MCKINLEY AND NARAGON NAMED CLASS OF 2013 TOP STUDENTS
AT MANCHESTER JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Erica McKinley and Thomas Naragon have been named valedictorian and salutatorian
respectively for the Class of 2013 at Manchester Junior-Senior High School. Erica McKinley
has a 10.86 grade point average and Thomas Naragon has a 10.74 grade point average after seven
semesters.
Erica McKinley has earned Academic Excellence and Highest Honor Roll honors through
junior and senior high school with perfect attendance since first grade. Athletically, Erica
has been named TRC Academic All Conference and team captain as a soccer player. In other
extracurricular activities, Erica has participated in Science Olympiad, Key Club, Student Council
and was the 10th and 11th grade class treasurer. She was elected to the National Honor Society
and was a member of the Crossroads Junior Board of Directors for two years. She also has
been a Sunday School teacher and vacation bible school crew leader at her church as well as a
community youth soccer coach. She has also danced at Terri Eckert School of Dance since 9 th
grade.
After high school, Erica plans to attend Taylor University to major in Public Health with a
double minor in Spanish and Intercultural Missions. She plans to later earn a Master’s Degree to
become a pediatric physician’s assistant. She is the daughter of Mike and Lucy McKinley and
the granddaughter of Robert and Beverly Yates of Rosemount, MN.
Thomas Naragon has earned academic honors in Academic Excellence, honor roll and National
Honor Society. Active in track, swimming and soccer, Thomas has been named TRC Academic
All-Conference in swimming, track and soccer, the Squire Award in track and soccer and the
MVP and team captain in soccer. Other activities and honors include Science Olympiad for
three years where he placed 6th at state in 2011, Model UN for two years, band for three years and
the school play for one year.
In community activities, Thomas has studied violin and performed with the Manchester
Symphony for two years. He has also been a coach in the community youth soccer league. With
his environmental science class, Thomas helped to implement a small prairie ecosystem in our
community.
After high school, Thomas plans to attend St. Olaf or Trinity College to major in computer
science, mathematics or neuroscience. Thomas is the son of Steve Naragon and Pam Higgins
and the grandson of Ralph and Becky Naragon, Dick and Ramona Naragon Sive, and Eleanor
Higgins.