Thursday, Jun. 11, 2009
Celebrating graduation at Leffingwell High School
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closeThe morning of June 3 started out rather cool and gloomy; the marine layer created a canopy of drab gray and a chance of rain was forecast for the day.
Perhaps it was the warm, smiling faces of the 150 or so parents and friends of the 12 graduates at Leffingwell Continuation High School that chased away the gray and provided a bright and sunny afternoon for the graduation ceremony. It was indeed a lovely afternoon.
Principal Bob Watt introduced Valedictorian Tom Funderberg and Salutatorian Daphne Faison and then teachers gave brief descriptions of backgrounds and experiences of the remaining graduates.
Leffingwell is a source of many interesting, inspirational stories. A continuation school provides a program for students with various circumstances. Some are homeless; others wish to graduate ahead of their regular high school class. Schedule variations are not always available at a typical high school.
As was noted by teacher Sandi Pound, “Some of our students do not always take the straightest road, but they are always moving forward. This is why I have so enjoyed teaching at Leffingwell for nine years.”
Other school personnel include Sherry Aguilar, Patti Stroh, Steve Dunn and John Chisler.
A proud milestone for 2009 is the first senior, Lindsay Glenn, who graduated from the Cambria Community Day School, founded 11 years ago.
It is fair to say that staff at Leffingwell and similar schools must be flexible and quite dedicated, but the rewards are profound, they say.
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