South Hadley High School grads adapted, persevered through pandemic
South Hadley’s class of 2021 valedictorian Grant Petrosky leads his fellow classmates during their commencement ceremony at the Mass Mutual Center Friday, June 4. STAFF PHOTO/LUIS FIELDMAN
Published: 6/4/2021 9:07:43 PM
SPRINGFIELD — South Hadley High School valedictorian Grant Petrosky estimated that his fellow classmates spent a collective 3,125 days in virtual class during the pandemic. Yet he focused his commencement speech on Friday evening on the adaptability of this year’s graduates, and how it will serve them in the future.
“To go through life is to encounter unknown situations,” Petrosky said standing on a stage at Mass Mutual Center, the venue for the high school’s commencement ceremony. Quoting Albert Einstein, he said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”