CLASS OF 2021 Friday May 28 2021 - COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY - Cotter Schools

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CLASS OF 2021 Friday May 28 2021 - COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY - Cotter Schools
CLASS OF
CONGRATULATIONS,                  2021
   Graduates
                              COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

                                 Friday May 28 2021

      1115 West Broadway
     Winona, MN 55987 USA
      Phone: 507.453.5000
     Web: cotterschools.org
CLASS OF 2021 Friday May 28 2021 - COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY - Cotter Schools
COTTER HIGH SCHOOL   May 28, 2021
                                                                                                                                            CLASS OF 2021
                     Dear Cotter Class of 2021,
                                                                                                                      GRADUATES                               POST-SECONDARY PLANS
                     Congratulations to each of you on this very special day! You have come to today and this
                                                                                                                      Ellie Marie Macal +                  University of Wisconsin Superior
                     graduation through a time unlike any other – a global pandemic. And you have persevered!         Fiona Heather McColl                Minnesota State College Southeast
                     Your teachers, other administrators and I know that these past two years have not been what      Saige Elizabeth McNally                                       Gap Year
                     you hoped for or wanted, and we are so proud of how you have carried on, despite all odds.
                                                                                                                      Grace Elizabeth Miller +                           Belmont University
                     You truly deserve to celebrate!
                                                                                                                      Ian Mark Modjeski +                University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                     Our deepest prayer for you is that the years ahead are filled with adventure, joy,               Dan Linh Pham                                       Purdue University
                     accomplishment, and dreams fulfilled. We also know that the skills you have developed            Milla Puente Infante              Universidad De Las Américas Puebla
                     these past two years will stand you in good stead when you encounter new difficulties and
                                                                                                                      Charles Gallus Reilly +                      Minnesota State - Mankato
                     disappointments. You have all you need to succeed. May you use your gifts and abilities to
                     make the world a better place wherever you are.                                                  Jordan William Rollinger            Minnesota State College Southeast
                                                                                                                      Zander Jay Rusert                        The College of St. Scholastica
                     As you leave Cotter, I would like to offer a final prayer for you using the words of St. Paul:   Francesca Maliah Schewe           Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
                             “For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying
                             for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of God’s will
                                                                                                                      Trinity Mae Schmidtknecht +       Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
                             through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may          Katherine Elizabeth Speltz +     UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts
                             live a life worthy of the Lord and please God in every way: bearing fruit in every       Sophia E. Stango +                             Winona State University
                             good work, growing in the knowledge of God, and being strengthened with all
                                                                                                                      Nathan Peter-Robert Stanislawski                              Gap Year
                             power so that you may have great endurance and patience, and give joyful thanks
                             to the God.” [Colossians 1:9-13]                                                         Maren Grace Stewart +                University of Wisconsin Madison
                                                                                                                      Andrew Joseph Ubl +                 Minnesota State College Southeast
                     Special thanks to your parents, siblings, friends, and relatives who have supported and          Aubrey Marie Williams +                              Drake University
                     encouraged you these past years. May the love and friendship they have given you be a
                                                                                                                      Connor James Yocum                Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
                     source of strength and joy in the years ahead. Always be grateful for all that you have
                     received. Thank you for all that you have given our Cotter community.                            Elaine Xiao Tian Zehr +            University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                                                                                                                      Seongmin Zhang +                   University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                     Congratulations and Best Wishes!                                                                 Zhenhan Zhao +                                               Undecided
                     Sister Judith Schaefer OP, PhD
                                                                                                                      Wenling Zheng                          Indiana University Bloomington

