Tag: Senior Tribute

  • Celebrating Deborah Zabayo

    Celebrating Deborah Zabayo

    Mr. Parks says: Moving to a new school, let alone a new culture and country, is a massive challenge, but one that Deborah has conquered with grace, intellectual curiosity, and a poet’s perspective. Over the course of the school year, I have been impressed and inspired with these three qualities that Deborah embodies. Her grace…

  • Celebrating Tamya Troutman

    Celebrating Tamya Troutman

    Ms. Beck says: I’ve known Tamya since her middle school years and have seen her grow into the young woman she is today. Not one word comes to mind to describe Tamya, but many do. She is strong, funny, emotional, driven and independent. Tamya is a force to be reckoned with. I’ve witnessed her challenging…

  • Celebrating Antwone Townsend

    Celebrating Antwone Townsend

    Ms. Langer says: Antwone, It’s been an absolute pleasure looping with you and your fellow classmates. I had the opportunity to watch you grow from a young, polite 9th grader into an even more respectful gentleman in the 12th grade. I remember you leaving and coming back to Urban Pathways on at least two different…

  • Celebrating Breonna Yates

    Celebrating Breonna Yates

    Mrs. Ferguson says: This is your moment, Bre. The moment you’ve been waiting for your entire life. I’m truly going to miss you. As I recollect about our first encounter, it was your first year of the 10th grade. You were shy and quiet until you got acclimated to the school and you made some…

  • Celebrating Danaya Pollard

    Celebrating Danaya Pollard

    Mr. Kelley says: Over the last several years I have watched as Danaya has transformed from a shy quiet student who sat in the back of the room and hardly said a word, to a young adult who is not afraid to speak her mind and yet does it in a respectful manner. One thing…

  • Celebrating Rayla McMiller

    Celebrating Rayla McMiller

    Mr. Claggett says: We were fortunate enough to have Rayla come to us last year from the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Rayla came to us and was very quiet, but at the same time, a very observant student. I made her acquaintance in the lunchroom. Rayla was very guarded at first, but began to settle in comfortably after a few jokes between me and…