Gratitude.
That was the message Lauren Hilley focused on throughout her commencement speech Saturday, highlighting how grateful the Moffat County High School Class of 2021 and its parents and family members were to be able to celebrate in person after two difficult years filled with changes and fear of the unknown.
Hilley spoke on gratitude to her fellow classmates, parents in the stands, the Moffat County Board of Education behind her, and the faculty and staff members at the high school, all of whom played a key role in getting the Class of 2021 back into the building for their final year, a year they’ve worked so hard to get to.
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Moffat County High School at night. (Max O’Neill / Craig Press)
The challenges of remote instruction has led to lower student grades this academic year at Moffat County High and Craig Middle schools, district officials say. The high school currently has 46 students in credit recovery programs at the alternative school.
Students are encouraged to attend the alternative school when they are a year behind in terms of credits earned. With an 8-to-1 student to teacher ratio and individual goals for each student to reach graduation, the alternative school can help provide more individual student instruction and guidance.
“So often those kids stay until they graduate or stay until they get caught up with their peers, whichever comes first. So, right now we have 46 kids and we’ve probably placed 20 new kids this year,” MCHS principal Sarah Hepworth said. “We generally don’t place freshmen, so those are sophomores, juniors and seniors that were behind.”