                     Sister Judith Schaefer, O.P., PhD
                     President, Cotter Schools                                                                                                   + 4 Year Honor Roll
COTTER HIGH SCHOOL
                                      CLASS OF 2021
                     GRADUATES
                     Morgan Arnold +
                                                            POST-SECONDARY PLANS
                                                       University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                                                                                                     COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
                     Cale Evan Beckman +                                 Viterbo University
                     Robert Jeffrey Besek +                      Electrician Apprenticeship    PROCESSIONAL                POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, EDWARD ELGAR
                                                                                                                            COTTER BAND, ANDY MEURER, DIRECTOR
                     Freya Louise Brandvik +                                St. Olaf College
                     Colin Michael Cada +                                 Viterbo University
                                                                                               WELCOME              MRS. MARY EILEEN FITCH AND MR. DAVE FORNEY
                     Joseph Michael Costello             Minnesota State College Southeast
                                                                                                                                    PRINCIPALS, COTTER SCHOOLS
                     Abree Anna Dieterman +           Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
                     Ilya Dovhalionok                            St. Cloud State University
                                                                                               INVOCATION                              REVEREND MICHAEL CRONIN
                     Macey Kate Dvorak +                          Colorado State University
                                                                                                                                         PASTOR, ST. MARY'S PARISH
                     Claire Sophia Ebertowski               University of Wisconsin - Stout
                     Cole Allen Ebertowski                   Western Wisconsin Technical
                                                                                               SCRIPTURE READING                                 MATTHEW 6: 24-34
                     Fiona Michael Flanagan +                          Augsburg University                                              LECTOR: MADELINE KOHNER
                     Hannah Jean Graff +                               Creighton University
                     Spencer David Griffin              Minnesota State College Southeast      REFLECTION                      OMNIA SOL (LET YOUR HEART BE STAID),
                     Anthony Joseph Guzzo                                   Cornell College                                                    Z. RANDALL STROOPE
                                                                                                                           COTTER CHOIR, CATHY SNYDER, DIRECTOR
                     Alexis Shannon Hadaway +          University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                     Kellianne Eileen Hadaway +        University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                     Bao Han                                           Saint Leo University    PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL            MULTIPLE LANGUAGES – STUDENTS
                                                                                                                         PLEASE RESPOND: “LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER.”
                     Donghan Kang                                  Rhode Island University
                     Madeline Patrice Kohner +         University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                                                                                               CONGRATULATORY REMARKS             SISTER JUDITH, SCHAEFER, O.P., PHD
                     Siena Lyn Kuehn +                             Winona State University
                                                                                                                                       PRESIDENT, COTTER SCHOOLS
                     Hoang Le                          University of Minnesota Twin Cities
                     David N. Lee                                                Undecided
                     Yuexi Licheng                                    New York University

                                              + 4 Year Honor Roll
COTTER HIGH SCHOOL

                         COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY                                                        CLASS OF 2021
                     VALEDICTORIAN COMMENTS           CLASS OF 2021 VALEDICTORIANS
                                                                                        VALEDICTORIANS           Morgan Arnold*, Abree Dieterman*,
                                                                                                                        Hannah Graff*, Grace Miller,
                     STUDENT OF THE YEAR                            MAREN STEWART                                Trinity Schmidtknecht, Andrew Ubl,
                                                                                                                               and Aubrey Williams*

                     COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER                          STEVEN MCGLAUN                                       *Distinguished Valedictorians
                                                                                                                   6 or more credits of honors courses

                     PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES              MRS. MARY EILEEN FITCH
                     AND                                           MR. DAVE FORNEY
                                                                                        STUDENT OF THE YEAR                            Maren Stewart
                     CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS             PRINCIPALS, COTTER SCHOOLS

                                                    SISTER JUDITH SCHAEFER, O.P., PHD
                                                         PRESIDENT, COTTER SCHOOLS

                                                                 MRS. SARA GABRICK      NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY                                   Gold
                                                  CHAIR, COTTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                                                                        AP SCHOLAR                                             White

                     BLESSING OF GRADUATES               REVEREND MICHAEL CRONIN        AP SCHOLAR with HONOR                       White/Royal Blue
                                                          PASTOR, ST. MARY'S PARISH

                     RECESSIONAL             FANFARE AND FLOURISHES, JAMES CURNOW
                                               COTTER BAND, ANDY MEURER, DIRECTOR
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