GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Monument Mountain Regional School will have co-valedictorians this year — Max Wood and Tessa Baldwin — speaking at graduation. Liam O'Gara was named salutatorian for the class of 2025. 

 

Graduation will take place on Sunday, June 1, at 1:30 p.m. at Tanglewood in Lenox. 

 

Baldwin has lived in Richmond for her whole life. She attended Richmond Consolidated School from kindergarten to Grade 8 and then Monument Mountain for four years. In her free time, she enjoys playing pickup sports, reading, making art, and traveling with friends and family. She plans to attend Columbia University in the fall.

 

Wood lives in Great Barrington with his parents and his two younger siblings. In his free time, he enjoys playing the trumpet, reading, chess, watching basketball and baseball, and viewing movies with his friends and family. Next year, Wood will be studying biomedical engineering at the University of Massachusetts. 

 

O'Gara has participated in many activities throughout his high school career, such as the Fall Festival of Shakespeare for three years, and the spring musical "Mean Girls" in his senior year. He also participated in many clubs throughout his time, including Best Buddies, Key Club, Charley's Fund, and the Debate Team. He was also a member of the marching and concert bands for all four years, and the Jazz band for his junior and senior years. 

 

He is grateful for all of the connections that he has made at Monument, both with the incredible staff members and faculty, but with the other students as well.  He will be attending Colgate University in the fall.