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178 receive diplomas during Hubbard commencement at Stambaugh
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“This is your celebration ... your day,” Raymond W. Soloman, superintendent of Hubbard School District, said in welcoming Hubbard High School’s 2016 graduates to their commencement ceremony Thursday at Stambaugh Auditorium.
The 178 graduates who walked across Stambaugh’s stage to receive their diplomas were urged to continue learning, to make not just the years, but each moment count, and to not be afraid to take risks.
“Making an Impact” was the theme of commencement addresses by class Valedictorian Andrew Summers and class Salutatorian Harlie Silberman.
“The friendships we made at Hubbard High will last a lifetime, and even though we go in different ways we share the same memories,” Silberman said.
“The one major thing we have in common is that change is inevitable, so why waste time fighting it,” Summers said.
“Opportunity is what we make of it and we should not be afraid to try something new. Never stop learning,” he said.
Parents among those who filled Stambaugh Auditorium to watch the graduates talked with pride about their graduate’s accomplishments, their plans for the future, and how they are poised to make an impact.
Don and Jan Murphy said their son, Max Jacob Murphy, who has been on either the Merit Roll or the Honor Roll his entire 13-year school career, said Max plans to study medical office management and billing at the Pittsburgh Technical Institute.
“We’re very proud of him,” said his parents.
Dennis Cohol, a 1991 Hubbard graduate, said his nephew, Kevin Kornbau, son of Evelyn and Ron Kornbau, is planning to study chemical engineering at Youngstown State University.
Amber Deming, daughter of Susan Deming, plans to be a heart surgeon.
Amber, who graduated with a 4.0 grade point average, plans to major in biomedical engineering at YSU before going to medical school.
“She is very motivated. She has a very bright future,” her mother said.
In her closing remarks, Brandie Gough, high-school principal, asked the graduates to “look to your right and look to your left. This may be the last time you see each other.”
“Each of you have impacted your teachers and friends and family. People remember you for what you do, not what you say,” Gough said.