Cardinals leave the nest
Hats? Who needs them?
It was an emotional graduation last Thursday (as they always are!) in Soda Springs, as this year’s Cardinal seniors set in their last mandatory assembly before flipping their tassels and then getting rid of their hats entirely. While the normal weight of the end of the beginning is bound to be emotional, this was also Principal Jess McMurray’s last year in that role, having announced his retirement earlier in the spring.
Senior Class President Degan Stoor welcomed the audience to the long anticipated (at least by the students and their parents) graduation.
Valedictorian Rebekah Ann Evans, and Salutatorian Elizabeth Mabel Beutler gave speeches acknowledging the hard road ahead but celebrating the one behind.
The Senior class presented the school with a picture of the 2025 senior class to be added to those of the previous classes that fill the school.
Catherine Yvonne Walker provided the closing remarks, and was by turns humorous, serious, and consistently mindful to the gravity of the situation.
Principal McMurray spoke briefly for perhaps his last time to a full audience of Soda students and parents, and smiled at reflections on this, his last class of graduates.
Diplomas were handed out by Superintendent Scott Muir and School Board Chair Steven Barker. The Board of Trustees for the School District also includes Vice Chair Sally Jensen, Ben Goode, and Mike Veile.
The Class of 2025 was awarded a scholarship total of $949,199 across a wide variety of university, community, business, organizational, memorial, and other funding sources. A listing of the students receiving scholarship awards will be presented in the future when space allows. The sheer number and diversity of the scholarships earned by Cardinals for the next step in their careers is a great testament to their dedication and abilities!
The Enterprise congratulates the Class of 2025 and wishes them well as they head off on the next stage of their journeys, wherever they may lead them. This is the class that basically started high school in the throes of COVID uncertainty and managed to thrive, so as far as we’re concerned, they can do anything they set their minds to.
