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PORTLAND<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
FAMILY<br />
NEWSLETTER<br />
Dear <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Friends and Families,<br />
No other school honors their graduates in the<br />
special and inspired manner as does <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong>. The<br />
tradition, pageantry, and reverence of the graduation<br />
exercises are an essential part of P.H.S. This year's<br />
seniors are a special class having distinguished<br />
themselves in multiple arenas, including academically,<br />
socially, and athletically. The senior gift (pictured<br />
below), now displayed over the main office entrance, is<br />
more than a sign; it is a special sign of the seniors' love<br />
and respect for their Alma Mater. It is a true “guardian<br />
tender”. Those of us who taught them as freshmen<br />
remember their first days in our classes, as we are sure<br />
they will always remember their first time stepping<br />
through the hallowed oak doors on Cumberland Avenue<br />
in the footsteps of such distinguished graduates as John<br />
Ford and Admiral Peary. Teachers of seniors most<br />
certainly will recall the enthusiasm and vitality of this<br />
class. The community forever will hold dear the images<br />
from graduation and the manner in which the seniors<br />
comported themselves. In the words of Superintendent<br />
Morse ('73), “PHS is now part of you and you are part<br />
of it.”<br />
Congratulations, Class of 2010,<br />
June 2010<br />
Special <strong>Graduation</strong> Edition<br />
The <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> faculty and staff.<br />
The <strong>LINK</strong> is<br />
written and<br />
produced each<br />
month by PHS<br />
faculty<br />
members<br />
Michelle Tucci<br />
and<br />
Phil Thibault<br />
P.H.S. Class of 2010
Pat Curran, Kelsey Conicelli<br />
Jason Strauss<br />
An impromptu senior cook-out in Freshman Alley...<br />
(May 20, 2010)<br />
Sophia Nappi<br />
Mrs. Tucci joined us!<br />
Brianna Wayne<br />
Jason Knight, Lauren McDougal<br />
Logan Harkins<br />
Kelsey Conicelli<br />
Kevin Nielson, Maggie Kilbride<br />
Nancy McAdam, Emma Wilson<br />
"It's awesome finishing up and<br />
Mrs. Harkins<br />
getting ready for summer, but<br />
leaving people I know is sad."<br />
Henry Cole.<br />
Adam Gould<br />
Corey Carmichael, Laurence Bondole<br />
Vesna Glisic<br />
Vesna Glisic<br />
Adam Gould<br />
Tim Weber, Leanne Fasulo<br />
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Class President’s Welcome<br />
Emma Wilson<br />
<strong>Graduation</strong>, June 2, 2010<br />
Welcome families and friends to the class of 2010, and soon-to-be graduates. It is my honor to<br />
present my classmates before you today. I have enjoyed the company of many of you during my four<br />
years at <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong>, and I am extremely proud of each of you today. To pay tribute to our vibrant<br />
and diverse class, I would like to highlight what I believe is our defining attribute- our unflagging vitality.<br />
Perhaps I am putting an overly positive spin on our somewhat rambunctious nature – but our lively class<br />
has, without question, brought a great spark of enthusiasm to both our community and the halls of<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
This school bursts with vitality and has provided our class with endless opportunity- for freedom,<br />
academic excellence, and great companionship – allowing us to achieve both personal and academic<br />
successes.<br />
We have also, I submit, seized most opportunities to have fun. Our class is famous for our ability<br />
to make any occasion more light-hearted. We transformed a formerly dull fifteen minute homeroom<br />
period into a frenzy of activity- a time when seniors played music, caught up with friends, and brake<br />
danced. We have embraced all spirit week has to offer, from cross-dressing to confetti – throwing to<br />
storming the halls.<br />
But life in the class of 2010 has been much more than just festivities. The talent I find most<br />
remarkable in my peers is their ability to apply their unflagging vitality to more serious pursuits. The<br />
many accomplishments of the scholars , athletes, artists, and musicians of our class have not been<br />
achieved by talent alone – they are the results of thousands of hours of determined effort. Man<br />
of my class mates work full time jobs – to support themselves or their families. With great determination<br />
my athletic peers have spearheaded the Boy's Lacrosse and Girl's Tennis teams to flawless seasons and<br />
turned the Bulldogs recent football record around. WE have fought for what we believe in- from those of<br />
us who have stood by our friends<br />
in trouble to those of us who labored earnestly on political<br />
campaigns and community service projects. After nights<br />
spent working on college applications until 2 in the<br />
morning, the driven group of young men and women<br />
