Champlain Valley Union High School Principal Adam Bunting said strength is the word for this yearâs graduates.
A moment in their first year at school indicated to him how strong the Class of 2021 would be.
During freshman year at the winter carnival, when the school gets together to celebrate and the classes compete against each other with cheers, dances and performances on the Friday before the winter break, one person in the class got up to sing â solo.
âThis ninth grader had the courage to stand up in front of 1,300 of her peers. Most of them were upperclassmen,â Bunting said. âA ninth grader just by herself, solo, captivating the entire school in this moment where all of the upperclassmen had their cell phones out with their lights on, to me it was like announcing the arrival of this class of ninth graders.â