Archive: Around Town

112 seniors graduated from Lansing High School last Friday.  With perfect weather the Lansing track stands were filled with family and well-wishers as the seniors filed onto the field as the Lansing High School Band played 'Pomp and Circumstance.'

"Let's just say that no matter what the situation they have astounded us with their talents and abilities," said Principal Eric Hartz.  "They are leaving us tonight with all the tools necessary to be successful, productive members of our society."

Over half of the class received a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation.  92% of the graduates will attend college next year.  61% will attend a four-year college.  8% will either enter the military, the workforce, internships, or exchange programs.  35 classmates too 74 advanced placement exams.  106 seniors earned 790 total college credits while at Lansing High School.


The traditional speeches were given by Class President Michael Bradford, Salutatorian Erik Rasmussen, and Valedictorian Mary Catherine Barrett.  60 Awards and scholarships were taken home by graduating seniors.


Awards and Scholarship Recipients:

Cayuga  Medical Center Foundation Scholarship	Kari Fenner
Chester Bednarczyk Business & Accounting  Memorial Award	Sarah Walrad
Cargill Award	Mary Bacorn
George Stevens Achievement in Science Award	George Wigsten
Lansing Rod & Gun Award	Jonathan Cleveland
Joseph, Grace & John McGill Scholarship	Kathleen Kelly, Luke Davis
Michael Nozzolio Citizenship Award	Nicholas Geisler
Masonic Lodge Scholarship	Fernando Nunez
Richard "Cecil" Jones Memorial Scholarship	Mary Catherine Barrett, Craig Esposito
Lansingville Fire Auxiliary Scholarship	Kari Fenner, Jonathan Cleveland, Nicholas French
Ithaca-Cayuga Rotary Club International Scholarship Award	Erin O'Brien
Former Superintendent Raymond Buckley (left) and Superintendent Stephen Grimm
Barbara J. Abraham/Raymond C. Buckley Scholarship	Marisa Paradise
Clayton & Janet Bradley Scholarship	Ashley McDonald
Raymond C. Buckley Scholarship	Jonathan Cleveland
Emerson & Esther Mitchell Scholarship	Sunah Bong
William M. Frances L. Kelly Scholarship	Nicole Gain
Joe Joseph Award	Kathleen Kelly
Lansing Bobcat Booster Club	Matthew Tucci, Tyler Mattoon, Lydia Warkentin, Ashley Fleming
Lansing Faculty Association Award	Jessica Triant, Kelsey Redmond
Lansing Lion's Club Scholarship	Kristen Beyea, Ashley Weaver, Melinda Jolly, Christopher Sherman, Kari Fenner
Lansing Leo Club Award	Ariel Doan
Lansing Parent Teacher Student Organization Scholarship	Ashley McDonald, Timothy J. Cretney, Christopher Meagher, Chelsea Tucker, Victoria Cutting, Emily Eisenhut
Lansing School Service Association	Brian Vadala, Erica Vadala
Lansing Senior Citizen Organization Scholarship	Sarah Walrad
Lansing Theater & Performing Arts Scholarship	Emily Kaplan
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship	Victoria Cutting
Susan Howell Haring Scholarship	Kyle Armstrong
Stephen A. Kirk Memorial Scholarship	Joshua Barber
Thomas Jones Scholarship	Christopher Sherman
Lansing Star Online Award	Robert Hayes
Lansing Corporate Development Committee	Adam Beckwith
Bruce W. Steel Educational Scholarship Award	Melinda Jolly, Amanda Grover
Beryl R. Reeves Memorial Award	Tyler Crayton, Casey Hagin
Eugene "Charlie" Moon Scholarship	Jonathan Cleveland
Clara Bower Howell Memorial	Mary Catherine Barrett , Erik Rasmussen
Dean & Adeline Weibly Scholarship	Emily Eisenhut
A.C.E. Outstanding Citizen	Robin Presthus
Lansing Alumni Association Awards:
Alumini Award	Erik Rasmussen
Charlotte Howell Award	Kathryn Bland
Marie Musser Award	Martin Keefe
Superintendent's Award	Ashley McDonald
Salutatory Award	Erik Rasmussen
Valedictory Award	Mary Catherine Barrett

"The class of 2010 will leave and has already left a noticeable mark on our small town, Lansing, New York.  We have excelled in the classroom, on the stage, and in the field," Bradford said.  "Next year whether we are Bombers, Panthers, Bearcats, Stags, Big Red, Continental, or any other mascot,  we'll be able to reminisce on, arguably, the best years of our lives which took place in no other location than Lansing, New York."

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