Tree planted in honor
of Ryan Merritt
Hilton High School honored the memory of a student this week, who died in a tragic automobile accident last year, by planting a tree on school grounds. Ryan Merritt would have graduated with the Class of 2001. His parents established the Ryan Merritt Scholarship which was awarded June 10 at the High School's BRAVO Night. At the tree-planting ceremony were from left: friends Don and Lin Stuhler; Principal David Dimbleby; Charles, Sue and Lindsay Merritt; Assistant Principal Kelly VanLaeken; Assistant Principal Brian Bartalo; social studies teacher Rebecca Pietropaoli; and science teacher Patrick McGinnity.