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Sentinel High School diplomas presented to Class of 2025; commencement speakers urge kindness and hard work
Summary
An official presented Sentinel High School’s Class of 2025 as having met graduation requirements; commencement speakers, including Mark Minor and senior Simon Montesilio, urged graduates to be kind, patient and persistent.
An official at Sentinel High School’s commencement presented the Class of 2025 to the Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees as having met the requirements to be awarded diplomas, and commencement speakers used their addresses to stress kindness, patience and effort.
At the ceremony an on-stage presenter announced that the graduates “have fulfilled all of the requirements and obligations to be awarded a diploma from Missoula County Public Schools,” making the conferral part of the formal commencement. The presenter credited authority from the state education system but the transcript does not identify the speaker by name.
Commencement speaker Mark Minor, introduced in the program as “your commencement speaker and Sentinel custodian,” told graduates: “If there's 3 things I want to leave you with today, it's these: be kind, be patient, and give 110% in everything you do, whether it's working for yourself, for someone else, in sports, or your relationships.” Senior class speaker Simon Montesilio delivered a lighter, personal address in which he said he wrote his speech “in the shower” and encouraged classmates to be proud of their achievements.
District and school leaders on stage included board chair Walena Olpersen, trustees Arlene Walker Andrews and Jenny Walsh, Superintendent Micah Hill and Assistant Superintendent Amy Shattuck. The ceremony proceeded with the official presentation of graduates and a roll call of student names; no votes, motions or policy decisions were recorded during the event.
