2009 RCHS graduates challenged to soar

Frank Denzler

Twelve years of homework, challenges, growth and friendships came full circle and, in some cases with a few tears, as the 2009 graduating class of Rushville Consolidated High School walked out of Memorial Gymnasium Sunday afternoon to begin the next chapter of their lives.

“I did this for me, but it couldn’t be done without all of you,” class Salutatorian Kathryn Walke said to her classmates.

One by one classmates walked in front of their peers, family and friends to accept a handshake and diploma from Rush County Schools Superintendent Dr. John Williams and other RCS board members.

The 148 classmates met for the last time as high school students as they prepared for the various directions their lives will take them.

Class president Denise Amos class, vice-president Jessica Neeb, secretary Jessica Cole, treasurer C.J. West, Walke and class Valedictorian Amy Bare and Barry Swigart (who read the class poem) delivered short speeches or spoke of events and those individuals and educators that were instrumental in their education and influenced their years in the halls of RCHS.

“Our choices in life have only just began. Remember these moments, remember your family and remember your friends,” Amos said.

Those sentiments were echoed by Williams, who encouraged the young adults to seek their own answers to life’s challenges and questions. He also challenged them to seek and reach higher in the years ahead.

“I challenge you to spread your wings, look to the horizons and fly,” Williams said.

According to principal Matt Vance, something new was added to this year’s graduation event; for the first time students chose three teachers to read the names of graduating students. The chosen educators were Language Arts teachers Keith Perin, Jennie Tague and Jan Thoman.



Class of 2009

Morgan Nicole Abrams, Denise Michelle Amos, Nicholas Michael Allen Baker, Amy Leigh Bare, Brandy LeAnn Barrow, Kaitlyn Rose Bergen, Jessica LeeAnn Bostic, Samantha Kaye Bostic, Jessee Marie Brammer, Ethan Robert Brown, Lindsay Catherine Bullard, Angel Marie Burton, Mitchell Lawrence Cain, Melissa Ann Callahan, Sarah Elizabeth Carfield, Ross A. Carr, Karak Cassidy, Crystal Lynn Caudell, Jessica Lee Cole, Zachary S. Comer, Christopher Edward Counceller, Rebecca Elizabeth Craven, LaShaya Dawnje Crowdus, Amber Nicole Dorrel, Myles Samuel Downhour, Caleb Bryce Drake, Shea Kennan Driver, Keith Erin Duncan, Nathan Daniel Duncan, Joseph Edward Edenfield, Brooke Ashley Edwards, Heather Lynne Egerton, Adam Ellis, Kristen Marie Ellis, Eric Kristopher Elwell, Sarah Elizabeth Fey, Chanse Michael Ford, Olivia Paige Froman, Jonathon Alan James Gahimer, Bryce Ethan Gardner, Daniel A. Geise, Clayton K. Green, Cain Matthew Grocox II, Shane Donavon Gurley, Jessica Ruth Halterman, Abigail Rae Harcourt, Anthony S. Harcourt, Allison Ann Harpring, Ryan David Harvey, Ashley Dawn Hensley, Daniel Joseph Herbert, Johnathon Ryan Herbert, Curtis Patrick Hilt, William Christopher Hodge, Quincy O. Hodson, Benjamin Anthony Hoeing, Adam Gregory Holstein, Jackson Blaine Hubbell, Susan Anne Hudnall, Jordan L. Huffer, Blayne Eugene Huffman, Crystal Dawn Huffman, Michelle Lyn Hutchinson, Amanda Nichole Jones, Bobbie Joann Jones, Craig Allan Jones, Whitney Anne Keith, Lauren Alexa Kopf, Danielle M. Kuhn, Morgan Faye Laird, Heath Christopher Laker, Lexy Allyn Laker, Brittney Kay Leising, Jeremy Scott Lemmons, Danielle Elizabeth Letzler, Curtis Douglas Lower, Sadie Marie Lukens, Baylley Lundy, Rebecca Ann Malcom, David Marlatt, Kaylee Brooke Marlatt, Cassandra Louise Martindale, Angela Renee Mays, Kevin Lee McCallister, Shane Allen McCane, Douglas Andrew McConnell, Kyle Raymond McDaniel, Shelby Nicole McDonald, Amanda Leann Miller, Jordan Moffett, Kirsten Nicole Mohler, Lindsay Morgan Montgomery, Linzi Aileen Moore, Shana Lynn Myers, Jessica Leigh Neeb, Ryan Joseph Neeb, Jordan Kyle Nester, Joshua Aaron Neth, Stephanie Ann Neuman, Brittany Mikah Newhouse, Sarah Elizabeth Niedenthal, Hannah Joy Nigh, Allie Renne Northcutt, Caleb Eugene Ochsenrider, Hillary Kay Orme, Justin Reeves Orme, Dalton Gray Parish, Kaleb M. Paul, Daniel Jay Peffer, Erin Nicole Rankin, Corrine Lee Rees, Hillary Michelle Revalee, Megan Louise Rich, Samuel Joseph Riggs, David Ross Robertson, Dillon Baril Sayman, Matthew Cody Scheiner, Katelyn Noel Skaggs, Tyler Bishop Smiley, Stephen Smith, Joseph Andrew Spaeth, Tiffany Ann Spaeth, Briana Leigh Spilman, Brandon James Springmire, Nathanial Thomas Stark, Katherine Casey Stevens, Cody Michael Stewart, Megan Elizabeth Stewart, Chassidee Elyse Stringer, Ronald Chase Sullivan, Thomas Benjamin Sweet, Barry W. Swigart, Megan Nicole Thomas, Jonathan Michael VanSchoyck, Amanda Marie Wainwright, Kathryn Marie Walke, Jerrod Michael Wedding, Clinton James West Jr., Allison Alaine Wilson, Helen Ashley Wilson, Susana Nineth Wilson, Katie Lynn Woods, Jessica Marie Wooten, Richard Craig Yager, Brooke Danielle Young, Christopher James Young, Tyler Raymond Lewis Zerr, Matthew Joseph Zinaman.



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