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WMHS seniors prepare for graduation

By Sarah Shurge walked through the gym to grab their
As the school year comes to an cap and gown, senior t-shirt, and
end, it's an exciting time for seniors class of 2021 lawn sign, and exited
with prom, graduation, summer, and through the door closest to the ten-
then the start of their next adventure, nis court.
college. “This was easily the hardest year
“Honestly, it feels amazing,” said of my life. It was my most rigorous
Madison Tate-Rankin, WMHS senior. class schedule. So many times I
“It’s nice to have a break. I’ve been wanted to give up so bad. But I didn’t
doing AP classes, so it’ll be nice to and I ended with a 4.8,” said Sydney
chill before going to college and start- Sharon, WMHS senior.
ing all over again.” Senior year can be challenging for
Everyone imagines what their students in general, but especially
senior year and high school gradua- during a pandemic with online
tion would look like. But it's hard to classes.
imagine what that would look like “I had a lot of people helping me:
during a pandemic. my friends, my family, my teachers,
This year looked a little different my coach. Swimming helped. It was
at Wayne Memorial High School. Madison Tate-Rankin, Khushi Patel, Victoria Ceci, Sydney Sharon, Morgan Butler something steady, so for two hours
Wayne Memorial was doing vir- of practice you didn’t have to worry
tual classes until March 1st. Then and Mirian Mendoza. Photo by John Rhaesa about the chaos or anything else,”
the school switched to two hybrid doza, Madison Tate-Rankin, Khushi us, it’s the new normal,” said Butler. said Mirian Mendoza, WMHS senior.
groups, group A and group B. Group Patel, Victoria Ceci, Sydney Sharon, On June 1st at 8AM, WMHS sen- WMHS 2021 graduation will be
A does in-person classes on Monday Morgan Butler, and Eliszabeth Davis. iors reported to the Alumni Area to on June 3rd in the Wayne Memorial
and Tuesday. Group B does in-per- “We are very proud of these young take another step closer to the grad- High School Alumni Arena.
son classes on Thursday and Friday. ladies. They persevered in their uation finish line. It was time to pick “We will miss them dearly. We
Wednesday is full remote for the en- classes and were also our school up their cap and gowns. wish them the best in their future en-
tire school. leaders. These young women were The seniors lined up at the gym deavors,” said WMHS Assistant Prin-
“The past year has been more diligent in their studies, helped plan door closest to the baseball field, cipal, Bukosky.
challenging than other years with the and execute several school-wide
online classes but it really helped me events throughout their time here at
learn self-motivation and self-dedica- WMHS, and were always willing to
tion that I can apply to future lend a helping hand,” said WMHS As-
classes,” said Morgan Butler, WMHS sistant Principal, Stacie Bukosky.
senior. “Girl power,” the group of seven
This year looked different for the girls in their caps and gowns
valedictorians and salutatorians as cheered together.
well. They are all girls. “We’ve seen a trend of girls in AP
The class of 2021 valedictorians classes, so to see this didn’t seem as
and salutatorians are: Mirian Men- surprising as you would think. For
COVID-19 vaccine event

at Hype Recreation Center

The City of Wayne has been older.
touched by COVID just like any other Registration or appointments are
community. People have gotten sick. not needed. The clinic is doing walk-
People have passed away. Now, peo- ins only. Vaccines will be provided
ple are ready to save lives. free of charge to residents. Simply
Hype Recreation Center is host- bring your ID and walk inside Hype
ing a COVID-19 vaccine event for Recreation Center, on the corner of
Wayne residents. The event is open Howe Rd. and Annapolis St., for
to all residents within the age restric- your vaccine.
tion based on the vaccine brand. The City of Wayne partnered with
For the Pfizer vaccine, the first Wayne County Public Health and
dose was on May 17th. The second MDHHS to bring you this vaccine
dose will be on June 7th from 9 a.m. event.
to 3 p.m. for ages 12 and older. If you have any questions, you
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine can email covid@cityofwayne.com or
(only one dose needed) was on May call and leave a message at (313)923-
26th and May 27th for ages 18 and 7531.
16 · June 2021 · The Wayne Dispatch