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Republic-Michigamme School

Team mascot: Hawk

Number of grades: PK-12

Student body enrollment: 92

Number of seniors: 10

Commencement: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 28, R-M gymnasium

Speaker: Luke Sinnaeve

Senior class officers

President: Samuel Dyer

Vice president: Sophia Jarvi

Secretary/treasurer: Aaron Laakso

Class adviser: Robin Jarvi

Class flower: Lavender

Class colors: Purple and silver

Class song: “A Million Dreams” from “The Greatest Showman”

Class motto: “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” — Lao Tzu

Co-valedictorian

Sophia Jarvi

Parents: Robin and Jonathan Jarvi

School activities: Student council for four years, track for three years, cross country for two years, basketball for two years, Peer-to-Peer for one year, and band for three years

Honors/awards: “I have taken all the honors courses provided at R-M and will graduate with honors. I took a college level English class. I have received the Elks Scholarship and Excellence in Education award. I have had all A’s for four years on the honor roll.”

Grade point average: 4.0

Plans for the future: “I plan to attend Bay College in the fall to become at EMT and to work hard wherever I end up.”

Co-valedictorian

Aaron Laakso

Parents: Curtis and Teresa Laakso

School activities: Student council for all four years, track and cross country for two years. I have also participated in band for three years and Peer-to-Peer.

Honors/awards: “I’ve taken honors classes including Anatomy, Chemistry, TrigonomenTrigonometry. History. I also took a college level English class. I have received the Elks Scholarship Award, Excellence in Education and all A honor roll for four years.”

Grade point average: 4.0

Plans for the future: “I plan to attend the University of Michigan and major in nursing. I hope to become a travel nurse and help many people in the future.”

Salutatorian

Samuel Dyer

Parents: Scott and Hailie Dyer

School activities: Basketball, track, cross country, football, baseball and Quiz Bowl.

Honors/awards: Class president for three years, salutatorian, made the Copper Country first team in basketball. In track, I set the new R-M 400M record.

Grade point average: 3.7

Plans for the future: After high school, I will attend NMU where I will pursue a degree in Criminal Justice with a career goal of working for the state police or U.S. Marshals.

RMS Class of 2023

Lydia Dick

Jacob Durden

Samuel Dyer

Jacob Erickson

Talon Hamel

Sophia Jarvi

Aaron Laakso

Melinda Perry

Joseph Royce

Gavin Woodbeck