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Mohawk Trail Regional High School Class of 2011 told to fuel lives with GAS

Attorney Wendy Sibbison told the 73 graduating seniors they could fuel an extra happy day with gratitude, amends and self-compassion.

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Mohawk Regional High School held commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2011 on Sunday in Buckland. Here are (left to right) Laura Mitchell of Shelburne, Luke Pantermehl of Ashfield and Samantha Knox of Plainfield.

SHELBURNE FALLS - Attorney Wendy Sibbison told the 73 graduating seniors at Mohawk Trail Regional High School Sunday how they could fuel an extra happy day: GAS.

Not the petroleum kind - or any natural kind - but the gratitude, amends, self-compassion kind.

First, express gratitude, she said, encouraging them to find someone in the gathering - besides their parents whom they should already be thanking - to whom they feel a great deal of gratitude, and then tell that person or persons.

Second, she told them to make amends by finding someone in the gathering they have disappointed, hurt or caused to suffer in any way and begin to make amends.

Lastly, the graduation speaker encouraged the graduates to have self-compassion. She asked them to find five minutes to reflect on their high school experience and select one thing they learned about themselves that is positive and to write that down. “It will be an important tool the rest of their lives,” she said.

Sibbison, an appellate lawyer with a statewide practice based in Greenfield, said if the graduates find “GAS” useful, it can fuel their happiness for the rest of their lives.

The valedictorian of the Class of 2011 was Aurora D. Rougeau, of Florida, and the salutatorian was Alanna MacLeod-Bluver, of Shelburne.

Seventy-seven percent of the class is headed to college.

Lynn R. Dole, principal, commented that “as with so many classes, this class is a class of distinguished individuals who have studied together and laughed together, a group that will no doubt pursue diverse lives after graduation.”


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