2017 Senior Salute: This year’s Vail Valley high school graduates

Axi Manning

Battle Mountain High School

Favorite school moment from any year: My entire year abroad in Argentina through Rotary.

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Give a shout out: Rotary! My entire high school experience would have been so much different had it not been for this amazing organization sending me to Argentina for the best year of my life.

Summer plans: Having fun and going on adventures with friends before I go off to college.

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Where are you headed this fall: Colorado State University

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: The mountains

In 10 years, you’ll be: Traveling the world.

Favorite class ever: AP Art History.

Class you wish had been offered: French or German.

Keith Buckelew

World Academy

Favorite school moment from any year: Closing night of the musical.

Give a shout out to: Susan Crawford and Ann Olin, Best Teacher and Best Mentor!

Summer plans: Work and music.

Where are you headed this fall: DENVER!

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: Family and friends and Storm, my kitty.

In 10 years, you’ll be: On Warp Tour.

Favorite class ever: Choir.

Class you wish had been offered: Metal Shop.

Adrian Castellon

Eagle Valley High School

Favorite school moment from any year: Being a part of the track team.

Give a shout out: Thank you mom and dad for all your support.

Summer plans: Work to earn up money for college

Where are you headed this fall: Neumont University in Salt Lake City, Utah.

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: Friends/family.

In 10 years, you’ll be: Working as a game developer/computer programmer.

Favorite class ever: My favorite class ever was physics.

Nancy Fierro

Battle Mountain High School

Favorite school moment from any year: When we all got lost our freshmen year and I gained new best friends.

Give a shout out: I’d like to thank my parents and friends who believed in me.

Summer plans: Work and head to college in July.

Where are you headed this fall: Denver to CCD.

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: I’ll miss the mountains and the friends I’m leaving.

If you’re staying, what are you happiest about keeping: My home.

In 10 years, you’ll be: An entrepreneur with their own business.

Favorite class ever: English 4.

Rose Martinez

Battle Mountain High School

Favorite school moment from any year: My favorite school moment has probably been my fourth-grade Mesa Verde trip with Red Sandstone. Every moment was amazing and I miss it so much.

Give a shout out: I want to give a shout out to my loving parents, Susan and Lorenzo. Also to Jeremy and Christine and my future niece/nephew. 🙂

Summer plans: My summer plans are to work and go to California and Wyoming with the people I love.

Where are you headed this fall: I will be attending the University of Northern Colorado this fall.

If you’re leaving Eagle County, what will you miss most: I am going to miss the wonderful people this valley has, and Minturn’s nature that has surrounded me since I was little.

In 10 years, you’ll be: In 10 years, I will be a businesswoman who can do anything and has done just about everything. I am making my way to the top!

Favorite class ever: Ms. Allen’s Kindergarten class was my favorite, even though I got in trouble all the time …

Class you wish had been offered: I wish there would have been a financial readiness class offered. That stuff is important!

Sam Shay

Vail Mountain School

Favorite school moment from any year: All VMS sports memories I’ve made.

Give a shout out: MG-17 and my girlfriend, Sophie.

Summer plans: Traveling Europe on the Eurail with my boy Scott (Cheffboi) Swimm.

Where you going this fall, bruh? CU Boulder-Leeds School of Business.

What will you miss about Eagle County? I will miss all of my friends, family and the outdoors, where I’ve made lots of my memories.

In 10 years, you will be: Successful.

Favorite class ever: Any art class with Ms. Weins.

Class you wish had been offered: Sports Statistics and Analysis.