The class of 2024 at Spruce Mountain High School walks to its seats Sunday afternoon during commencement at Griffin Field in Livermore Falls. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LIVERMORE FALLS — Laughter, cheers and a few tears accompanied Spruce Mountain High School’s graduation Sunday afternoon at a wet Griffin Field in Livermore Falls. Principal TJ Plourde welcomed seniors, staff members and guests.
He asked the seniors to remember several firsts throughout their educational journey, and their responses to them. “You will remember this day for your entire life,” he said. “I remember you as a freshman, ready for a new adventure and willing to take risks.
If you never take risks you may never have those first days that are filled with excitement. You may never feel like that big kid again. So take the risks.
” Plourde said everyone would remember this graduation because of the rain. Tents were set up and tarps draped over the chairs where seniors were to sit, to try to keep things dry. The rain did let up during most of the ceremony itself.
Spruce Mountain High School seniors Hailey Jackson, left, and Faith Maurais sing “When We Were Young,” by Adele, on Sunday afternoon during commencement at Griffin Field in Livermore Falls. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Faith Maurais, valedictorian and class president, said there was one thing she learned throughout the trials of high school she felt the most fitting to share. “This simple idea that I am going to share with you ma.
