Nederland High School Graduation 2010
Sunday, May 23rd
The Nederland Class of 2010 celebrated their high school graduation with Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 23, 2010, in the school gym.
The Class Colors of purple and silver were reflected in bunches of shimmering, multi-hued balloons decorating the gym. The graduating seniors completed the complimentary color scheme by donning coordinating academic regalia: female grads wore purple gowns with silver stoles and mortarboards; male grads wore silver gowns with purple stoles and mortarboards.
The Processional of graduates was followed by the singing of the National Anthem by the choir. Class officers welcomed everyone to the Commencement ceremony. Class officers were: Johannah Monserud, Head Girl; Forrest Pieper, Head Boy; Kyria Bosma, Secretary; and Emma Waddell, Treasurer.
Zane Hintzman spoke about “Dreams.” Presentation of Awards was by Rich Salaz, LeRoy Lopez and Ken Robinson. Charyle Hojnacki spoke about “Passage of Time.”
A dynamic Commencement Address was given by Mark Randall, a former Denver Nuggets player and now one of its community ambassadors.
Principal Rich Salaz next presented the graduates, and Bridget Chiarito and Aly Shambo presented the diplomas to the members of the Class of 2010:
Kyam Blitt, Kyria Bosma, Kiah Chappell, Lacy Cooney, Nicholas Curcio, Tatiana Dake, Brianna Dashnaw-Liming, Robert Decker, Nikolas Demo, Quinton Downs, Jennifer Ebeling, William Ford, Sarah Gunn, Gage Hamel, Keegan Harris, Kyle Headrick, Zane Hintzman, Charlye Hojnacki, Daniel Ishmael, Jesse Knight, Dustin Larsen, Kristopher Lock, Daniel Luevano, Erika Marending, Madalyn McCoy, Johannah Monserud, Theresa Moreno, Ariana Nershi, Cayla Paulson, Forrest Pieper, Ava Plamondon, Timothy Plumb, Christian Reecer, Kaile Robinson, Melodia Roche, Jerry Schmidt, Sierra Seifert, Natasha Slinger, Justin Storms, MicaLee Taylor, Jaymes Tregay, Jennifer Vero, Emma Waddell, Eli Walters, Amy Wenzel, and Stuart Williams.
Mortarboard tassels of purple and sometimes gold were flung from right to left to indicate the seniors newly attained graduation status. The parents and families of graduating seniors were requested to stand when the grad’s name was called. They were then presented with pine tree seedlings for planting, symbolizing the commencement of their grad’s life as a young adult.
The gym lights were dimmed as a Senior Slide Show of the Class of 2010 members was shown. The traditional audience guffaws and giggles of laughter with wild applause accompanied the slide show by Julie Ikler of seniors’ baby pictures and graduation portraits.
The Recessional completed the ceremony and graduates stood in a receiving line to share handshakes, hugs, smiles, and tears with their well-wishers. Congratulations to the Nederland High School Class of 2010!