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The Monroe County Reporter • May 24, 2023
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THE TOP OF THE CUSS
Sydney Stapleton advises freshmen
to find what they love & work hard
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Sydney Stapleton has had a very suc
cessful senior year, garnering awards
and accolades particularly for her vocal
talent and skills. She placed first in girls
solo in All State Chorus and first in the
region literary meet for girls solo, for
example. She has served as president of
the Mary Persons Tri-M music honors
society and the Thespian honor society.
Sydney has been on the cheerleading
team for four years and has competed
at FBLA events. She has been named to
All State Chorus and honor choir. Last
year she played on the Mary Persons
golf team, which she said pushed her
out of her comfort zone. She has also
maintained her high academic record.
Next year Sydney will be at Mercer
University. She will major in envi
ronmental engineering and minor in
music. She is looking toward a career
in bio fields, such as clean energy. She
said that when she visited the Mercer
campus it felt like home.
Sydney is the daughter of Bill and Jill
Stapleton. She said she has enjoyed her
time in Monroe County Schools. She
said a priority for her has been find
ing balance between working hard to
make good grades, spending time with
friends and being involved in the arts,
which is her passion.
Sydney enjoyed the opportunities
that All State Chorus and honor choir
gave her to meet others from around
the state with the same interests and
ambitions. When she attended Geor
gias Governors Honors Program last
summer she was able to meet the best
students in Georgia.
“There was so much to learn from
them,” she said.
Sydney took one dual enrollment
course at Gordon State College and
took a number of Advanced Placement
classes offered at Mary Persons. She
said the AP classes were challenging.
Her advice to freshmen entering
Mary Persons, like her sister, is to “work
really hard and try not to compare your
self to others. Find what you love to do
and pour yourself into that.”
This summer Sydneys plans are to
find a job but to save time for orien
tation at Mercer and for attending a
couple of concerts.
MP Honor Graduates for 2023
The following Mary Persons seniors
are the honor graduates from Class of
2023:
Zachary Acosta, Elbe Adams,
Emily Adams, Greenly Aghajanian,
Brandon Alford, Anyana Barkley,
Lilly Barnes, Kallie Bates, Nadya
Bauman, John Beasley, Nolan Blair,
Daniel Boyer, Ansley Brooks, Nicko-
las Brooks, Thomas Brooks, Trystin
Brummett, Caroline Buffington,
Carter Campbell, Claire Campbell,
Madelyn Causey, Reagan Clance,
Morgan Currie, Jayci Daniels, Cohen
Day, Dawson Dell, Riley Dunn, Sa-
rina Eckelbarger, Camaran Edwards,
Madelyn Emami, Abigail Etheridge,
Samantha Fussell, Jesse Garza, Eliza
beth Gavin, Mary Katherine Geer,
Drew Grant, Jayden Gray, Damion
Guice, Delaney Hancock, Emily
JHansen, Ah'Zoria Hardy, Lawson
Harris, Piper Haworth, Haylie Heath,
Logan Hickman, Riley Hill, Gage
Hopper, Austin Howell, Payton
Johnson, Faith Jones, Landon Jones,
Daniel Joseph, Jaycee Justice, Madi
son Justice, Makaya Knight, Corbin
Lane, Donivan McBride, Jordan
McCord, Aaron McCoy, Madison
McKinnon, Jacob Medlin, Gabriella
Miller, Brunson Moore, Kennedy
Morgan, Elizabeth Mullis, Michaela
Mullis, Anna Murdock, Chloe Myers,
Ava Nelson, Taylor Norsworthy, Jer
emiah Ochieng, Emily Oden, Nidhi
Patel, Trilok Patel, Emma Peterman,
Maggie Phelan, Toniya Ponder,
Logan Pryde, Peyton Pryor, Madison
Rawlins, Andon Riley, Molly Rivers,
Alexander Robichaux, Cheylan Ruth
erford, Mya Rutherford, Dominic
Selinger, Makayla Shelley, Madison
Shields, Blaklee Shortt, Charles Sim
mons, Ziambria Slaughter, Laura Sos-
ebee, Cameron Sparks, Charley Speir,
Sydney Stapleton, Emily Starr, Emma
Stiles, Colton Storey, Mary Michael
Tane, Lauren Thomas, Tashana Thre-
att, Nicholas Turner, Riley Van Voo-
rhis, Olivia Vinson, Willow Waldrep,
Hayden Walker, Aubrey Walton,
Trenton Wheelus, Michael Whitfield,
Chance Wiggins, Anna Woodgeard
and Breana M Wyrick.
MARY PERSONS
CLASS OF 2023
Mickoefa,
We are so very proud of all of
your accomplishments! Hou are
going to do amazing things in
the future! Always be the best
you can possibly be, and reach
for the stars! We love you to the
moon and back! Congratulations!
Mow, David, tola,
Mahmaw, and Pahpaw
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Happy *
Graduation
+ Congratulations to the it
Class of 2023!
We're so proud of you,
and honored to celebrate
graduation day with you!
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you
are young,but set an example for the believers in
speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity."
1 Timothy 4:12
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