Monthly Archives: June 2011

Marshall Pauling Graduating Class of 2011

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I am so proud! I will scan the graduation booklet and post it up here, or maybe just email it to Melissa, but it was nice to see our SRINQ students all over it. Intro, Valedictorians, Senior Video, and changing of the tassels all SRINQ students.

I am really sad that Marshall is closing forever, and it seems like this is how it is working with public schools. You get really invested and really love the students and the school, but then it closes. Such a frustrating thing when this school is the epitome of idealistic ethnic and religious diversity. Marshall is a utopia for the multi-cultural canvas that is America, and it is closing because of bureaucracy and budget cuts. At the same time, as educators and mentors, we cannot let these frustrations cloud our goals, and we cannot forget the reason we are doing this to begin with. The students. With or without Marshall, these students, these young adults are still going to be a success and still going to be strong and courageous.

Thank you Senior Inquiry, particularly at Pauling, for giving me a chance to have good memories of high school!