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Kings Mountain High School
Class of 2013
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KMHS commencement exercises Saturday
ELIZABETH STEWART
lib.kmherald@gmail.com
Commencement exercises for 261 Kings Mountain
High School seniors will be held Saturday, June 6, at 9
a.m. in the John Gamble Stadium on the high school
campus.
It is their day and seniors take the major roles in the
program before they receive their long-awaited diplo-
mas from Principal Ronny Funderburke, Assistant Prin-
cipal Julie Rikard and Supt. Dr. Bruce Boyles. .
The KMHS 9th Grade Band will lead the proces-
sional of graduates into the stadium by playing the tra-
ditional “Pomp and Circumstance.”
Phetdsadar Kimberly Sourisoud, class vice-president,
will lead the pledge of allegiance and Hannah Faye
Wyte, Student Participation Organization President,
will give the welcome. Class president Matthew Kyle
Shepard will present the Class of 2013 and secretary
Michelle Kim Philavong will recognize honor gradu-
ates.
The principal addresses will be given by the class
valedictorian and salutatorian, the highest scholastic
ranking members of the Class of 2013. Class treasurer
Jada Alice Mauney will present the class gift.
Junior marshals are Mary Asgari, Katie Bieker, Will
Boyles, Ashley Chapman, Isaiah Cole, Mason Fleisher,
Emily Harris, Lyndsay Henderson, Haley McDougal,
.Radhika Patel, Morgan Short and Madeline Skeith.
The seniors wilt be wearing black gowns with white
collars. Cords attached to the caps represent the vari-
ous campus organizations: gold cord for Beta Club;
turquoise cord for Renaissance Club; purple and white
cord for National Vocational Technical Honor Society;
royal blue cord for National/ International Scholar Thes-
pian; light pink cord for Tri-M Music Honor Society;
multi-colored cord for National Art Honor Society; red
and white cord for Family Career and Community
Leaders of America; and blue cord for Student Partici-
pation Organization. A white stole indicates the Na-
tional Honor Society.
The class song is “Where | Come From” by Gary
Allen. | :
The class flower is yellow rose.
The class motto is “Living out Our Dream.”
Senior class sponsors are Mrs, Tammie Allen, Mrs.
Becki Anthony, Mrs. April Blaine co-chairman, Dr.
. Laura Boyles, Mrs. Rachel Bye, Mrs. Annette Burton,
Mrs. Susan Canipe, Mrs. Kamie Champion, Mrs. Shel-
ley Gerald co-chair, Mrs. Tracy Greene, Mrs. Angela
Harris, Mrs. Mary Ann Lattimore, Mrs. Sara McComas,
Mrs. Marcie McCready, Mrs. Amber Nichols, Ms. Cyn-
thia Robbs and Dan Treharne.
Members of the Class of 2013 are: Yesenia Abrego,
Guillermo Acuna, De’Ajsha Adams, Christopher.James
Allen, James Noah Allen, Lamont De’Andre Allen,
Matthew Douglas Allen, Caleb Edward Allison, Dylan
Shawn Allison, Shamone Allison, Ethan Cole Anderson,
Brooklyn Anthony, Colby Shawn Bailey, Alexis Bed-
good, Emily Margaret Bell, Scott Chandler Bell,
Wyneisha Bell, Nancy Bernon-Olmos, Octravious Bess,
Tyerah Blake, Olivia Blalock, Timothy James Blanton,
Carsyn Bolin, Sara Borov, Jeremy Bouldin, Ethan Boyd,
Jalayha Angelica Bridges, John McNeill Bridges, Miesha
Simone Bridges, Summer Bridges, Riley Brock, Ontar-
ius Brooks, Brandon Lee Brown, Michael Brunswick,
Andrew Buchanan, Maegan Bullard, Dustin Burgess,
Joshua Burnett, Lukas Burton, Dionte Byers, Melissa
Ann Camp, Maverick Canipe. James Russell Carringer,
Elizabeth Carroll, Joseph Carroll, Alicia Carter, Michael
Cerjan, Lina Chanthasone, Hannah Chapman, Justin.
