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Last Wednesday, June 5, twenty eighth-graders graduated from Valley School of Ligonier. The ceremony began with music played by the Upper School orchestra led by Mrs. Debbie Mewherter and a procession of all Valley School faculty and staff, followed by the school administration and, finally, the graduates filed into the auditorium. Dr. Jon Strecker greeted the graduates, their families, current students, and the community to the Vasu Gutti Performing Arts Stage for commencement. Rev. Bryan Jarrell from Epiphany Anglican Fellowship in Ligonier gave a blessing. The classmates sang “Count On Me” by Bruno Mars accompanied on the piano by Mr. Brian Jinks. Three students performed a song that they composed and wrote lyrics for as a wish for their classmates’ future life journeys.

 

Last summer, the Valley School Athletics department worked to design and install the Wall of Distinction near the locker rooms in the gymnasium. Coach Rohrer’s vision for the Wall of Distinction is to highlight the Valley School alumni who have gone on to play college athletics at the Division 1, 2, or 3 level. There are currently twenty-five Valley School alumni who are honored on the Wall of Distinction. Each athlete’s plaque features a photo of the alum playing their sport, high school graduation year, the name of the college or university attended, and sport(s) played. Ten different collegiate-level sports are represented on the Wall of Distinction, including baseball, basketball, crew, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, tennis, track and field/cross country, soccer, and softball. Three athletes who are featured on the wall played two collegiate-level sports in their careers.

 

 

Our seventh- and eighth-grade Upper School students performed a handbell concert with a winter theme, hosted by the McCarl Coverlet Gallery on the campus of Saint Vincent College on Monday, January 22. 

 

Chris DeRose ’00, along with his team at CBS Pittsburgh, recently accepted an Emmy Award. The team was nominated and won the prized Emmy Award for their television coverage of the Norfolk Southern freight train derailment, with the train carrying hazardous materials, in East Palestine, OH that occurred this past February 2023. Valley School of Ligonier congratulates Chris on winning this prestigious Emmy award!

 

 

Ski Fridays is a long-standing winter tradition for over forty years that has been an excellent way to strengthen our Valley Community outside school hours.

Valley School of Ligonier recently honored Mrs. Johny DeRose for her dedicated years of service to our school community.