Three area high schools will award seniors their high school diplomas this weekend. The class of 2009 will graduate this weekend at Sedan High School, West Elk High School, and Burden-Central High School.
Eight seniors from Elk Valley High School will receive their diplomas this Saturday, May 9 in the newly air-conditioned Elk Valley gymnasium.
Baccalaureate will begin at 2 p.m. with commencement following at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served between the two ceremonies.
The class has selected the blue orchid as their class flower, green and silver as their class colors, and the class motto is, “A good friend knows that you are a good egg, even though he knows you are slightly cracked.”
The EVHS class of 2009 valedictorian is Devon Packett and the salutatorian is Cassandra Hart.
Other students graduating with the class will be Marci Croney, Ashley Kill, Derrick Fisher, Briar Baty, Jessie Murphy, and Kasey Beougher.
