Current Class

Bill Allin
Ann Barre
Randy Bidleman
Suzanne Bourgeois
Todd Burrall
Jay Butcher
Joe Chautin
Brandon Donahue
Nancy Doskey
Eric Dunavant
Terri Gage
Darron Goodgion
Brad Graham
Evan Gremillion
Bobby Hurley
Nancy Lee
Dena Lopez
Clay Madden
Skarlett Roa-Hogan
Leslie Rozycki
Elizabeth Sconzert
Kimberly Simpson
Donna Slocum
Randy Tabor
LaDana Williams
Amiee Woessner
Fred Young
John Gerhold
Mike LeCorgne
Ann Bennett

Our Eyes Were Opened We came eager but ignorant Full of ourselves and our purpose But soon the I was stripped away, and left only we And together, united, we embarked We learned what it meant To walk in another person’s shoe We saw how labels create sterotypes Learned what defines us, and them And about barriers, real and imagined And Todd’s tears fell down Wet, real, and raw They cried for all of us They united us. And our eyes were opened. We stood in awe of an abundance of art, Reveled in the richness of our history, Saw all children as precious, and Learned it was going to take a Fred. And our eyes were opened. We recognized the risks of blindness, Saw the need where before we saw none, Learned the emptiness of existence without purpose, Glimpsed the depths of despair, and Shuddered at incarceration. And our eyes were opened. We saw industry and growth Recognized risk takers in business Discovered humanity through Habitat Looked into the eyes of those least capable among us Witnessed the grace of those who dedicate their lives to them And our eyes were opened. We admired our collective crown jewel That dazzling diamond that is our public education system Understood that it is our foundation, our greatest weapon against poverty And the block on which our economic engine rests And our eyes were opened. We grasped the true meaning of our courts Learned that justice means rehabilitation, not just punishmen That caring people can replace handcuffs That juvenile intervention prevents delinquency And our eyes were opened.

Our Eyes Were Opened

We came eager but ignorant

Full of ourselves and our purpose

But soon the I was stripped away, and left only we

And together, united, we embarked

We learned what it meant

To walk in another person’s shoe

We saw how labels create sterotypes

Learned what defines us, and them

And about barriers, real and imagined

And Todd’s tears fell down

Wet, real, and raw

They cried for all of us

They united us.

And our eyes were opened.

We stood in awe of an abundance of art,

Reveled in the richness of our history,

Saw all children as precious, and

Learned it was going to take a Fred.

And our eyes were opened.

We recognized the risks of blindness,

Saw the need where before we saw none,

Learned the emptiness of existence without purpose,

Glimpsed the depths of despair, and

Shuddered at incarceration.

And our eyes were opened.

We saw industry and growth

Recognized risk takers in business

Discovered humanity through Habitat

Looked into the eyes of those least capable among us

Witnessed the grace of those who dedicate their lives to them

And our eyes were opened.

We admired our collective crown jewel

That dazzling diamond that is our public education system

Understood that it is our foundation, our greatest weapon against poverty

And the block on which our economic engine rests

And our eyes were opened.

We grasped the true meaning of our courts

Learned that justice means rehabilitation, not just punishmen

That caring people can replace handcuffs

That juvenile intervention prevents delinquency

And our eyes were opened.

Current Leadership Class

Class of 2011 Reflections