Farming Poll: Part II

As you can see, I have a new poll entered and I encourage you to vote. The Emperor still doesn't "get it". Please vote and make sure that he and his accomplices know that you are tired of his egotistical ways.

If you vote one of the "do what's right for the kids" options, that's fine, but why don't you let us know what you think is the "right" thing to do.

The 110th and Next to Last Graduating Class

Last night the next to last (penultimate, for those sesquipedalians out there) graduating class from Morrisville High School was presented with their diplomas.

Apparently the class of 2009 will be receiving walking papers.

Kudos to Superintendent Yonson and the institution of the Edward H. Frankenfield Memorial Award. A good man like that deserves to be remembered by the measure of a student's service to others. It's too bad that his memory is being trampled upon by the likes of the Emperor and Angry Al as they seek to dismantle the community they claim to be protecting.

Congratulations and best wishes to the Class of 2008.

Take a look at the statistics from these young women and men. Why is this school board trying to push them away? Why aren't their achievements and successes being celebrated?

Taking lessons into the future
“As we leave here, we should remember the lessons we learned and use them to the best of our ability,” one speaker said.
By MANASEE WAGH

While Morrisville High School’s graduating class was small, its seniors truly enjoyed the close-knit community they formed.

That was the consensus of many of the 73 graduates at Wednesday evening’s commencement ceremony on the high school grounds.

“It’s nice. You get to talk to everyone and you know everyone,” said graduate Ashley Woodhouse.

This year marked the 110th commencement of a high school in which teachers could connect with a small student body on a more personal level, said several students. Salutatorian Lauren Ramos, who’s planning a career in forensics, thanked several of her teachers for guiding her through the trials of four years of high school and for making learning fun.

“As we leave here, we should remember the lessons we learned and use them to the best of our ability,” she told her classmates.

The speaker giving the commencement address this year, sportscaster Don Tollefson, garnered much applause from listeners for his words of inspiration.

“Never let a single human being tell you there’s something you cannot do,” he told students. Tollefson brought up the Democratic election as an example of how minorities Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama bucked tradition to run for the White House.

He also advised them that failure is “a stepping stone,” and that they should never give up.

As a tribute to the graduates’ community involvement, Morrisville Superintendent Elizabeth Yonson introduced an award in honor of recently deceased school board member, Edward Frankenfield.

“He contributed to the community in so many ways,” said Yonson. With Frankenfield’s wife and son, she presented graduate Sarah O’Connor with the honorary Edward H. Frankenfield Memorial Award for many hours of volunteer service with a variety of community services and organizations.

Presenting one graduate with the award plaque and a monetary gift will become an annual tradition, said Yonson.

This year’s class earned nearly 6,000 hours of community service altogether.

Senior class President Justin Howell said that the community and the schools are closely connected in Morrisville.

“I’ll always feel I’m part of the community here,” he said. “We can move on with the knowledge that we can be proud of our hometown and we have a hometown that’s proud of us.”

Morrisville High School

Graduates: 73

National Honor Society members: 3

Valedictorian: Matthew Miller

Salutatorian: Lauren Ramos

Student speakers: Justin Howell (President of Class), Brittany Caldwell (Vice President), Christina Doan (Secretary), Andrew Brake (Treasury)

Percent going on to higher education: 81

Percent going into the military: 1

Percent going to the workforce: 18

Amount of scholarship money offered (to entire class; not just the amount accepted; this is the total amount offered) $257,734

Number of community service hours (by the entire class of "08): 5,933 hours

Noteworthy accomplishments of the graduating class: The seniors organized a charity Powder Puff Football Game for a local family whose daughter had cancer; Bicentennial Athletic League Championships in softball and baseball; 31 seniors earned 197 dual enrollment college credits.

Student Farming Plan Back on the Agenda

It looks like last night's Morrisville High School class of 2008 is shaping up to be the next to last MHS class.

What is it with these two and what do they have against the Morrisville school system? Here's two bitter and angry men out for destruction. Remember the January board meeting where the Emperor even conceded that "he got it" and the community did not want the high school students tuitioned out?

Private Morrisville High?
Posted in News on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm by Columnist Kate Fratti

Continuing their investigation into privatizing Morrisville High School, school board directors Bill Hellmann and Al Radosti met with a Delaware Valley High School representative Tuesday afternoon.They seem to have given up hope of any merger with neighboring Pennsbury. So, by September 2009, some board members hope to have closed at least one grade school, maybe two, and consolidated all grades in the middle/senior high school building. That is unless, by then they’ve been able to tuition high-schoolers out to another district or to Delaware Valley High School at substantial reductions in cost per student. In that case, the current high school building would hold just K-8.

DVH is best known for educating at-risk kids, but President Dave Shulick has said it is accredited and experienced in regular education that could be provided in or near Morrisville.