There are 158 members of the Class of 2013.
PALMER – The young men wore blue caps and gowns, the young women wore gold ones – the school colors at Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School – as they received their diplomas Sunday during afternoon graduation exercises at the school.
Concluding their high school years were 158 graduates. Twelve percent of the graduates are heading to four-year colleges while 29 percent are going to two-year schools. Three percent will participate in an apprenticeship program, and 9 percent will join the military. Twenty-six percent of the graduates were heading to jobs while 21 percent were seeking employment.
Among the graduates were 11 National Technical Honor Society members and 38 John and Abigail Adams Scholarship recipients.
The three student speakers were: Matthew Stafford, valedictorian, of Hardwick, from the machine shop program; Bernadette Dineen, salutatorian, of Monson, from the electronics program; and class president Dean Martin Jr., of Ware, from the horticulture program.
Superintendent Gerald L. Paist also addressed the gathering.
Stanley Kapinos, vocational coordinator, presented diplomas.
A special feature of the graduation was a musical interlude performed on violin by Ella Sinigur, a member of the graduating class from the cosmetology program.
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School provides technical education in 14 fields with a service area of more than 25 communities.