JCN Graduating Class of 2010
by Gary D. Bedigrew, JCN Principal
On the afternoon of May 22nd, it was my privilege to host the Graduation Ceremonies for the Class of 2010 at Jefferson County North. Under the direction of Mrs. Tammy Gigstad and student director Elizabeth Wolfe, the Jefferson County North band began to play “Pomp and Circumstance” at two o’clock in the afternoon. As the music began, forty-nine accomplished young people began to march into the gymnasium, an event in which all would see them receive their diplomas during the graduation ceremony. The JCN valedictorians, Sara Navinskey, Michael Preut, Laura Wallace, Molly Lyon, and Jessica Benner delivered a group presentation of special words of encouragement and great joy at being a part of the Class of 2010. These student speakers were followed by the seniors’ choice for guest speaker – Mr. John Moore, a JCN Social Science teacher, who had been an important part of the seniors’ lives during their middle and high school years.
What followed was one of the things that makes graduation at JCN so special – the Senior Morph Show. As each student was announced, a progression of photographs was projected onto the wall behind the stage. Forty-nine sets of toddlers were digitally morphed into early teens and then finally into the magnificent young ladies and gentlemen about to receive their diplomas. Dr. Tim Marshall, with the assistance of school board members Ron Langston, Karen Edmonds and Jim Bodenheimer, presented each graduate with a diploma, a handshake, and a proud smile.
The In-House Training Class led by Mrs. Ann Hutchinson then presented a senior slide show of some of the special moments and memories of their time at JCN, thus ending their childhood years passing them into adulthood to take their prominent place in society.
As the ceremony came to an end and the newly graduated students marched out of the gymnasium, I was once again taken back to the memories of a group of special young students who stole my heart during their year at the elementary middle school, where I also was honored to host their Promotion Ceremony to JCNHS. God bless you Class of 2010 and always remember your home away from home, Jefferson County North.