Chapman, Shawn Chapple, Reagan Childers, Jonathan
Clark, Michael Coleman, Hailey Collins, Maria Cortez,
Christopher Cotton, Baron Crawford, Kelsie Davis,
Jason Dawkins, Misty Dayton, Caleb Deal, Austina
Dean, Amber Degree, Shekima Degree, Alexandra Det-
tloff, David Dority, Sean Downey, Brooke Dunlap,
Madison Dye, Michael Early, Caleb Edwards, Jordan El-
liott, Courtney Elmore, William Etherton, John Caleb Et-
ters, Kimberly Faes, Kylee Faile, Megan Fitch, Kellie
Ford, Aaron Foster, Taylor Marie Foster, Tora Foster, and
Tevin Friday. Brandon Frigo, Brittany Fuzie, Najee Gist,
~ Ty’ Shawn Gardner. Tia Gault, Dustin Gilbert, Kalin
McKenzie Gilbert, Octavia Gill, Kristian Goins,
Zachariah Grant, Cynthia Gray, Taylor Greene, Cody
Griffith, Charles Gunn, Jared Hale, Christian Ham-
bright, Sara Hammett, Robert Hamrick, Mitchell
Hardee, Angelica Harris, Ashlee Harris, Paige Harrison,
Daria Hart, Elizabeth Hay, Zackery Hayes, Devin
Heath, Kayla Heisler, Markel Hemphill, Jessica Hender-
son, Tyler Herndon, Dylan Todd Hewatt, Christian Kane
Hogsed, Katie Holland, MarKeisha Holland, Jordan
Hollifield, Sedawny Hood, Miranda Horn, Ashley
Houck, Kimbra Huffstetler, Anthony Hullender, Devin
Chase Hullender, Ryan Cole Hullender. Chelsie
Humphries, Alexis Hurd, Davonta Huskey, Naeemah
James, Vincent James Jr., Da’Zohna Jarrett, Justin Jef-
fries, Kiersten Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Dustin Jones,
Terry Lee Jones Jr., Hope Marie Jordan, Jeremiah Elias
Jordan, Landon Leard Keeter, Meyata Kilgore, Brandon
Laughridge, Joseph Lewis, David Lockridge Il, Amanda
Long, Jonathan Long, Brittany Lysek Andrew Lytle, Sa-
harus Malker, David Tyler Martin, Brittany Mason,
Robert Mason, Jada Mauney, Johnsie McClish, Reggie
Glenn McDaniel Jr., Fallon McDaris, William Logan
McGill, Gregory James McGinnis, Jordan McMillin,
Curtis McNamara, Kaitlyn McNeilly, Rebekah Miles,
Summer Miller, Demery Moody II, Andrew Thomas
Moore, Joshon Moore, Sydney Rachel Morris, and
Ebony Danielle Morrison. Bryce Dylan Mullis, Lyndsey
Brooke Murphey, Phillip Myers, Taylor Norman, Emily
Norwood, Stanton Osborn, Edward Ouellette, Brooke
Parker, Malasha Parker, Samantha Parker, Eric Parnell,
Aaron Parsons, Dierra Patterson, Haley Pearson, Jordan
Pearson, Jack Peddycord Ill, Kevin Paul Petrack Jr.
Christine P hanhly, Michelle Kim Philavong, Faith
Phillips, Paul Pillado, Kortni Pruitt, Dakota Putnam,
Phillip Quinn, Kayla Ramey, Payten Reever, Alicia Reid,
Tyler Reller, Wilson Rikard, Matthew Lee Ross, Hailey
Rotenberry, William Ruffalo, Kaitlyn Saldo, Anthony
Samuel Jr., Courtney Sanders, Jose Luis Rodriguez,
William Andrew Sellers, Mary Shatzer, Allison Shaw,
Matthew Kyle Shepard, Allison Simmons. Dontaris Sim-
mons, Kaitlyn Sisk, Jessica Smith, Phetdsadar
Sourisoud, Michael Speicher, Larry Gene Stacey Jr.,
Megan Nicole Stafford, Jazmene Nichole Stevenson,
Brianna Nicale Stewart, Janet Doris Stewart, La’Esa
Stewart, Paige Stiles, Jasmine Stokes, David Story, Justin
Swann, Michael Swink, Keegan Sylvester, Amanda Tar-
bush, Justice Taylor, Alex Thammalangsy, Taylor
Thomas, Kassandra Thompson, Tyler Thompson, Trevin
Torres, Taryn Treadway, Mary Ashton Dae Treece,
Amber Vancil, Stephanie Vickers, Destiny Walker, Mary
Walker, Austin Ware, Carver Warren lll, Khadijah
Watkins, Bobby Watson, Camille Watson, Baylee
Weaver, Joshua Webb, Carlotta Welch, Emily Whitaker,
Alyssa White, Christopher Scott White, Dillon White,
Andrew Williams, Catl Wilson, Dillon Wilson, Dalton
Worley, Justin Wray, Stephenie‘ Wright, Taylor Wright,
Hannah Faye Wyte, and Celina Ann Zinnerstrom.
Heisler bound
for New York!
gy DAVE BLANTON
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The scenery’s about to
change in more ways than
most for Kayla Heisler.
The KMHS senior will
soon trade in country
roads and a low-density
population for the busy
streets and ceaseless buzz
of life in the big city to
pursue her dreams of be-
coming a professional
writer.
Heisler, who dreams of
working for magazines
and penning novels some-
day, heads to New York
City in August where
she'll enroll in The New
School, a storied liberal
arts college located in the
artsy Greenwich Village
neighborhood.
The varsity volleyball
player and yearbook
staffer knows going off to
college in one of the
world’s largest and cultur-
ally diverse cities is a big
step.
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“I'm excited. The op-
portunities that | want are
there. It's the next logical
move for me,” referring to
Big Apple's status as a
media center. Already, she
says, she’s got her eye on
the internship possibilities
that abound in New York,
the home of thousands of
magazines and publishing
houses.
As for life outside of
class, the bright-eyed and
confident 18-year-old
seems to have no fears
about making friends in a
place where she currently
has none. Most of her
classmates are pointing
themselves to in-state
schools. And no-one else
in the entire graduating
class is traveling so far to
attend college.
“Actually, yeah, most
of my closest friends are
going to N.C. State,”
Heisler said. Which
means she'll have to catch
them on breaks or keep in
touch via Facebook or
Twitter, where she and
many of her friends are
active.
Most Kings Mountain
students headed off to
college in the fall won't
be far from home. West-
ern Carolina University,
located in Cullowhee,
UNC-Charlotte and
Cleveland Community
College, in nearby Shelby,
are the most likely desti-
nations, said KMHS
school counselor Leigh
Kendrick Bell.
Heisler is no stranger
to moving around. She
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