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Congratulations to theClass of 2015!it was a breezy and beautiful evening on May 30, when the 154young men and women of the class of 2015 officially graduatedfrom Bishop Manogue Catholic High School. Good luck andbest wishes: may you be the Salt of the earth, may you be thelight of the World!Class of 2015 highlights:• Offered $10,020,658 in scholarships• Accepted at more than 120 colleges and universities• Four Military Academy appointments: nicholas Turner andStephen Osborne, united States Military Academy; andCassandra Mcelwee and Christa young, united States AirForce Academy• Commencement speaker: dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell ’97• Valedictorian: emilee Shaheen• Salutatorian: Sarah Pennington• national Merit Scholarship Finalist: Braden Matthews• Special graduation awards: Braden Matthews and laurenMazurowski, Knights of Columbus Citizenship Award;Christa young, diana Meyer Award; Web Charles, PatMonaghan Award; derrick Wang and emma Winkelman,Monsignor Williams Arts Award; Cassidy Crandell andScott Hinxman, Sister Carmen Baca Service Award;Matthew Hendrickson, Father Chuck Campus MinistryAward; Hope McGowan, General excellence Award; ZackaryTeats, Manogue Spirit Award; lauren Mazurowski and elyseZerweck, Morgan rose Matthews Heart of Manogue Award;ian deValliere, Bishop Manogue Award.2 3411 Cassandra McElwee is ready to walk.2 Keynote Speaker Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell ’973 Braden Matthews with diploma in hand.4 Soon-to-be-graduates process to the ceremony.TrAdiTiOn AwArdsAt any given commencement ceremony you can expect pretty much thesame components. There’s a procession. There’s a notable speaker or two.There’s the calling of names. There’s a conferral of diplomas.But every Bishop Manogue Catholic High School commencement has a littlesomething more that we’re very very proud of. At each ceremony we conferwhat we call our Tradition Awards, where current graduates with familymembers who also attended Manogue are called with them to the stage andrecognized. it’s not at all unusual to have three generations of Miners broughttogether during this particularly moving part of the ceremony—a tangible manifestationof the assertion that MAnOGue MeAnS FAMily.1 From left, Heidi Seevers Gansert ’81, MacKenzie Gansert ’11, Kirsten Gansert ’13, and Glenn Gansert ‘152 Riley Azevedo ’15 and Norman Azevedo ‘7912summer 2015 bishopmanogue.org5