One hundred and twenty one members of the class of 2013, the current junior class at La Salle High School, were recently honored at the Junior Leadership Ceremony. This annual event is a time for the faculty and administration of La Salle to recognize the growing role in leadership the juniors are entering into. “While some embrace it willingly, and some come into it unknowingly, all of the students at La Salle are challenged and encouraged to embrace roles of leadership and embrace the School motto, Learn, Serve, Lead,” said class moderator Tom O’Connor.
As the juniors enter into the next few years of their lives, leadership roles will take a more prominent place at La Salle, in their church, in their clubs, and at their jobs. After the rings and stones were blessed by Father Edward Dover, pastor of Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose and St. James Church in La Cresenta, members of the class received La Salle Class Rings and Leadership Stones with words of inspiration the students have chosen, such as, Wisdom, Vision, Faith, Courage, to symbolize their hopes for the future. Band Director, Megan Foley was chosen by the class as the keynote speaker.
At La Salle, they embrace service to the community. Service happens when someone sees a need for change, and change occurs when a person, or several people, take a leadership role. This class, as all classes do, contains some of the future leaders of their community, their country and their world. That is what they embraced and celebrated.
