The Graduate(s)

I have one word for you - CONGRATULATIONS!!

Don Roman announces that his son, Donovan, graduated from Mount Pleasant High School on June 4 with an International Baccalaureate degree.

For those of us scratching our heads, your editor appropriated this information from the IB website:  "Founded in 1968, the International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation offering four highly respected programmes of international education that develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills needed to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world."

Donovan will attend RIT in the fall to study environmental engineering.  Here is a photo of Donovan (#7) with the other seniors on the Knights varsity lacrosse team at their last game. 

Katie Murphy, daughter of Jennifer and Don Murphy, graduated May 13 from high school.  Here is a photo of Katie with mom, dad and brother Keenan.

On June 13, Emilie Kestner, daughter of your faithful editor, finished up her studies at Abilene Christian University in Texas, receiving her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Judy and Joe drove to Abilene from Corpus Christi, a six-and-a-half-hour drive, the night before the ceremony.  The next day, a flat tire on Emilie's car, necessitating the purchase of a new one, and the steep climb to the nosebleed section of the Moody Coliseum on campus seemed like omens, but the 3:00 event went off without a hitch.

Emilie will finish up some requirements over the summer, take her licensure exam on July 20 and be ready for those job offers to start pouring in (and so will her parents...)!