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2025 GRADUATION
Shelton’s Class of 2025 Is the Largest in School History
Shelton honored the Class of 2025 at graduation on
Saturday, May 17, at 8 p.m. in the Browning Family Gym.
Shelton Executive Director Suzanne Stell told the graduates,
“The level of talent and the amount of dedication in this
senior class are truly impressive. You took advantage of the
opportunity your parents provided. Each of you overcame
obstacles, and here you are. We know that many wonderful
opportunities lie ahead for you.”
Valedictorian Ford Myers, who started at Shelton School
in Pre-Primary, spoke at the graduation about overcoming
challenges. Ford majors in
Business at the University of Texas
in Austin. “I’m proud to say that as
a class, we have yet to back down
from any challenge,” he said. He
went on to say, “Those challenges
make us fighters, so don’t ever
stop fighting.”
Shelton was honored to welcome
William L. Holmes as this year’s
graduation speaker. Holmes, a
successful entrepreneur and co-founder of several ventures
in the oil and gas industry, is also the father of beloved
Shelton student Will Holmes, who passed away in 2021
during his ninth-grade year. Will, remembered for his bright
mind and kind spirit, left a lasting impact on the Shelton
community and will always be remembered as part of the
Class of 2025.
Holmes organized his speech around fun facts, inspired by
his son Will, who was known for sharing them. He concluded
by saying, “Young men and women of Shelton, you have
proven you are overcomers. I want you to move on to the
next phase of your life, confident that you can overcome any
obstacle that might come your way.”
The Class of 2025 is Shelton’s largest. It is made up of 101
graduating seniors who received 506 college acceptances,
attend 54 colleges across 21 states and were awarded $12.6
million in merit scholarships. Acceptances spanned from
Oklahoma State University, the University of Arkansas and
Hofstra University to Southern Methodist University, Baylor
University, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M
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University, Wake Forest University, the Savannah College of
Art and Design and more. One senior earned a composite
ACT score of 35, and two seniors earned a 36 on the ACT
Reading section. The highest ACT Math, Science and English
scores in the class were 35.
Four Shelton seniors signed to play sports in college:
• Jack Conger: Sewanee, University of the South, Cross
Country and Track
• Grayson Henegar: Lubbock Christian University, Golf
• Grayson Metz: Carnegie Mellon University, Football
and Track
• Peyton Yammarino: Rhodes College, Football
In addition, the following students will pursue
Fine Arts in college:
• Liam Christensen: the Dodge Film School at Chapman
University in Orange, Calif., to study film and television
production
• Nate Milhizer: Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.,
for a degree in music performance
• Kate Williams: Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.,
for a degree in visual art
Enzo Ampolini received the $253,808 Singer Scholarship at
the University of Miami, and Ethan Gulden was accepted into
The Hilltop Scholars Program at SMU.
Together, the Shelton Class of 2025 completed 10,052
community service hours to help others. Stell praised
the graduates, saying, “Today we celebrate you — your
commitment, your resilience and perseverance and the
community you have built.”
