CHESHIRE, Mass. — Hoosac Valley High School has named Sydni Jamros and Jessica Isbell as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the class of 2021, announced Principal Colleen Byrd.
Jamros, daughter of Joseph and Dawn Jamros of Adams, Is a member of the National Honor Society and treasurer in her senior year and of the Lions' Leo club since Grade 7.
She has earned Academic Excellence Awards in Honors precaculus, U.S. History and English language arts, and the Cornell Sweat Shirt Award. She also was on the Nordic ski team, played on the varsity soccer team, and was a member of All-North and All-South soccer teams. She was an intern for the Youth Center in Cheshire.
Jamros will be attending Endicott College in Beverly in the fall.
Isbell, the daughter of Brian and Karen Isbell of Cheshire, is a member of the school's Art Club, National Honor Society and a leader in the school's mentoring Link Crew group.
She received the Presidential Award for Computer Programming, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Junior Women's STEM Award, and the Dartmouth College Alumni Book Club Award and took Honors Algebra II. Her interests include 13 years of dance, art, reading, and paddle boarding. She also is a third-degree black belt practitioner of taekwondo and an instructor at her training studio.
Isbell plans to attend Westfield State University.
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Hoosac Valley School Committee Holds First Meeting of Academic Year
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The Hoosac Valley School Committee Monday reflected on the recent loss of a high school graduate and looked at the start of the 2026-27 school year.
"It's been a tough couple of weeks in the school," Superintendent Aaron Dean told the committee at its monthly meeting. "Our team has done a great job supporting the kids, supporting the family.
"It's a really tough thing to go through. It's not the way we wanted to start the school year in any way. Condolences go out to all who were impacted."
The committee heard that memorials on the middle-high school campus are being considered to recognize 2026 graduate Jayquan Williams. The district is planning to let his family and students be part of the process in deciding how to honor Williams.
A major part of the committee's first meeting of the school year was hearing updates from the district's three building principals about the start of classes.
The newest principal, Dwayne Chamble, told the panel that he is "laser focused" on building relationships at the middle school.
Chamble said he has made a point of being present during recess, lunch, pickup and dropoff and transition times in the hall.
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