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Muskego High holds Class of 2025 commencement; speakers highlight achievement, resilience
Summary
Muskego High School’s Class of 2025 received diplomas in a ceremony featuring student speakers, district leaders and community partners who emphasized academic and extracurricular achievements, resilience and service.
Muskego High School held its Class of 2025 commencement ceremony at the school stadium, where student leaders, district officials and community partners presented diplomas and urged graduates to carry forward lessons of resilience and service.
The ceremony opened with remarks from Jim Mickley, the district’s college, career and experiential learning coordinator, who welcomed attendees and reviewed logistics for the event. Student council vice president Izzy Formolo introduced student speakers and thanked faculty, staff and volunteers who supported the commencement.
Student speakers and officials used the occasion to highlight academic and extracurricular accomplishments. Maya Peterson, a student speaker who said she plans to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology to study computer science, noted the class’s athletic and academic record: “When people first think of Muskego High School, they often think of our outstanding athletic programs,” Peterson said, adding the class also achieved successes in academics, arts and robotics. Another student speaker, Stephanie Wallach, urged classmates to learn from setbacks, citing a line she referenced from the film Megamind about finding purpose after change.
Principal Mr. Bablinko framed the graduates as “warriors” and gave counts and statistics about the class, saying, “I’m honored to stand before 386 warriors,” and noting a large turnout in the stands. He told graduates the skills they developed in academics, trades and the arts would serve them going forward and pointed to the class’s record ACT score and that about 150 students achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher.
District Superintendent Irvine praised the community’s role in student success and, speaking on behalf of the Muskego-Norway School District and school board, declared the students to have met graduation requirements: “I declare these students seated here today having completed the graduation requirements and accept them as a graduating class of 2025.”
Muskego Police Chief Steve Westfall spoke briefly to honor graduates who chose military service and asked veterans in the audience to stand to be recognized. Musical performances by the MHS band and chorale punctuated the program, and district board members Terry Boyer and Bob Bowman participated as diploma presenters.
The ceremony concluded with instructions for the audience and the presentation of diplomas by board members and associate principals. Guests were asked to remain seated until graduates had exited the field.
