Woodland Park High School has chosen two outstanding seniors to represent the Class of 2021 with graduation speeches through a new process devised by a student task force.
Top honor students had the opportunity to submit a short statement on why they should be considered to write a speech. Of the statements submitted, five semifinalists were asked to submit a speech for consideration to the WPHS administration. From these five students, the administration chose two who best represent the class.
Selected to speak at the May 28 graduation were Mycah Quevillon and Andrew Graber, both of the Divide area, who have attended schools in the Woodland Park School District their entire school careers. Both attended Summit Elementary School.
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Twenty‐five years ago, long before I became a college president, I was hurrying to meet with the CEO of an oil company to discuss the possibility of his funding a scholarship for violin students. He was the chairman of a foundation that provided financial support for violin study. We’d never met. But I was head of the School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin not exactly riffraff and this moment had been months in the making. We said hello, shook hands and sat down to talk.
“I had no idea you were Black,” he said.
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