Graduates of the Pittsfield Adult Learning Center are applauded by teachers, friends and relatives during their graduation and awards ceremony Tuesday at Crosby Elementary School. Many of them overcame tremendous challenges to earn their diplomas. As family, friends and local dignitaries filed into Crosby Elementary School for the graduation ceremony Tuesday, one felt a sense of the achievement in the room. There is a curve called failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, red lights called enemies, caution lights called family.
You will have flat tires called jobs. But, if you have a spare called determination, an engine called perseverance, a driver called willpower, you will make it to a place called success," she said.
Mayor Daniel L. Bianchi said, "Graduation from high school is a real milestone for anyone, but I think it's an even greater one for you, because you recognize the value. The mayor told Tuesday's graduates to continue the hard work and become "lifelong learners," well-schooled in the self-taught course of common sense.
The executive director of Hilltown Community Development Corp. After dropping out of high school and years of soul-searching, Christopolis said he realized "education was the ticket," got his GED and went to community college.
The GED got me that master's degree," Christopolis said. Just learn something; it's going to help you understand the world better. Students April L. Haecker and Gabriella M.
