By Devynn Barnes
The NHS gymnasium was filled to capacity on June 6 with friends, family and faculty to honor this year’s seniors – the last to graduate at The Mill. The Class of 2014 has a lot to be proud of, as it collectively earned $4,853,289 in scholarship, setting a record for a Noblesville graduating class and exceeding the class of 2013’s awards by $1.5 million. As students and guests settled in, valedictorian Joseph Lemna took the stage to address his fellow students.
“Like iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend,” Lemna said, talking about the strong bonds the class of 2014 has forged during their years in school together.
Lemna interjected many humorous remarks that had the whole gymnasium laughing, referencing his idol, outspoken Pacers player Lance Stephenson, and even closing the address with the remark, “Noblesville, we ready.”
Salutatorian Meredith Brown and class president Luis Sorto also spoke to the crowd before Noblesville Schools Supt. Dr. Libbie Conner took the stage to certify the class, the last time she will do so before retiring in the fall after 43 years in teaching. The class of 2014 will attend 44 different colleges and universities across the country in the fall, but in the words of Sorto, “a Miller will always be a Miller.”
