SR students don't let rain ruin ceremony
SLIPPERY ROCK — There was plenty of primping Friday at Slippery Rock University's Morrow Field House, thanks to Mother Nature.
Slippery Rock High School seniors were greeted by a downpour as many arrived for graduation.
“I didn't get inside before it started raining,” graduate Zac Rodgers said.
Rodgers who plans to pursue a career in criminology said that a lot of students got caught in the rain and were damp or wet, which made the ordeal easier to handle.
“I don't really feel bad about that part,” he said.
Graduates Breannah Warner and Samantha Gillen both said they were ready to move to the next stage of their lives.
Warner said she will miss the sense of community.
“I liked just watching everybody grow through the years,” she said.
Both Warner and Gillen plan to continue their education in college, but Gillen knows she specifically wants to go to Robert Morris University and earn a degree in psychology.
Gillen said she is glad that she and Warner's families were attending.
“They're glad we made it,” Gillen said.
And, planned or not, Alfonso Angelucci, the district superintendent, brought the weather back into perspective with a quick joke.
“There is no two-hour delay,” he said. “There is no delay whatsoever.”
Angelucci said these seniors showed excellent promise for the future. He said two-thirds of the class plan to continue their education in college.
“You will go on to do great things and make us all proud,” Angelucci said. “Thank you.”
Read what other graduates had to say about the night in Sunday's Butler Eagle.
