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Fort Logan grads see the possibilities

May 12, 2012|BY TODD KLEFFMAN | tkleffman@amnews.com

STANFORD — In addressing his graduating classmates at Fort Logan High School Friday evening, Ryan Hibbert used his favorite movie character, Forrest Gump, as motivation.

Citing Gump’s fictional exploits as a war hero, ping pong champion and shrimping millionaire, Hibbert urged his peers to consider the possibilities that lie before them like a fresh box of chocolates.

“It was a long, hard road to get to this point, but we made it,” he said. “You never know. You can do anything. All you have to do is put your mind to it and don’t give up.”

Principal Scott Montgomery explained that Fort Logan is a non-traditional high school geared toward helping students who have fallen behind academically, mostly due to poor attendance, get back on track and earn their diplomas. Smaller class sizes — there are just 40 members of the Class of 2012 — and more personalized instruction aid students in staying the course, he said.

Perhaps the most non-traditional student among this year’s graduating class is Debbie Leggett, 47, who quit high school after her junior year and finally got around to earning her diploma some 30 years later. She wore the same cap and gown that her son, Christopher Leggett, wore when he graduated from Fort Logan in 2005.

“I just wanted to better myself. You can’t hardly get a job without a diploma these days,” said Leggett, a grandmother who worked eight years as a cook at Waynesburg Elementary School. “It was exciting to be back. I enjoyed every minute of it. Now we’re thinking about college.”

Fort Logan High School’s Class of 2012 is: Troy Franklin Adams, Krysten Ashlea Ballard, Trevor Cody Blanton, Laiken Rachelle Bradley, Taylor Mackenzi Brandenburg, Russell Ray Brumett, Lindsey N. Byrd, Adam Lloyd Coleman, Jonathan Christopher Cook, Myrtle Taylena Craig, Sabrina Michelle Denny, Desiree Nicole Devine, Anthony Roy Dolen Jr.

Brittany Cheyenne Fiore, Amber Elizabeth Foster, Brandon Thomas Gill, Angeliena Nichole Harrison, Taylor Clay Haynes, Corissa Danielle Herring, Ryan Douglas Hilbert, James Scott Jessee, Travis Russell Koon, Lacey Lee Lane, Christopher Ray Lawless, Deborah E. Leggett, Jacobi Ryan Lewis, Jesse Wayne Manning.

Cheyenne Nicole Mcclure, Kayla Elizabeth Rose Miller, Devin Chase Moore, Trajon Louis Neal Norman, Ryan Keith Oakes, Marcus David Penman, Trenton Seth Perkins, Shawn Michael Saylor, William Marvin Smith, Lindsey Michelle Snow, Zachary Wayne Stratton, Samantha Hope Vaughn and Timothy Andrew York.

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