Hartland's LEGACY Class of 2011 Graduates

More than 40 Hartland seniors graduated Wednesday from the district's LEGACY alternative high school Wednesday during ceremonies at the .

Led by commencement speaker Mark Will of Dale Carnegie, graduates enthusiastically joined him in reciting the poem below during the end of his speech that's credited to C. W. Longenecker. It echoes the theme of this school that offers many of its students a second chance:

You Can If You Think You Can!

If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will.
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But soon or late the man who wins,
Is the man who thinks he can.

LEGACY — which stands for Lets Educate, Graduate and Care for our Youth! — was founded in 1982 and has a current enrollment of more than 100 students. It holds its classes and programs at the support service center, which once was the main high school.

The Class of 2011 had 43 graduates. They are:

Alyssa Bacon

Alexa Parrish

Jessica Carter

Minda Pham

Samantha Casteel

Megan Rasmussen

Danielle Chandler

Whitney Reddeman

Joshua Eagle

Michael Rollinger

Ryan Eggen

Sara Rowan

Tylor Fremd

Harrison Schultz

Haley Haaseth

Francis Schumaker

Michael Hagan

Joscelynn Schuster

Melissa Hepfinger

Nicholas Seacord

Michael Herbst

Jessce Stearn

James Holcomb

Taylor Stotts

James Juel

Michelle Strong

Joseph Kolar

Matthew Tate

Devon LeMay

Allen Taylor

Taylor Mara

April Taylor

Brendan Merollis

Christopher Tomlinson

April Militzer

Kurstie Trawick

James Millsaps

Jacob Turnage

Alexander Neuville

Amanda Watkins

Paige Noud

Cheyenne Wright

Andrew Orban