Lenox High School Graduates Tight-Knit Class
 Lenox Memorial High School shows its support for Audrianna Leskovit, right, at graduation ceremonies on Sunday. More photos here. |
The class of 65, teachers and administrators rose from their seats and held their fists up in the air and the crowd quickly joined. Leskovitz was overcome with joy that she began to tear up while for nearly a full minute she had the full support of the entire Lenox Memorial High School community.
"It was very overwhelming. I was surprised to realize how much everybody cares," Leskovitz said after the graduation at Tanglewood. "I'm feeling good. It was awesome."
For those who went to Lenox Memorial though, that kind of support is what they expect from each other.
"For a group of 64 kids we do a great job of getting along. In other words, we take care of our own," James Zuber, class salutatorian, said. "On this stage today I see 64 individuals and one community."
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For Carl Zurrin that community feel at the basketball games is what he will miss the most as he leaves the school and moves on to study criminal justice at Berkshire Community College. He plans to later transfer to Westfield State University.
"Everybody loved [the games]. It brought everybody together for the season," Zurrin said after the ceremony.
With the presentation of each diploma Sunday morning, the students wrote six-word memoirs that ranged from witty to serious to just frivolous. Principal Susan Strong wrote one for the class: "Playful, bright, inquisitive. Always on point."
"You are just plain fun," Strong said. "Continue to feel the passion and tenacity you've shown here."
In those four years, the class has also shown humility, dedication, perseverance and dignity and those traits will change the world as our culture moves into the digital age, valedictorian Andrew Bravo said.
The world is changing because of increased technology and communication and the students of this class will be the ones to understand those changes, he said. The information and technology is there but it is up to the new generation to guide its growth. The new technologies came from hard work and this class will need to continue working hard to make a difference, he said.
"This is the defining issue...Like it or not, we have become too deeply embedded to back out now," Bravo said. "Our revolution will not only be televised but also posted, tweeted and blogged."
Bravo pointed to the so-called Jasmine Revolutions in Libya and Egypt to illustrate the powers and dangers of the fast-moving technology.
"We have all the information. Yet, we don't know anything," Bravo said. "The power ultimately lies with us."
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