Graduation at IVHS set Wed. June 4
From our weekly issue dated May 28, 2008
Kathryn Baker
As a prelude to commencement exercises for the Illinois Valley High School Class of 2008, a baccalaureate will be held Sunday, June 1 at 6 p.m.
The all-congregational gathering will be held at Fountain of Life Assembly of God Church on Junction Avenue at Caves Hwy.
The IVHS graduating class, approximately 95 strong, will march through rose-covered arches on Wednesday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. The ceremonies will be conducted at the school football field, but in case of stormy weather the program will be held in Ken Mann Memorial Gym.
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Kathryn Baker is the class valedictorian. William Crowl is salutatorian. They are honored as class speakers due to their grade-point averages surpassing 4.0 because of their accomplishments in Advanced Placement classes.
Baker and Crowl will address their classmates as will Steve Morgan, selected by the class as faculty speaker. Morgan, a history teacher, is the perennially chosen faculty representative.
The guest speaker will be Barbara Gamble, scholarship coordinator at IVHS.
The forthcoming graduates have picked red-and-white roses as their class flower. Red and white are the school colors. Musical compositions for the ceremonies will be led by Sean McKee, director of music.
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Besides band presentations, the choir will sing Put A Little Love In Your Heart. The class song, Change, will be sung by Forrest Roth, a member of the graduating class. Kelcie Yeoman, also a class member, will sing Best Days.
Wiliam Crowl
As its motto, the Class of 2008 has chosen one by Confucius: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
(Editor’s Note: The graduating class will be featured in a special full-color presentation in the June 4 issue. Coverage of graduation ceremonies will appear in the June 11 issue.)
