BERLIN — Berlin Middle High School Valedictorian Kyra Woodward and Salutatorian Kelly McCormick are good friends and, with their classmates, have endured more than a year of unpredictability due to COVID-19.
The two also share a unique connection — both have fathers who teach in the Berlin Middle High School. Alan Woodward teaches social studies while Ted McCormick teaches economics. Neither daughter is planning to follow her father’s steps into a teaching career.
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