GOAL High School graduates area students

Durango, Cortez, Pagosa Springs seniors received diplomas

GOAL High School recently graduated 63 students from its Four Corners sites, which include Southwest Colorado locations in Durango, Cortez and Pagosa Springs.

Local GOAL graduates include:

Durango: Kaden Lloyd, Payton Lyon, Jacob Lucero, Madysen Matlock and Maxfield McGovern.

Cortez: Walker Baker, Ezra Bowers, Edgar Camacho-Castro, Brock Cruzan, Hana Dale, Justin Halsey, Victoria Harrington, Tiffany Hessom, Brianne Jaramillo, Kailynda Joe, Farley Ketchum, Kobe Ketchum, Shakeeya Ketchum, Cody Lee, Brandon McMillian, Devina Nez, Walker Stroud, Jaiden Valles, John Vestal, K’Rene Watts, Ronin Wilkes and Tyler Wilson.

Pagosa Springs: Liliana Abrell, Leticia Aguero, Mahri Buhler, Julian Butler, Nicholas Byrum, Santana Campuzano, Kaytlin Conners, Mimi Dang, Malaya Ellsmore, Alanah Gallegos, Crystal Goldberg, Amy Jones, Ahia Kaeser, Jairus Lopez, Trevor Lund, Dawson McClure, Skyler McIver, Cheyenne McSwain, Stephanie Medrano-Castillo, Maria Quezada, Charlotte Reid, Jake Smith, Jaycee Sweeney, Christopher Valdez, Ruger Valdez, Garrett Wade and Dakota Walter.

The regional ceremony was held June 9 at Pagosa Springs High School. Of the 63 graduates, 48 earned National Career Readiness Certificates and 16 earned college credit through the GOAL High School Concurrent Enrollment program.

Principal Jason Hochevar of Pueblo and Assistant Principal Ryan Mathews of Durango also attended the graduation ceremony.

For more information about GOAL High School, visit www.goalac.org.