behind me have been accepted to scores of schools<br />
across the country.<br />
A large segment of our class is made up of students<br />
who have been, various times, new to our city, new to<br />
our country, and even new to english - - as have so<br />
many PHS graduating classes over the last 150 years. I<br />
have been inspired by their example. We need to<br />
recognize here today the determination of these<br />
classmates, which has brought them past extraordinary<br />
and profound challenges to this stage today.<br />
Some would say our class is overly<br />
confident in our abilities. After, all we have selected R.<br />
Kelly's “World”s Greatest” to be our graduation song.<br />
As we step into the real world, “World's Greatest”<br />
will not be on on our resume. But I am certain that the<br />
confidence we have forged as a group will be<br />
invaluable as we go forth on our varied pathways. I<br />
Class president, Emma Wilson<br />
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!<br />
The prestigious Brown Medals have a long<br />
and storied history at PHS. First awarded at the 1865<br />
graduation, the medals commemorate the James O. Brown, the<br />
son of the one of the wealthiest <strong>Portland</strong> residents at the time, John B. Brown. James, a member of<br />
the <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>School</strong> Committee at the time, had unexpectedly died the previous year at age 28. The<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> Alumni directory explains, " For the first 11 years, medals were given to the three highest<br />
ranking girls and the three highest ranking boys. For the next decade, eight medals were awarded, and<br />
since 1886, 10 medals have been presented" (p. vii) to the five top ranking boys and the five top ranking<br />
girls.<br />
Brown Medals<br />
2010<br />
Timothy D. Weber<br />
Corey Connolly Carmichael<br />
Simon McCain Thompson<br />
Marianne Anderson<br />
Scott R. Briggs<br />
Vesna Glisic<br />
Patrick Curran<br />
Emma Sleight Wilson<br />
Cole Hutchison<br />
Molly Monaghan<br />
Brown Medals on display on the stage of the Merrill<br />
Tim Weber<br />
After the Senior Class picture, students disperse!<br />
Emma Wilson<br />
Corey Carmichael<br />
“My graduating class had more than 560<br />
students, so many that we all couldn't fit<br />
on stage. According to school historian,<br />
Peter Gribbon, it was the largest<br />
graduating class in PHS history. It was<br />
so hot and the graduation lasted for over<br />
three hours. After graduation, there was the banquet and prom. There was no time to<br />
spend with your family.”<br />
Toni Slkillings ('67)<br />
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“Success”<br />
Valedictorian Speech by Corey Carmichael<br />
<strong>Graduation</strong>, June 2, 2010<br />
Take a moment and think about how you define success. Maybe it’s balancing school and fatherhood<br />
or becoming rich enough to own an island. Maybe it’s finding your passion in medicine and curing sick<br />
patients. Maybe it’s beating the elite four Pokémon, or simply being happy. Or perhaps it’s becoming a<br />
firefighting, sandworm digging, scuba diving substitute teacher like Mr. Keefe. What your definition of<br />
success may be, it’s right for you. So, instead of using this speech to make a metaphor about <strong>Portland</strong><br />
high school being a Tic Taco Burrito or to put in a formal request for a Nap Room at <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> (Think<br />
about it Mr. Johnson), I’d like to use this opportunity to recognize the different success my peers have<br />
achieved.<br />
On this stage today, there are hundreds of success stories that are not recognized in the newspaper or<br />
by induction into the National Honors Society. The story of the girl who is breaking through gender and<br />
racial stereotypes, enduring the burning of stares of strangers, and kick-flipping her way to happiness. The<br />
story of the young man who has run a plowing business since the 6 th grade, works more than 40 hours a<br />
week, and is often mistaken for a janitor, and does the best Mr. Nappi impression I have ever seen. Then<br />
there is the girl who came to America a mere three years ago and is already in Honors and AP courses.<br />
The students who have faced the terrible loss of a loved one; the students that have had to grow up fast in<br />
order to take care of themselves and their families. These are the success stories we should be telling.<br />
On October 28, 2008, a student graduating today arrived in America. After being torn from his home<br />
in times of civil war, he had arrived in <strong>Portland</strong>, Maine with plans to become a chemical engineer in order<br />
to help the people back in his home country. A year and a half after she stepped off that plane, this<br />
student was accepted to Colby College with nearly a full scholarship.<br />
There are students sitting on this stage who have had to face types of adversity that I can’t even imagine.<br />
