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   Coupeville High School/Middle School Drama Advisor Peg Tennant is retiring after 22 years at the post. (Amanda Rice photo)

After two decades of putting the spotlight on others, Peg Tennant is leaving the theater wings.

The longtime Coupeville High School/Middle School Drama Advisor is retiring from a post she’s held since the mid-90’s.

That brings an end to a school career in which she’s mentored hundreds of students and produced countless stage productions.

As she moves on to focus on other parts of her life, Tennant released the following farewell:

Yes – it is true – I am retiring.

Here is the first part of my letter to the School Board:

“The close of the 2016-17 school year is upon us and after much deep reflection upon my 22 years of service to the Coupeville School District, I realize it is time for me to go.”

Please remember our second “rule” – respect – and remember my emphasis on self-respect and self-care.

My leaving has NOTHING to do with you, students – it has to do with me practicing what I have preached about – self-care.

It is way past time for me to take care of myself, for a lot of reasons.

To all past, present, and future CMS and CHS Drama types, I share this – my thespians, you know me in a way no one else ever has.

You open me to things I never knew existed.

You drive me to insanity and push me to my depths.

You are the beat of my heart, the pulse of my veins, and the energy in my soul … you are my thespians.

I’ll be cheering you on – your everlovin’ past advisor/director.

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   Robin Cedillo: “You want me to watch a 13-minute video?!?! Let me get my toast on first, son.” (John Fisken photo)

The Class of 2017 has officially left its mark.

One of the annual rites of passage for seniors at Coupeville High School is the hand-off of the torch to the junior class, and immortalizing that transfer of power with a video.

Every graduating class thinks their cinematic creation is the best ever made, so I’m sure the ’17ers would get loud ‘n proud right about now if the subject came up.

Take a gander at their well-crafted vid below (and, if you’re a completist, you can track the rest of them down on YouTube in your spare time):

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Middle names, middle names as far as the eye can see. (Duane Baumann photo)

You can’t tell the players without a roster.

Before you head to Coupeville High School’s graduation (Friday, 6 PM in the high school gym), take a gander at the official list of those bound for their diplomas.

The list runs 71 deep, from Allen to Zanardi.

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(Scott Losey photos)

   You know they’re getting serious when the blue triangles appear. (Scott Losey photos)

oval

They said “let there be lane numbers” and it came to pass.

numbers

Lookin’ snappy.

Now it’s getting real.

Another day, another step closer to being finished for Coupeville High School’s snazzy new, levy-funded, track oval.

Lines went down, lanes went up, and now … lane numbers and other assorted markings.

Next thing you know, CHS will be hosting its first home track meet since 2008.

My, oh my.

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signs (John Fisken photos)

   Jeff Humphrey, owner of Whidbey Sign Company, installs the Coupeville Wall of Fame sign that centers a new historical display in the CHS gym. (John Fisken photos)

signs

If the lift’s a-bouncin’, don’t come a-knockin’.

wall

Halfway home.

Wall of Fame

   116 title boards, in 11 sports, covering CHS accomplishments from 1960 to 2016.

Jeff

   Humphrey (left) and some idiot blogger who spent his Wednesday hanging around the gym, getting underfoot.

We did it.

And let me stress the first word in that three-word sentence — WE.

When you walk in the Coupeville High School gym in the days to come, when you see what has risen, what has been remembered, what has been rediscovered, it is not the work of one person.

It is the work of a nation, of a Wolf Nation.

Everyone who chipped in, through donations, advice, access, historical knowledge, or just a pat on the back, shares in the history which now plays out on the gym wall.

For the first time, Wolf faithful and rivals alike can look up and see the complete tale of CHS sports play out in front of their eyes in living (glossy) color.

Pick the sport of your choice and you can see the changes in leagues, the rise (and sometimes fall) of a program’s success, and the moments which will live forever for the athletes, coaches and fans who participated.

Decades of history which has been locked away largely in dusty newspaper clippings is now front and center, the way it should be.

The warriors of the past are being honored, while the current generation has a target.

It’s been a long time coming and all the work paid off nicely.

Thank you, one and all.

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