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Under 90-Degree Skies, CCS

Graduates 77 Seniors, Plus 2

On a 90-degree day, with an occasional cloud bringing temporary relief, Cooperstown Central School today graduated 77 seniors, plus exchange students Paula Fernandez and Romain Pelissier. Against the backdrop of Otsego Lake and Star Field, the four top scholars – in top photo, from left, Alexandra Russo, Sylvia Johnson, Abigail LeCates and Kristin Ratliff – retrace their school days by discussing four literary works: “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Ratliff), “Romeo And Juliet” (Johnson), “Lord of the Flies” (LeCates) and “Catcher in the Rye” (Russo). Center left, a smiling Ken Roberts heads off to a stint in the Air Force, beginning July 5. (Joseph Peterson is already in the wild blue yonder.) Center right, graduate Christopher Fleming is congratulated by dad Kevin and mom Lisa, as admiring younger relatives look on. Below left, school board President Theresa Russo presents daughter Alexandra with her diploma, as elementary Principal Anne Mecciarello does to daughter Elizabeth Olmstead, bottom right. (High School Principal Mike Cring, at what may be his final graduation – he expects to accept a job downstate in a few days – surprised Mecciarello by calling her up to the dais at Elizabeth reached the front of the queue. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
On a 90-degree day, with an occasional cloud bringing temporary relief, Cooperstown Central School today graduated 77 seniors, plus exchange students Paula Fernandez and Romain Pelissier, on the lawn behind The Fenimore Art Museum. Against the backdrop of Otsego Lake and Star Field, the four top scholars – in top photo, from left, Alexandra Russo, Sylvia Johnson, Abigail LeCates and Kristin Ratliff – retrace their school days by discussing four literary works: “To Kill a Mockingbird” (Ratliff), “Romeo And Juliet” (Johnson), “Lord of the Flies” (LeCates) and “Catcher in the Rye” (Russo). Center left, a smiling Ken Roberts heads off to a stint in the Air Force, beginning July 5. (Joseph Peterson is already in the wild blue yonder.) Center right, graduate Christopher Fleming is congratulated by dad Kevin and mom Lisa, as admiring younger relatives look on. Below left, school board President Theresa Russo presents daughter Alexandra with her diploma, as elementary Principal Anne Mecciarello does to daughter Elizabeth Olmstead, bottom right. High School Principal Mike Cring surprised Mecciarello by calling her up to the dais as Elizabeth reached the front of the queue. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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