Manchester High School Class of 2010 commencement took place on Friday, June 11 at 2:30 p.m. at Virginia Commonwealth University Stuart C. Siegel Center. During the ceremony, the graduating class heard from the school’s Capital Swing choir with Susan R. Kish as Choral Director and graduating senior Victoria Case as Soloist performing “Listen” arranged by Meyers.

Valedictorian Rinkalben Ashokkumar Patel

Class of 2010 Officers:
President Douglas Earl Anderson III
Vice President Mphamvu Titha Kalengamaliro
Secretary Martinika DeAmber Edwards
Treasurer Erica Monique Perkins
Historian Jordan Ruth Hensley

Principal Pete M. Koste

Class Poem
“We, we are a kingdom”
by Olamide Theodore Olugbemi

I look at these faces and see kings and queens
my brothers,
my sisters,
my hands and a dream, meant to hold us
like mother meant to hold us like the trophies we’ve become.

and what have we become?
we are the glory, we are the dream -
everything in between has been for a brighter sense of
seeing where we’ll go after we walk out of our former
home -

and we are not alone!
and so it seems I owe my self to you -
every breath I breathe, and every word that I speak,
Let it penetrate the very hearts that have opened my own -

this - this is your home.
this heart beats for the souls that’ve been
as broken as mine.
Our time is now-
And I am yours.

and as I stand with memories in my hand and
good faith in my fingertips, I’ll raise a banner
and dedicate it to you - do not ever assume that I’ll forget you.

Manchester High School, Class of 2010 -
we graduate in the name of our victory -
because we are the victory,
we are the pioneers,
and we-
we are a kingdom.
and long live us all
because I love you.