the new facade that will transform the outward appearance of its digs in a former furniture store on the south side of Main Street by the time the Class of 2007 launches its senior year in September, Heiser applauded the graduates -literally -for their contri- butions to its growth. "Sturgis is proud of what you have become and the milestones that you have helped Sturgis reach," he said. "Congratulations." Well prepared Cape Tech Class of '06 gets grand send-off Superintendent is leaving with them By Jennifer Sexton news@barnstablepatrlot.com JENNIFER SEXTON PHOTO LOOK TO THE FUTURE - Horticulture student Molly Peters of Marstons Mills (second from left) shares a smile with classmates Carley Scannevin of Brewster (far left), Aja McElhiney of Yarmouth (second from right), and Katelyn McDonough of Dennisport at Saturday's Cape Cod Regional Technical High School graduation. HARWICH - Supt. Tim Carroll looked out at the 135 graduates ofthe Cape Cod Re- gional Technical High School Saturday and saw many more in memory's eye. "I've seen 5,000 students graduate in my time at Cape Cod Tech," said Carroll,who came to the school as its prin- cipal in 1975, "and not a day goes by that I don't hear some news about how a student is doing and what he or she has accomplished. " In future years Carroll, who will be succeeded as superin- tendent in the fall by Principal Bill Fisher, will hear of the ac- complishments of the Class of 2006. Family and friends got a preview of what's ahead as award-winning seniors re- ceived their diplomas. There was, for example , Rebecca Maguire. a health technologies student who earned membership in the National VocationalTechnical Honor society and won the Tech Open Golf Tournament Scholarship. Students from Barnstable who were singled out in- cluded scholarship winner Colleen Elizabeth Shields of Centerville and toolship win- ner Reuben Jon VanWormerof Marstons Mills, among many others. Valedictorian Crystal De- schenes, a welding student , said Cape Tech's teachers with positive attitudes are the ones who made those accomplishments possible. In a frank and funny speech that began with words about * troublesome and exhausting - it was to write her talk, she thanked her fellow students for making her feel at home and her shop teacher for being a father figure. "Class of 2006, aim for the moon," Deschenes said. "If you miss, at least you willland among the stars." Another star, salutatorian Woodlyne Celine, praised her - hotel,restaurant andbusiness management shop teacher for showing her how to excel in all that she attempts, and to . always raise her standards for herself. "There are a lot of great kids in this class,"said Peggy Reilly-O'Brien, a teacher of health and academics at Cape Tech for 14years. "They have a unique challenge asstudents in a technical school, in that they must excel at their cho- sen skill as well as in their regular academic classes. They've worked hard. I wish them the best." If the graduates needed one more reminder about what was involved in their success, Carroll provided it. "Don't forget whose shoulders you have stood on along the way," he said. "Your teachers care about you, and your future, and they love to hear about your successes." With asmile,the ret iring su- perintendent let the students know they had surpassed him in one instance already. "It'staken you four years to get out of this school,"he said with a smile. "It has taken me 31 years." Dominic Alessandra Benjamin Careron Kassie Carlson Joseph Cartagena Nicole Cotellessa Sarah Cross Francesca DelleFemine Cynthia Garrison Christopher Grosslein Naytan Katz-Aboudi Matt Lally Christopher Norman Tara O'Connell Gwyneth Ochs Ryan Proctor Daryn Rasch Julia Rowland Shannon Ryan David Stewart Tara Sundelin FROM THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE Jessica Abasolo-lnman: Siemens Award $1, 000 Gift Renee Alves: HT Shop Award Cape Medical Supply $15 Toolship. Hyannis East $1, 000 Scholarship Suzy Blair: Cape Cod Tech FFA Scholarship $200 Scholarship . Cape Cod Tech Principal's Award. CCCC Presidential High School Scholarship $500 Scholarship . Garden Club of Harwich $200 Toolship. Kiwanis Club of Hyannis $500 Toolship. Osterville Garden Club Scholarship $1, 000 Scholarship. RF Morse Toolship $100 Toolship. Rockland Trust $500 Scholarship. Snow 's Home & Garden Scholarship $500 Scholarship Dillon Duchesney: Butterfield Memorial Award $500 Toolship. Granite City Electrical $150 Toolship Chester Hughes: CU Instructor s Educational Scholar- ship $200 Scholarship John Kaye: Davenport Management & RPM Equipment Toolship $300 Toolship Stephen Lutke: Internal Assn of Elec Inspect I Con- cord Electric $300 Toolship Kiwanis Club of Hyannis $500 Scholarship. TD Banknorth $1 000 Scholarship Danielle MacNeill: Early Childhood Shop Award - Most improved $100 Scholarship ECShop Award - Certificate of Achievement Certificate. Hyannis East $1, 000 Scholarship Rita DeSiata Memorial Award $250 Gift Cert Joseph Murphy: AT Tool Award $100 Jeffrey C Rutherford Memorial Toolship $1.000 Toolship Siemens Award $1 000 Gift Joseph Orlando: Michael S Bianco Toolship $150 Toolship Max Rescigno: AT Shop Award $300 Toolship, AT Tool Award $100 Louis P Handler Memorial Toolship I AT $200 Toolship Michael Santos: Siemens Award $1, 000 Gift Colleen Shields: Barbara Ann Nelson Scholarship $500 Scholarship,Cape Cod Association $2, 000 Scholarship Jason Souza: CCCC Presidential High School Scholar- ship $500 Scholarship, Michael S Bianco Toolship $150 Toolship. Siemens Award $1,000 Gift Reuben VanWormer: Bass River Rod & Gun Club $500 Toolship. Liberty Hall Club of Marstons Mills $500 Scholar- ship. Rotary Club of Hyannis $500 Toolship. HV Snow's LP Gas & Oil Division Toolship $200 Toolship, HV Tech Open $500 Scholarship SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS - BARNSTABLE FROM THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE Centerville Susan Marie Elena Blair John Kevin Bloomer Matthew David Creswell Dillon Paul Duchesney Ajay Scott Fields Robert Stephen Johnson John Shephard Kaye Drew David Newton Colleen Elizabeth Shields Jason Alan Souza Cotuit Patrick David Glavine Joseph Michael Murphy Bladen C Tisdell Hyannis Renee Tiffany Alves Jay Anthony Alves-Grace Aaron Christopher Barr Alan Warren Bishop Sedrik Francis Catchings Tanya Lee Ann Hines John Harold Kittila Stephen Charles Lutke Danielle Leigh MacNeill Rebecca Ann Pina Marstons Mills Jessica Mane Abasolo-lnman Alex Brandon Campbell Chester James Hughes Kurt Alfred Johnson Joseph Steven Orlando Danyelle Elizabeth Ostroski Molly Joan Peters Francis Maximillian Rescigno Michael Jeffrey Santos Reuben Jon VanWormer Kevin Ronald Zullo Osterville Christopher James Curtis Kassie Carlson: IB Art Higher Level 2, Achievement Francesca DelleFemine: IB Math Standard 2, Effort Naytan Katz-Aboudi: IB Environmental Systems Standard Level 2, Achievement Gwyneth Ochs: IB Math Standard 2, Achievement; William Sturgis Award Julia Rowland: IB History Standard Level 2, Effort Shannon Ryan: IB History Higher Level 2; Achievement David Stewart: IB Music Standard Level 2, Effort; rench 4, Effort; School Spirit Award Awards - BARNSTABLE