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