Loranger graduates receive over half a million dollars in scholarships.

HAMMOND—High School Graduation Day and the uniquely American “right of passage” it represents finally came Thursday night for 93 Loranger High School

students. Graduates, administrators, faculty and staff, parents, and special guests gathered at the University Center on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University to celebrate and honor the Class of 2006.
    Honor graduate and class treasurer, Megan Faunce, opened the ceremony with some word of inspiration and following the National Anthem, honor graduate and class president, Tico Polkey offered words of welcome.
    Class salutatorian, Scott Overmier, gave a salute to all the parents and this was followed by a stirring performance of You Raise Me Up by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham by honor graduate, Joshua Scuderi accompanied by Ms. Denise Roper on the flute and Ms. Bobbette Davis on the piano. The Loranger High School band then performed Out of this World by John Williams.
    Valedictorians Megan Lanier, Whitney Lyons, Katy Morse and Brittany Wilkinson each offered an address that reflected their perspective on the past, the present,

A SMILE FROM TICO—Class president, Tico Polkey, is all smiles after receiving his diploma.

and dreams for the future. In the final address, Ms. Morse borrowed a quote from Henry David Thoreau and challenged her class to “go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you have imagined. ”
    Numerous awards and scholarships were presented that totaled over half a million dollars. Over forty percent of the graduates achieved honor status or higher making this group of graduates an outstanding academic class. Along with the numerous scholarship awards given, Brittanie Alston and Terry Wall received athletic scholarships for their achievements in basketball and football respectively.
    Following the singing of the Loranger Alma Mater, Ms. Alston offered the closing thoughts and then graduates tossed hats in the air as they made their exit to the class song, So Far Away.
    Webmaster note: Congrats to the Class of 2006! This class will always be special to me because it was my first graduating class since I started doing the school website. Thanks for making me feel welcome on campus. I enjoyed serving you, and I look forward to hearing about your continued success.