Some have had to integrate into a new culture and learn a new language while their parents struggle to<br />
find work because of the language barrier. Others live on their own, pay their own electric bills, and cook<br />
for themselves. We have deaf students, students who face other challenges. But they haven’t allowed it to<br />
slow them for a second. These students show us that success should not simply be measured in test results<br />
and goals scored, but the journey it took to get to that point.<br />
An outsider looking at the record of the PHS Field Hockey team this season (a whopping 1and 13)<br />
would likely conclude that our season was unsuccessful. However, I beg to differ. When I think of all the<br />
laughs we had as a team, the camaraderie, the fabulous warm-up mix, and the unquestionable<br />
improvement from the first game to the last, our losing record easily<br />
overshadowed by the more important aspects of the season, the<br />
types of success that numbers just can’t reflect.<br />
Every person graduating here today has a success story. We<br />
may not all be state champions or top ten in the class, but that<br />
doesn’t make any of our stories less important. So when you’re<br />
measuring your own success, don’t get caught up trying to reach<br />
other people’s goals or trying to be what society wants you to be.<br />
We are the authors of our own stories and the only ones who<br />
decide if it’s going to be a comedy, a tragedy, or a political<br />
biography. No matter what genre you choose, don’t let anyone<br />
tell you it’s not good enough. Just like the <strong>Portland</strong> high <strong>School</strong><br />
Class of 2010, success comes in, any colors, sizes, languages<br />
and styles. In the words of the great Dr. Seuss, “You have brains<br />
in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself<br />
in a direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know<br />
what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. “<br />
Corey Carmichael<br />
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Emily Wark<br />
P.H.S. Prom ...<br />
(May 29, 2010)<br />
Mattie Crocket, Marie Genova, Eileen Hanley<br />
"Life is about memories and that is what<br />
I've gained at PHS." Ted Volger<br />
Gordon Parker<br />
"Finding the right prom look has<br />
been challenging. I really want to<br />
standout at prom with my dress.<br />
It's the one time we get to dress<br />
up together." Emma Wilson<br />
Francie Foehrenbach (T.A.)<br />
Adam Gould<br />
Courtney Connolly<br />
Kendra Eggen<br />
Larissa Moody<br />
“I am struck by how important<br />
the PHS traditions around<br />
graduation still are and how<br />
essential upholding these<br />
traditions has been to each<br />
graduate and each officiating<br />
administrator. They all willingly<br />
embrace this legacy. I still live<br />
these traditions every year when<br />
I help the new graduating class<br />
learn the ropes. It is a special<br />
time.” --Joe Russo ('75)<br />
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“Emerging from the Breeze”<br />
Salutatorian Speech by Timothy D. Weber<br />
<strong>Graduation</strong>, June 2, 2010<br />
We gather here today to acknowledge the end of a certain part of our lives. <strong>High</strong> school has<br />
been a defining four years, complete with stressful last-minute papers, athletic victories, stupid<br />
mistakes, new friends, and many other life-changing moments. Today we face a transition unlike any<br />
that we have experienced. We are confronted with the inescapable transformation into official<br />
adulthood. We leave behind, but never out of memory a school, “old in story, shrined in glory”. A<br />
helpful faculty, full of compassion and understanding. And a community woven tight by pride and<br />
respect. <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> is truly an extraordinary place.<br />
After we receive our diplomas, we will be sent into a world where jobs are scarce, where<br />
outsourcing is rampant, and where profits are valued over wellness. The dark sky and chilling winds<br />
of a numb economy have descended, but we have not yet been out to feel the storm. We graduate<br />
facing a raging gale.<br />
I will borrow a term from sailing: tacking is when a sailor directs their vessel up towards the<br />
direction of the breeze, continuing the turn until the previously shielded side of the sail is filled with<br />
the wind. Tacking is essential to sailing because it allows boats to travel upwind.<br />
Rather than idle against an immovable breeze, letting the wind drift us backwards, we should<br />
consider graduation as an opportunity to tack. We should consider it not as a finish, but a change in<br />
direction, along the zigzagged, complicated path towards personal fulfillment.<br />
And in that pivotal moment when we face down the treacherous current, we must carry on<br />
boldly, intrepid sailors in uncharted waters. Next year, we will have the ability to change ourselves<br />
completely. While there are many poor tacks one could take, there are just as many favorable<br />
