NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Tyler Pettit and Ethan Rudin are the top students for the class of 2022 at McCann Technical School, said Principal Justin Kratz. 

 

Pettit, son of Lynn and Patrick Pettit, is valedictorian of the class and is graduating from the Information Technology Program. 

 

He is the recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendent's Award for Academic Excellence, Harvard Book Award, and Western New England University Book Award and is first in his class with a 4.38 grade-point average. He is a member of SkillsUSA, National Honor Society, and works at the Williams College Network and Systems department through the McCann co-op program

 

Pettit will be attending Western New England University to major in pharmacy.

 

Rudin, son of Alice and Benjamin Rudin, is the salutatorian and is graduating from the Computer Assisted Drafting program. 

 

He is a recipient of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship and ranks second in his class with a 4.36 GPA. He is a member of National Honor Society and SkillsUSA, where he earned silver and

gold medals in the 2021 and 2022 SkillsUSA District Additive Manufacturing competition as well as a bronze medal at the state level in 2021. He has been awarded high honors every quarter since enrollment.

 

Rudin will be attending State University of New York at Buffalo to major in aerospace engineering.

 

Both seniors will graduate from McCann Technical School with high honors on Thursday, June 2, at 6 p.m. at the school.