2010 GRADUATING CLASS KEEPS AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE

The recent graduating class of Delmarva Christian High School achieved at least 32.25 credits each, nearly 50 percent more than the State of Delaware requires, according to Principal Scott Kemerling.

“They led the way for the classes below them to follow, setting a new standard for perseverance,” Kemerling said. “It’s not easy to earn a DCHS diploma, and that is something of which they should be very proud.” Kemerling said the value of holding students to a higher standard is proven repeatedly by the performance of DCHS graduates in college. “One mother complimented us publicly at our recent orientation session for incoming students,” he recalled. “She had herself returned to a local college and was dismayed by the young students’ lack of respect for their professors. One of her professors told her that the rude student is the norm these days – ‘except for the kids coming out of DCHS; they have a much higher level of maturity.’”

DCHS students also reflect a higher level of academic excellence. The 22 graduates forming the Class of 2010 were accepted to no fewer than 55 colleges and universities, and they received some 87 scholarships. “For our class, it seems that Striving for Excellence has been the theme of the past four years. It has been the theme of our high school career, and I pray that it will be the theme of our lives,” said Senior Sarah Betts, addressing the audience of over 600 in the school’s Draper Family Foundation Gymnasium.

The Student Leadership Council Senior Executive, Betts advised her classmates: “But there is one other thing that I believe we should be striving for. When you strive for excellence in everything that you do, it can be far too easy to become focused on what you are doing and lose sight of your ultimate purpose; that purpose common to us all. You will only succeed in being excellent if you also strive to maintain an eternal perspective. An eternal perspective is one that sees beyond now, sees beyond tomorrow, sees beyond ten years from now, sees beyond this life into eternity. We can be goal-oriented people and we can make plans for the future, but if we lose sight of eternity, we’ve lost perspective.”

“Perspective is not an easy thing to teach,” Kemerling said, “but it is very gratifying to see it well-learned.”

Delmarva Christian High School Class of 2010:
Annelouise Barnard, Millsboro; Stephanie Barry, Milton; Sarah Betts, Georgetown; Joshua Carter, Lewes; Rachel Grant, Rehoboth Beach; John Hale, Lewes; Keina Harmon, Dagsboro; Lauren Henry, Laurel; Samantha Hommel, Selbyville; Loriana Johnson, Milton; Stephen Kary, Bethel; Michael LaPointe, Georgetown; Ryan Marion, Laurel; Jessica McCleaf, Bridgeville; Thomas Catalfamo, Georgetown; Dario Gaspar, Lincoln; Philip Gordon, Delmar; Emily Pentoney, Seaford; Kenneth Reilly, Lincoln; Heather Spicer, Seaford; Jessica Stratton, Magnolia and Michael Tirrell, Millsboro.

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