choices to make. Try something new. Give back to the community. Or perhaps just work harder. The<br />
possibility to redefine oneself is there, though only available to those willing to brave the gale to<br />
perform a tack.<br />
We must not condemn our vessels to inactivity. We cannot close our minds to change. Tack<br />
often. Doing unique, different, or unfamiliar things will exercise the mind and promote new ways of<br />
thinking about the world. Experiencing new stimuli will make is smarter, more energetic, more<br />
versatile, and more sociable.<br />
As our fleet of 2010 leaves the safe harbor of high school, and enters the wide ocean, our<br />
collective tacks will steer the course of society. We will adjust the bearing from route old and<br />
obsolete, to a new path of innovation and creativity. Our imaginations will fill our sail along the<br />
journeys. We are a class whose ambitions are unsurpassed,<br />
whose energy is surging, and whose sense of pride is<br />
unyielding. As graduates, we will contribute to a new<br />
generation of American ingenuity.<br />
I will conclude with a bit of advice from the celebrated<br />
American author and humorist, Mark Twain. In his youth, Twain<br />
worked as a printer’s apprentice, steamboat operator, and<br />
journalist, all while educating himself in local libraries. He<br />
wrote: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed<br />
by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So<br />
throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch<br />
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”<br />
Congratulations Class of Two-Thousand Ten!<br />
Tim Weber<br />
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Marching Practice...<br />
May 24-27, 2010<br />
This practice started with filling out forms!<br />
Lydia Bakunda<br />
Ashley Quigley<br />
Ilhan Hilowle<br />
Liza Iselborn<br />
"I will miss all the<br />
teachers who<br />
helped me succeed.<br />
I am looking forward to helping people in need<br />
when I become an EMT."<br />
Derrick Floridino<br />
Holly Whitney<br />
Derrick Floridino & Sophie Payson<br />
Ben Reeder<br />
Ayan Jama<br />
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Meron Admassu<br />
Corey Carmichael<br />
Sophia Nappi<br />
yet another rehearsal<br />
Tim Weber<br />
Sr. class advisor Mrs. Harkins watches<br />
Tim Weber, Ben Reeder, Max Dismore, Leanne Fasulo<br />
Chorus director teaching class songs<br />
Mr. Denis Drobinski<br />
instruction to the Senior class<br />
The view from the Merrill stage<br />
Principal Johnson provides last-minute<br />
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Senior Breakfast<br />
7:30 A.M--Lower Cafe--May 27, 2010<br />
Breakfast for the Seniors is--a PHS tradition<br />
Simon Thompson, Nancy McAdam,<br />
Cafeteria Ladies prepare<br />
THANK YOU!!!!<br />
THANK YOU!!!!<br />
THANK YOU!!!!<br />
"I will<br />
always<br />
remember the<br />
great friends<br />
I have made.<br />
I plan on<br />
following my<br />
calling to<br />
become a<br />
lawyer, a<br />
calling I have<br />
had since my<br />
Uncle Joey<br />
used to call<br />
me his "little<br />
lawyer."<br />
Brianna Wayne<br />
Ian Kuniholm<br />
Leanne Fasulo, Tim Weber<br />
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Josh Staples<br />
Michee Jean, Mary Donato, Jonie Bongomin Kenny Chiu<br />
Mrs. Sue Olafsen<br />
Nancy McAdam<br />
"Senior finals are<br />
a bit stressful to<br />
do all this work.<br />
I've really had to<br />
stay focused to<br />
get everything<br />
done." Billy<br />
Murdock<br />
Kimara Nzamubona<br />
Andrew Capelutti<br />
Eileen Hanley Leanne Fasulo<br />
Quoc Dang<br />
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Ian Kuniholm<br />
Senior<br />
Farewell<br />
Assembly<br />
May 28, 2010<br />
Hawo Omar<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Class of 2010 Vesna Glisic<br />
PHS Seniors<br />
march down Cumberland Avenue<br />
Amadeus Florendo says farewell to PHS<br />
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Mistress of Ceremonies A.P. Kim Wike watches<br />
the Seniors march in for Senior Farewell<br />
Class president Emma Wilson<br />
As coach of the very<br />
successful PHS Girls<br />
Tennis Team, and mother of<br />
senior Mary Moran (the<br />
youngest of our six children,<br />
four of whom attended<br />
PHS), I am full of emotion<br />
as this school year comes<br />
to an end. Seniors Mary<br />
Moran, Liza Iselborn, Corey<br />
Carmichael, Lauren<br />
MacDougal, Emma Wilson,<br />
Marianne Anderson, and Vesna<br />
Glisic are the ones who got me into coaching<br />
and it has been a joy as well as a challenge.<br />
They are an incredibly talented and delightful<br />
group, remarkable in so many ways--smart (so<br />
smart!), funny, athletic, caring, hardworking,<br />
confident, determined, lovable. I will miss<br />
them more than I can express, and I wish<br />
them every good thing life has to offer. They<br />
represent the best of PHS!<br />
Bonnie Moran<br />
Rothana Sambath breaks loose<br />
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Seniors march out of the gym
