White Mountain VFW Auxiliary 2520 President Colleen Pierce presented $500 scholarship awards to two deserving Berlin High School students. Kyra Woodward and Mickailey Walsh were selected by the Auxiliary Scholarship Committee as a result of outstanding essays they presented. They both have veterans in their family as well. (COURTESY PHOTOS)
BERLIN â The smallest graduating class in school history celebrated the highs and lows of its school years during commencement exercises Friday afternoon. For the second consecutive year, graduation ceremonies were held outside on Gaydo Field in the shadow of Mounts Forist and Jasper.
Class President Kyra Woodward lead the procession in and graduate Nicole Reynolds sang the national anthem.
In his welcoming remarks, Berlin Middle High School Principal Michael Kelley promised to avoid the term âCOVID-19â but noted the Class 2021 had endured both a school reorganization and a pandemic in their final years at high school.
âItâs certainly been a tumultuous two years for the young men and women in front of us,â he said.
BERLIN — Berlin Middle High School Valedictorian Kyra Woodward and Salutatorian Kelly McCormick are good friends and, with their classmates, have endured more than a year of unpredictability due to