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Valley News - Dartmouth seniors shed masks to celebrate graduation

HANOVER — Thousands of Dartmouth College students and their families braved the hot sun above Memorial Field during a four-hour graduation ceremony on Sunday in which the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic was also much in evidence.“This was a really hard...

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LinkedIn CEO to new grads: 'It's not mandatory to know what you want right after graduation'

Ryan Roslansky is the CEO of LinkedIn. He says the pandemic has accelerated rapid changes in the workplace, and people will need to keep learning to keep up.

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Smith Academy fetes 26 grads at 145th commencement

HATFIELD — Claire Bennett, valedictorian of Smith Academy’s class of 2021, calls the school a “little single-story building with orange and green carpets.” Over the past six years, she says, it has also become a home. “I know you well enough to know...

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Holyoke's Dean Tech graduates 40: Students praised for their resilience

By STEPHEN FAYHOLYOKE — The 40 graduates of Holyoke’s Dean Technical High School were given a rousing sendoff Friday evening by family, faculty, administrators and admirers. Taking note of the pandemic-disrupted school year, speaker after speaker...

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Northampton High School grads ready to make a difference

NORTHAMPTON — It was only on May 17 that Northampton High School returned to full in-person learning, a milestone after the COVID-19 pandemic had swept the country and region for some 14 months. And already on Friday evening, the class of 2021 was...

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South Hadley High School grads adapted, persevered through pandemic

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.”

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Calm amid chaos, 56 Gateway grads forge ahead

HUNTINGTON – For a year that featured so much change, the graduation ceremony at Gateway Regional High School was somewhat of a point of normalcy.As is traditionally the case, the ceremony was held outside on school grounds. Speakers addressed the...

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'Stand tall, walk proud': Smith Voke holds 2 outdoor graduation ceremonies

‘Stand tall, walk proud’: Smith Voke holds 2 outdoor graduation ceremonies
Noemi Vega waves to the crowd after receiving her diploma at the Smith Vocational graduation Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Erick Hernandez gives a fist bump to Elizabeth Flores, a senior class advisor, after receiving his diploma at the Smith Vocational graduation Thursday night, June 3, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Seth Reed lets his 1-year old daughter, Riley Reed, hold his diploma at the Smith Vocational graduation Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Seth Reed lets his 1-year old daughter, Riley Reed, hold his diploma at the Smith Vocational graduation Thursday night, June 3, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

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From Haiti to Howard: Holyoke twins land 4-year scholarships

HOLYOKE — The pilgrimage of Holyoke twins Angela and Thamarre Laroche — from poverty in Haiti to four-year scholarships to Howard University — has been as arduous as it is remarkable. And it’s not over yet.Getting into college is tough enough,...

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PVPA graduates 57 pandemic-tested 'scholars and artists'

SOUTH HADLEY — Students at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School haven’t seen the inside of the school — save for a few half-days last semester — for 15 months. But that wasn’t an issue for this year’s senior class.At the school’s...

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