Merrill Auditorium seats wait for graduates<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Graduation</strong> Ceremony<br />
Merrill Auditorium<br />
City Hall<br />
June 2, 2010 at 10:30 A.M.<br />
Ms. Erika Lee-Winship<br />
Mrs. Carol Tomshick<br />
Ms. Kim Wike<br />
Diplomas are awarded<br />
Kristen Byrnes<br />
Ted Volger<br />
Joe Zukowski<br />
"<strong>Graduation</strong> 2010 at<br />
the Merrill was<br />
outstanding! The<br />
songs were<br />
uplifting<br />
and the ceremony<br />
flowed nicely." -<br />
Julie Staples<br />
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Yuri Shepard-Kegl
“ I will always remember the vibration<br />
from the organ made my pant legs<br />
shake while we were marching. When<br />
I turned to face the crowd, there<br />
was nothing but a sea of camera<br />
flashes. I'll never forget it. What a<br />
great day!” Dan Deniso ('79)<br />
Senior Executive Board<br />
Singing the BLUE AND WHITE<br />
Adam Gould, Carlos Ayala, Ted Volger<br />
Sean Dowling and Henry Cole<br />
Abdullahi Hassan<br />
Kaori Hamilton-London<br />
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Saad Mohamed
Superintendent’s Remarks<br />
Dr. James D. Morse<br />
<strong>Graduation</strong>, June 2, 2010<br />
Dr. James D. Morse<br />
The first stanza states:<br />
Class of 2010, thank you for this opportunity to speak to you.<br />
Thirty-seven years ago I sat were you're sitting now, 18 years old,<br />
graduating form <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. I left <strong>Portland</strong> right after<br />
graduation, not to live in the city again for 36 years.<br />
I tried to remember who spoke at my graduation...nothing; I tried<br />
hard to remember about my graduation...and I have only two<br />
strong memories, Merrill, being lost in its majesty. I have spoken<br />
all over Maine and I now know there are few places you will<br />
stand in your life that has more presence than this room.<br />
Another memory was our 1973 class song.<br />
Last week I walked in on your class rehearsal when you were<br />
singing your class song. In 1973, the class song was In My Life by<br />
the Beatles. I am glad I got to sing this song with my class. It was<br />
not one of the Beatles' most popular songs; it’s about memories<br />
and it is about love. There is sadness in it of loss, and, at the<br />
same time, a celebration of love.<br />
“There are places I remember<br />
All my life, though some have changed<br />
Some forever not for better<br />
Some have gone and some remain”<br />
We know you will experience change noted in this stanza, and, yet, somehow things will remain the same. The<br />
neighborhoods I grew up in at the base of Munjoy Hill and on Oxford Street have been leveled. Sometimes change is<br />
unnerving. My old apartment, just one block away, is now a parking lot.<br />
I found myself driving the wrong way on a one-way street, wondering why everyone was going in the opposite<br />
direction?! Sometimes in the last 36 years, while I was gone, the direction of the road was reversed.<br />
But still, even though my childhood neighborhoods are gone, <strong>Portland</strong> is a far safer, cleaner, and a more beautiful city<br />
today than it was in my childhood. It is a multi-cultural city, a gateway to the world, a city of many languages, a city<br />
where world cultures meet and yet, a city where local neighborhoods and local interests still exist.<br />
The Beatles continue<br />
“All these places had their moments<br />
With lovers and friends I still can recall<br />
Some are dead and some are living<br />
In my life I've loved them all!”<br />
You will experience loss. We all do. As I've run into old friends they've shared with me the early passing of<br />
classmates. But even as some have passed, they live in my memories. You will choose new paths, make new friends,<br />
and, yet, those friendships from high school will linger as distant, yet fond memories of your youth.<br />
The Beatles yet again,<br />
“But of all these friends and lovers<br />
There is no one compares with you<br />
And these memories lose their meaning<br />
When I think of love as something new”<br />
In many ways your lives are predictable. It doesn't take a crystal ball to know you will experience love. Most of<br />
you will have children, one of life's many treasures, (even though at times your parents have questioned whether you<br />
are a treasure) and you will learn that love is not selfish, that love is giving. Here are but a few examples of graduates<br />
in your class who have learned that love is about giving.<br />
CONTINUED ON PAGE 17<br />
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HENRY MACVANE volunteers with the Long Island Fire and Rescue Department as an emergency medical<br />
technician. He recently received an American Red Cross Real Hero Award for saving the life of a young boy who<br />
was drowning. In his free time, he plays rugby for the <strong>Portland</strong> Power Pigs. His teachers describe him as a<br />
hardworking student who challenges himself academically and an overall “great kid”. In the fall, he will study<br />
