On March 3, the Village of Ada Council approved the display of banners with photos of students graduating from Ada High School on Main St. light poles. New council members learned that it is the responsibility of the Senior Class to formally request permission from the Village.

The following letter was part of the Council packet.

My name is Lydia Demascio and I am a senior at Ada High School and the class secretary for the graduating class of 2026. My fellow class officers and I are reaching out to ask for your support to continue the senior banner tradition.

In 2020 a new tradition was created. Senior banners were displayed on Ada’s Main Street as a way of celebrating their senior class through the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize that our circumstances are not the same, but the senior class has loved the idea of continuing this very respectable tradition. It allows our community, friends, and family members to support and honor the seniors, as well as celebrate them as they transition into the next season of their lives. It also boosts morale of the community, establishes a spirit of unity, and it allows younger community members to be excited about the future and celebrate the seniors that they have gotten to know through the past years. While this is not a tradition in which the class of 2026 created, it has become a great tradition that we hope you will give us the opportunity to continue.

As a class we have 61 students between Ada and Apollo and we would like to ask for your approval to continue the tradition of hanging senior banners on Main Street. We would need 16 light posts (4 banners back to back), and the banners would be single sided (14 ¼” x 18”). For the past four years, the village has hung them using zip ties to fasten them to the poles. The banners are typically purchased with the funds collected via donations from Quest Federal Credit Union, The Middlefield Bank, and the senior parents. We will then have someone deliver the banners, transporting them to the village and back. We would also like to suggest that they be hung from May 1st through June 30th, 2026.

Thank you for your time and consideration, as we hope to continue the tradition of showcasing and supporting the Ada High School seniors. We are in the home stretch of our senior year, and on the brink of transitioning into the rest of our lives, and we would greatly appreciate this last bit of recognition of the journey that we have taken to get here.

Sincerely, Lydia Demascio
Class Secretary
Ada High School Class of 2026