Not least of the challenges the class had faced was the pandemic and all it entailed.īeyond Saturday's police presence, which one observer said added "an odd atmosphere," the ceremony went off as planned, with speeches by the Valedictorian (Matthew Sandritter) and Salutatorian (Doublas DiGregorio) and a Senior Oratory by Cameron Holland, ranked third in the class. One police officer said that during a debriefing after the Thursday threat and search, D'Alleva had asked Village and Sheriff's officials if graduation should be delayed, but they all said it shouldn't - that the members of this graduating class "had gone through enough" in their journey to the ceremony and to their diplomas. School Superintendent Kai D'Alleva praised the police officers afterward, saying that "without them, we're not doing this." And he waved his arm at the gathering of hundreds of spectators and the 74 graduates milling about on the athletic field, taking photos and congratulating one another. Police were located at entrances, at either end of the field, and on its sides - including two men on the school roof west of the ceremony. WATKINS GLEN, J- Seventy-two seniors were presented their diplomas Saturday morning at the annual Commencement Exercises at Watkins Glen High School - under an atmosphere of heightened security.įollowing the phone threat Thursday to the high school that warned of shooting violence - and prompted a lockdown, perimeter search and extensive interior search of the school campus - armed Village Police and Schuyler County Sheriff's Department personnel were positioned at various locations Saturday around the graduation-ceremony site: the school's Alumni Field, where rows of chairs were filled by spectators in front of the bleachers. Members of the Class of 2022 cross the athletic field on the way to their ceremony seats. ![]() To go to Jim Guild's Famous Brands website, click onĬontact Sharon Owens on Facebook, Messenger A Memorial Service will be held in Vermont later in the summer.For more information, click on the ad below.Ĭlick here or on the logo above to reach the S.A.F.E. Donations in her name may be made to Wilmot Cancer Center at Strong Memorial Hospital. Please meet her family at the entrance to White Haven Memorial Park at 9:45 AM to be escorted to Bluebird Meadow. Her burial will be in the Bluebird Meadow at White Haven Memorial Park on Wednesday, June 7, at 10:00 AM. Aram Hezel and Carol Lustig and the caring staff of the Wilmot Cancer Center during Marcia's eighteen month battle against pancreatic cancer.Ĭalling will be on Tuesday June 6th from 4:00 - 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Marcia's many friends will miss her, particulary Barbara and David Durfee, Donna and Michael Goldberg and Anne Neilans, all of whom provided care and comfort during this difficult time. Her colleagues remember her fondly as a mentor and a dedicated professional who worked diligently to improve the schools in which she worked. ![]() Marcia was a speech-language pathologist and worked for many years at the Hillside Children's Center and the Rochester City School District. Marcia was also a grandmother to Miles and Rhys Fallon ( Abraham and Belinda Smith Fallon ) and Isaac and Julian Fallon ( Benjamin Fallon and Liz Chimienti), all of whom will greatly miss her presence in their lives. She is also survived by her mother, Lucille her loving husband, Charles her sons her sisters, MaryLee ( Phil ) Biathrow, Stacey ( Ted ) Kegelman, Dixie Paradis brothers, Carl ( Heidi ) and Trace ( Anne )Tancreti and her grandchildren, Cora, Colby and their mother ( Heather ), Parker, Grayson and Karen and numerous nieces and nephews. Marcia was the beloved mother of Ross ( Laura ) Sealton of CT and Seth Sealton of Pittsford. ![]() Fallon of East Rochester, NY on Jat age 67.
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