chemical engineering at the University of Maine.<br />
PAT CURRAN has played on <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong>'s football and lacrosse teams despite living with type 1 diabetes. This<br />
year, he served as captain of the lacrosse team. He is an honor roll student who has taken Advanced Placement and<br />
honors classes. He is involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters program and serves on the Senior Executive Board. He<br />
raised about $23, 000 over four years for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation through his involvement with<br />
their fundraising walk. He will attend Bentley University next year.<br />
KIMARA NZAMUBONA , originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, came to <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> in<br />
the fall of 2008. He fled his home country after the Gatumba Massacre of 2004 that killed some of his relatives,<br />
and he spent four years at a refugee camp in Burundi. At <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong>, he was involved in activities such as the<br />
Outdoor Adventure Club, French Club, and soccer. The general manager of a local enginnering firm mentored him<br />
and helped him pursue his interest in an engineering career. He has received a full, four-year scholarship to Colby<br />
College.<br />
YURI SHEPARD-KEGL is a graduate of the Governor Baxter <strong>School</strong> for the Deaf program at <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong>. She<br />
came to the United States four years ago from Nicaragua. In that country, the only schooling available for deaf<br />
students was a summer school prigram run by volunteers, and Yuri used a different sign language than is used in the<br />
United States. <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> provided both a hearing American Sign Language interpreter and a Certified Deaf<br />
Interpreter. Yuri stayed after school two days a week for tutoring help. She also pursued her interest in art at<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> Arts and Technology <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>. Deborah Howard, a teacher of the deaf at Governor Baxter <strong>School</strong><br />
and <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong>, said of Yuri, “When I look back four years and look at her now, the growth in her is amazing.<br />
She now is a confident, independent young woman.”<br />
COURTNEY CONNOLLY, KENDRA EGGEN, AND ASHLEY QUIGLEY went to the Dominican Republic to help build<br />
a hospital. They saw poverty, they felt others' need, and they stood proud as young Maine women helping others.<br />
The Beatles once again,<br />
“Though I know I'll never lose affection<br />
For people and things that went before<br />
I know I'll often stop and think about them<br />
In my life I love you more.”<br />
Dr. James D. Morse<br />
You are the sum total of your life experiences.<br />
You will think of <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> as you age. PHS<br />
is now part of you and you are part of it.<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> is the second oldest<br />
continuously running high school in the country.<br />
You are now part of its history. When some<br />
historian looks into the graduating class of<br />
2010, your name will be there, just as mine is<br />
for 1973. Your name has been added to the<br />
list of graduating seniors. Know that the<br />
teachers and staff, your parents too, send you<br />
into your world, the one you've yet to<br />
conquer, proud that you are a <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> graduate!<br />
As <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> teacher Beth Arsenault<br />
says, “Life is about possibilities, not<br />
probabilities.”<br />
The Beatles' song says it all, “There<br />
are places I remember all my life...”<br />
Congratulations, Class of 2010.<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>--2010<br />
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PHS bids farewell to veteran staff.<br />
PHS athletes say good-bye to<br />
Thanks to all of the wonderful<br />
people at <strong>Portland</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> who<br />
supported, guided, and inspired<br />
Patrick on his 4-year journey as a<br />
Bulldog! Jana and Bob Curran<br />
Cluster I Coordinator<br />
Athletic Director Mr. Rich Drummond<br />
“I will always remember being a part<br />
of PHS and this school with all the<br />
great teachers.” Carmine Rumo ('69)<br />
Cluster III Coordinator<br />
Mrs. Maryann Pendleton, English<br />
Mrs. Pat Kramer, Mathmatics<br />
“We fit 508 kids on stage at one<br />
time with no problem. I often<br />
think about how things have<br />
changed through the years. I<br />
graduated with a number of<br />
students who became PHS<br />
teachers, including Toni Skillings,<br />
Harry Brown, and Stephanie<br />
Trainor.” Carol Nappi ('67)<br />
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