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WCHS had its graduation last week. There were many moving words spoken, full of hope and promise for the future. 

However, the most meaningful message to me personally came not from these beautiful words. 

It came from a special- needs student that graduated at the age of 20, who did no more than slowly walk across the stage to receive his diploma. My son, Will, who was an usher for the graduation, had the great honor to assist him onto the stage. I was thankful Will received that chance to do so. 

“A teacher affects eternity; she can never tell where her influence stops.”

Henry Adams

About 90 years ago, General Douglas MacArthur, later one of only five men in the history of the United States to be promoted to the rank of five-star general, was appointed Superintendent of The United States Military Academy at West Point. 

I’m a 37-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserve.