June 1, 2017 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 11
Congratulations to Class of BY RENEE NOVITSKY STAFF WRITER
On May 24, approximately 830 seniors graduated from Cherry Creek High School on the field of Stutler Bowl. The class of 2017, the 62nd class to graduate from Creek, is one of the most impressive to leave their mark on this high school. These students had the highest ACT composite score in Cherry Creek history and held 18 state titles. With several students ex-
pecting to attend Ivy League universities like Stanford, Harvard and Cornell, it’s clear that Cherry Creek has prepared them to the best of their ability. Thirty-three seniors were semifinalists to be National Merit scholars and more than 60 percent of the senior class took advanced-placement classes. This was not only a year to celebrate the graduating students, but also the remarkable teachers that guided them through their four
years at Cherry Creek. Nine retiring teachers attended their final graduation. Kathy McInerny, Pam Matthews, James Konrad, Renee Dupont, Jared Parsons, Evelyn Scott, and Dorothy Dady will be greatly missed. These teachers collectively offered more than 130 years of service to Creek. One hundred percent of students have a post graduate plan in place, whether it be joining the military, attending college, taking a gap year or joining the workforce.
2017!
Caps off to Liv Townsend, Sarah Porter, Sami Fischer and Katie Lane. Townsend will attend College of Saint Benedict, Porter is going to Creighton University, Fischer and Lane will stay in state at CSU and CU at Boulder.
Jack Lommen will attend CU at Boulder and Junhyung Shim will attend University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Sean Smith and Marielle Krivit are both moving to California to continue their studies.
Jenna Winocur, who will be attending Cornell University in the fall, with her brother, Michael, attending Arizona State. COURTESY PHOTOS
Caitlin Gleason and Greta Holdheide will both stay in state at Western State University and CU at Denver.
Nick Beran and Brooklyn Drecskel, who will attend BYU- Idaho in the fall.