Carrie Yale, our assistant managing editor for photography, asked me to post this note here on The Hall Monitor to give a public thank-you for all the help she got from the community in putting together a photo gallery for the Hendrick Hudson High School graduation:

Our goal at The Journal News/LoHud.com was to photograph every college, private high school and public high school graduation in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam.

As I said in a previous note, due to a scheduling error, we missed the Hendrick Hudson graduation on Friday, June 27, 2008.

As soon as we realized our mistake, we made every effort to find a solution. I would like to thank the administration at Hendrick Hudson High School for working with us to find photographs that were taken and for sharing them with us.

Principal James Mackin and Assistant Principal Daniel Callahan were fantastic in reaching out to teachers, parents and friends and asking them to share photos. They sent them to us in record time so that the Hendrick Hudson photo gallery could be up and running.

A special thank-you goes out to teacher Ken Manse for not only shooting every single graduate but also for sharing his images with us. As of today, there are 293 photographs in the Hendrick Hudson photo gallery on LoHud.com/gradphotos

While I wish we had not missed your event, I am in awe of the collaboration and understanding I have seen. The willingness to remedy the error with a solution that best served our graduates and their families and friends is what this is all about.

As the mom of a daughter who graduated this year, I fully understand and respect the importance of this milestone and the desire to have photographs from this event.

If you would like to submit more photos, please upload them at www.lohud.com/snap or e-mail them to ganphoto@cloud9.net.

Call me with any questions. (914-694-5092)

Again, thank you for understanding and we’ll see you next year!

Carrie Yale
Assistant Managing Editor/Photography
The Journal News/LoHud.com