Class of 2015

A future, theirs to chart

Seaford High graduates 58th class

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From Molloy College and Hofstra University to Montana State and the University of Alabama, Seaford High School’s newest graduates will be taking many different paths this fall.

The 191 now former Vikings will spread out across Long Island, the state and the country, attending some 61 colleges. Others will enter the work force, or join the Armed Forces. Each student’s post-high school plans were announced as his or her name was called at the school’s graduation ceremony last Saturday at Nassau Community College — where many will continue their education.

James Irwin, the class of 2015’s Homecoming and prom king, will be going to the University of New Haven to study criminal justice, as he someday hopes to join the FBI. As he waited in a long hallway in his green cap and gown for the ceremony to begin, Irwin reflected on what he will miss most about high school. “All the little things,” he said, from coming in every day and seeing his friends to all the events throughout the year.

“It went fast,” he said of his four years of high school, adding that he feels prepared for the next chapter of his life.

As the ceremony began, the graduates streamed into the gymnasium — the boys in green, the girls in white — and they were welcomed to a new club by Superintendent Brian Conboy: the alumni of Seaford High.

It was the 58th class to graduate from a school built on what was once farmland. Congressman Peter King, who lives a few blocks away from the school and whose two children are Seaford High graduates, was the keynote speaker.

“There is no better school system anywhere,” he said. “There is no better community than Seaford. It’s an honor to live in Seaford. It’s an honor to represent the people of Seaford.”

Beaming with community pride, King spoke of the many opportunities the graduates will have because they not only received a good education, but came from a place where their parents and teachers have instilled strong values. He encouraged them to follow their dreams.

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