Ryan Creegan
Staff Writer
When the class of 2011 is listening to the speeches on June 3rd, it will surely seem to be an aggravating stall tactic between getting their diplomas and celebrating. As graduation quickly approaches many of the seniors wonder who will be the graduation speaker for the class.
The selection was not simple. Both class advisors, Sean O’Leary and Kristen Stamp, as well as Principal Jim Antonelli and Dean Robert Ware were on the committee to choose this important person.
At first anyone was allowed to show up with a speech but eventually it was narrowed down, first to six and then to three contenders. These three public speakers include Sarah Goode, Jillian Furcillo, and Mindy Zhang.
“Even whittling down to three was very difficult,” said O’Leary.
O’Leary and Stamp both emphasized how all the speakers demonstrated excellent skills and had interesting topics. In the agonizing decision making process that followed, the committee met 3 times in a week. In the end Jillian Furcillo was chosen because she demonstrated a little more conviction and her message was a little more appealing overall.
Of course senior class president Christie Basinas will speak to her class, one that she has lead for three of their four high school years. She will speak on the dreams and ambition that will drive her class in the years to come.
