GRAVETTE -- High school seniors in Gravette walked across the stage and received their diplomas in ceremonies held in the Lions Den Arena on Saturday morning.
The graduates, 122 of them as listed on the graduation folder, marched into the arena to Pomp and Circumstance played by the Gravette High School band.
High honors graduates Katherine Keith led the invocation and Braxton Muldoon the pledge of allegiance.
Shannon Mitchell, the high school principal, welcomed family members and guests.
Maribel Childress, superintendent of Gravette Schools, spoke of the joy it gave her to watch this class grow and mature as it came up through the Gravette school system. She told the students to never forget their hometown and to come back and visit the school and share their accomplishments in life.
High honors graduate Logan Smith dedicated the class flowers to media aide Teri Finnell and high school nurse Carolyn Middleton, speaking of the important role both played in the lives of the Class of 2022.
Distinguished high honors graduate Michael Duke and high honors graduate Sara Satchel shared comments from the class.
Assistant high school principal Jared Schoonover presented the candidates, and diplomas were presented by school board president Jay Oliphant and principal Shannon Mitchell. Childress moved the tassels as students crossed the stage, indicating they were now graduates of Gravette High School.
Oliphant presented the graduates, saying they had met the requirements of the state of Arkansas and were now graduates of the high school.
High honors graduate Nicole Vogt spoke a prayer of benediction, and then the caps flew and the celebrations began.
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High honors student Katherine Keith led her classmates in the invocation during graduation ceremonies at Gravette High School on Saturday morning.
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Gravette distinguished high honors student Michael Duke addresses his classmates, teachers and guests during the Saturday morning graduation ceremonies at Gravette High School.
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Gravette distinguished high honors student Michael Duke addresses his classmates, teachers and guests during the Saturday morning graduation ceremonies at Gravette High School.
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Gravette graduates listened to comments from graduation speakers on Saturday in the Lions Den Arena.
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Gravette high honors student Logan Smith dedicated the class flowers to media aide Teri Finnell and high school nurse Carolyn Middleton during the Saturday morning graduation ceremonies at Gravette High School.
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Gravette High School graduate Isabella Holloway receives her diploma and congratulations from school board president Jay Oliphant on Saturday morning at Gravette High School graduation ceremonies.
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Maribel Childress, superintendent of Gravette Public Schools, addressed the 2022 graduates at graduation ceremonies in the Lions Den Arena on Saturday morning.
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Graduating seniors from Gravette High School began their graduation ceremonies with the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem on Saturday morning.
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Gravette senior and high honors student Braxton Muldoon led his graduating classmates and guests in the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem on Saturday morning in Lions Den Arena.