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53 Graduating from CMHS in the Class of 2025

Anderson, Alex
Arnold, Shayna
Arthur, Brealle
Bell, Madison
Bird, Ian
Boak, Ashlyn
Bunner, Alexis
Burch, Eliza
Butler, Noah
Carper, Riley
Carter, Maycee
Church, Landon
Collins, Leland
Contreras, Luis
Dickey, Nickolas
Francis, Gabriel
Frederick, Mariah
Fulks, David II
Gerlach, Rylie
Golf, Sydney
Hall, Mikenlee
Hawkins, Dalton
Heiney, Carlie
Holcomb, Natalie
Jarvis, Cameron
Johnson, Allie
Kelley, Laina
King, Jessica
Lane, Gunnar
Lovejoy, Lauren
Marks, Daniel
Marks, Jacob
McCormick, Kayden
Muniz, Parker
Nettles, Lindsey
Nicholas, Abigail
Phillips, Brayden
Roberts, Luke
Rook, Dakotah
Sampson, Joseph
Sampson, Tyler
Smith, Shawn
Snider, Mason
Starcher, Sarah
Steward, Jeffrey
Tingler, Logan
Villines, Alexis
Waldron, Abagail
Warner, Landon
Welch, Addison
Williams, Emily
Wood, Brayden
Wright, Abigail

As the 2025 Graduating Class of Calhoun Middle High School prepares to chart their course outside the gates of what is soon to be their alma mater, Ridgeview News offers this advice to each one.

Up until this point in your life, most everything about your day was planned by either a parent, or instructor. But the morning after your graduation day, (unless you’re already employed) you are officially in charge of determining what the contents of that day will hold.

These words are from my heart, especially #3, of which I am one.

  1. Call home often
  2. Don’t chase money – chase purpose
  3. Talk to and Listen to Old People
  4. Value your health
  5. When a door opens, don’t run… take it slow… it might be a basement.
  6. Find a church to call your own
  7. Try new things (especially foods)
  8. Remember how someone hurt you, and never do that to anyone else.
  9. Keep someone who made a difference in your life updated on how it’s going. They’d like to know.
  10. Make your bed every day, you’ll feel accomplished.
  11. Don’t treasure stuff – the value depreciates, and it all gathers dust. Treasure things that breathe and love.
  12. If you don’t like your job, think of it as a training ground for your dreams and look for the good in it.
  13. Leave every place you go better for you having been there.
  14. Get uncomfortable. Comfort makes you lazy.
  15. Wear where you’re from as a badge of honor, the good and bad made you who you are… strong!
  16. Life isn’t always fair, but you can be fair in how you deal with things and feel good about yourself.
  17. Don’t expect things handed to you, but when they are, always say thank you.
  18. Leave drama at the High School.
  19. Impress people with your maturity… at least until you get home at night.
  20. Always vote. It matters. You matter.

Some of those words are pretty serious… but they’re words I wish I had taken note of.

Ridgeview News wishes every graduate, especially my two grandsons and great niece, success in all you endeavor to do. God bless you and your family on this most memorable of occasions!



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