“I am sure the changes you experienced over the last 2 1/2 years were difficult,” he said. This year, while seniors were able to return to more normal activities, they still had to adapt to protocols and stops and starts, he said. The class, he said, had to adapt and be resilient, as their sophomore year was cut short in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and they had to go to a hybrid model their junior year. WSHS Principal Brian Laramee welcomed the crowd and told seniors “Wow - what a four years it’s been.” “She’s just one of our JMG family, so she’s got a piece of my heart,” Bushee said.Īfter arriving at the O’Neil | O’Donnell Forum in the new Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center on the Colby campus, educators and seniors filed in to meet hundreds of friends, family members, school officials and others who stood to applaud them. She and 18 other graduates in the JMG program will continue to be supported by JMG until they are 24. George Memorial Scholarship and the Elm City Science Award. Gatlin was awarded several scholarships night Monday, including a $20,000 Mary L. The goal of JMG, Bushee said, is for all Maine students to graduate and earn some post secondary credentials of value and to find careers that are meaningful and special to them. She also helped me build resumes and gave me the skills to build my career.”
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“I learned how to budget from her and that’s how I bought my first car from her. “I’ve learned so any things from her,” Gatlin said. She credits the JMG program, and Bushee, with giving her the skills to succeed. She learned from the JMG program how to be assertive, and asked for a raise and got it, she said. Gatlin was captain of the high school soccer team and has worked several months at Woodlands Senior Living center in Waterville where she is a cook, having been promoted from being a server. I plan to take that on… and just fly it and keep the plane in the family.” “My grandmother’s brother recently passed, and he was a pilot,” she said. Gatlin said she wants to fly tourists along the Maine coast. “I had no idea that the seeds had been planted at that time,” she said. “When I saw her face when she got out of it, it was like she was glowing,” Bushee said.īushee didn’t learn until a year later that Gatlin had decided to pursue a career in aviation.
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When she was a sophomore, she toured UMA with fellow JMG students and Dana Bushee, a JMG specialist.īushee recalled Thursday that during the tour Gatlin stepped into a flight simulator that is part of UMA’s aviation program.
Gatlin has been in the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates program since she was in junior high school. “I’m going to the University of Maine at Augusta for aviation,” she said.
She stood in the lobby at Waterville Senior High School on Thursday night, 45 minutes before she and 102 other seniors were to ride a bus to Colby College for the school’s 144th commencement ceremonies. Gatlin, 18, plans to go to college to study aviation and become a pilot. I have a tendency to wait around and sometimes it doesn't end (well).Phoenix Gatlin waits with other Waterville Senior High School seniors in the lobby of the school Thursday night before a bus ride to Colby College for commencement ceremonies. "Getting better on my feet, getting scores early. "I think I need to work more on the mental aspects of wrestling," Del Gallo said. It just seems like he's been doing that year in and year out."ĭespite last season's success, Del Gallo felt there was still improvements to be made in his game. That's one of the things that we've talked about, just continue to improve, continue to get better. He's not only winning, but dominating most of the competition that he's wrestling. So far this year, we've seen another jump.
"Going 5-1 at the NCAA tournament, becoming an NCAA All-American, placing third in the country (in his weight class). "Last year was another breakout year for him," USM head coach Mike Morin said.
University of Southern Maine's Peter Del Gallo, of Gardiner, recently scored the 100th win of his career. This is on the heels of a junior season where Del Gallo was named a Division III All-American, with a third-place finish at the Division III National Championships. He also recently notched his 100th career victory. Heading into the holiday break, Del Gallo - who wrestles at 125 pounds - is undefeated for the regular season with a 21-0 record. And as he wraps up his career, he may have saved his best efforts for last. To the surprise of almost no one, Gardiner native Peter Del Gallo has had a successful wrestling career at the University of Southern Maine.īut not only has Del Gallo, a senior, continued to be one of the best college wrestlers in New England, he's managed to be among the most elite Division III wrestlers in the nation.
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