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Congratulations to our
Joshua Martell
Nolan Keller
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Kitchi minogining Tribal School
Phillip C. Keller & Therese A. John
Finished High School!!!
Attending NMC for Music Production
and Auto Mechanics, enjoy my life with
my new baby girl Nohva and girlfriend
Sami.
Quote: “You measure the size of the
accomplishment by the obstacles you
had to overcome to reach your goals.” –
Booker T. Washington
Jordan Burfield
School: Kalkaska High School
Parents/Guardians: Joe & Michelle Burfield
Post-Graduation Plans: Attending Northern Michigan University
to study Business Management and
Automotive Technology
Quote: “Son, we closed our eyes for just a
moment and suddenly a man stood
where a boy used to be. We may not
carry you now in our arms anymore but
we will always carry you in our hearts.
You have given us so many reasons to
be proud of the man you have become,
but the proudest moment for us is telling
others that you are our son.” We love
you now and forever. Love Mom and
Dad
School: Kitchi Minogining
Tribal School
Parents/Guardians: Bill & Robin Martell
Accomplishments: Green Belt in Judo
High school diploma
Post-Graduation Plans: Work or school
Shai Lee Mallory
Mallory
School: Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Parents/Guardians: Nicole Taylor, Jamie Mallory
Accomplishments: Being the best Mother I can to my
two kids.
Post-Graduation Plans: Going to NMC for a year and
transfer to study Psychology.
Quote: “Nothing comes easy, if you want
something bad enough, you will get
it, but don’t wait for it to come to you,
you have to get up, get going, and
go after it.”
Maxx Jacko
School:Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Parents/Guardians:Dennis & Sandy Jacko
Accomplishments:High School Diploma
Post-Graduation Plans: Summer job, then
college.
Quote: “What we do in Life echoes in
eternity.”
Marvin Clay Clifford, Jr.
School: Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Parents/Guardians: Debra TwoCrow/Anderson
and Marvin Clifford, Sr.
Accomplishments: Prom King, MVP
Post-Graduation Plans: Graduation is not the end. It’s the
beginning of my plans for furthering my
education.
Quote: “If you can dream it, you can live it. To
live is to dream.”
Mikk Robert Jacko
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Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Dennis & Sandy Jacko
Finishing school
Go and be somebody
“You roll the dice, you take what
2015 Graduates
Veronica Leigh Anderson
Page Lee Paul
School: Suttons Bay High School
Parents/Guardians: Roland & Nicole Anderson
Accomplishments: Honor Roll and Academic Achiever Award all four
years, National Honor Society, All-State Academic
Award, Varsity Volleyball (Captain Sr. yr.), Varsity
Softball (4 yrs, captain Sr. yr.), NW Conference
Honorable Mention, Marching Band and Color
Guard, Flute Section Leader, 1&2 ratings in Solo and
Ensemble.
Post-Graduation Plans: Oakland University
Quote: “The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of the dream.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
School: Saginaw Valley State University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice,
minor in Psychology
Parents/Guardians: Becky & Durance Paul
Accomplishments: Participated in the pre-Physical
Therapy club and Criminal Justice
Society Club
Post-Graduation Plans: Continued employment with GTB
Education department as Benzie
Youth Intervention specialist
Quote: “I could not have done this without
all the help from the Tribe and all it
offered to ensure a better education
for it’s youth.”
Brianna Cross
School: Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Parents/Guardians: Dan Cross & Dawn Cross
Accomplishments: Ordained Minister, bought my own house at 18,
had a son, Honor Roll
Post-Graduation Plans: Attend college, travel, employment, get married,
raise my son.
Quote: “If you want something you’ve never had,
you have to do something you’ve never done.”
Rachel Nolff
School: Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Parents/Guardians: Timothy and Pauline Koon
Accomplishments: taking care of my sister with
special needs on my own.
Post-Graduation Plans: College, job, and keep moving
forward from here. Eventually
become a doctor.
Quote: “I made it.”
Kerry J. WoodWood-Steele
School: Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Parents/Guardians: Kerry Wood
Quote: “Well, now what?”
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Allison TwoCrow
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Armando Barrientoz
Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Dena Wilson, Chris Meier
Basketball
go to college
“A dream becomes a goal when action is
taken toward it’s achievement.”
Kitchi Minogining Tribal School
Julie Barrientoz
Graduating before I get too old.
Work and College
“It’s never too late to be who
you might have been.” – George
Eliot
We will feature more graduates
in the July GTB News!