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Middletown High School honors Class of 2025; Principal Carmela Cotter announced retirement

3464594 · May 23, 2025
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Middletown High School held its commencement ceremony, recognizing graduates for $2.2 million in scholarship offers, dual associate degrees, and career-readiness credentials while Principal Carmela Cotter was honored as she prepares to retire.

Middletown High School held its commencement ceremony at the school stadium, where graduates of the class of 2025 were recognized for scholarships, college credits and career-readiness credentials, and where Principal Carmela Cotter — after 34 years with the district — was announced as retiring.

The ceremony featured remarks from Deborah Houser, superintendent of Middletown City Schools, who told graduates, "Tonight is more than a celebration. It's a launch." Student speakers highlighted school values and collective achievement: Gianna Bligeon, senior class president, told classmates, "We did it," and Sarah Daniels, student body president, urged them to carry the district's PRIDE values (performance, respect, integrity,…

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