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Canon-Mac to honor 400 graduates

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Sarah Centore

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Brandon Byer

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Patrick Connor

Canon-McMillan High School will hold commencement exercises for 400 graduates at 7 p.m. today at the school.

Speaking at the ceremony will be valedictorian Sarah Centore, salutatorian Brandon Byer and honor student Patrick Connor.

Centore is a daughter of Anthony and Jody Centore of Canonsburg. Among her awards is the Harvard Book Prize, U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award, First Commonwealth Bank Scholarship, Washington Financial Bank Scholarship, Dominick DiMatteo Academic Memorial Scholarship and Chancellor’s Scholarship. Centore was named a Pennsylvania School Counselors Association Scholarship Essay Competition Winner, AP Scholar with Honor, Carson Scholar and Fred Rogers Scholar. Centore is involved in the peer jury, ski club, chemistry club, Math League, National Honor Society, Students for Exceptional Citizens Club and the Canonettes, where she has been a squad leader for the last two years. Centore is also a LEAD CM Mentor. She plans to attend Saint Vincent College to study biology with the goal of becoming a physician.

Byer is a son of James and Anne Marie Byer of Canonsburg. Among his awards is the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award, Corey Joseph Adams Scholarship, North Strabane Township Supervisors Scholarship, Robert Morris Liberty Scholarship and Patriot Scholarship. Byer is a National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, Lead CM Mentor and a four-year letterman for his school’s soccer team, where he was captain. Byer is involved in the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Spanish club, Math League and chess club. He plans to attend Robert Morris University to study actuarial science in the school’s honors program.

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