SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko Community Schools presented 78 diplomas to graduating seniors during the Friday, May 29 commencement program in the Whitko Junior-Senior High School gymnasium.
Superintendent Dr. Amy Korus welcomed the families, relatives and friends of the graduating class members, reminding the students they were Wildcats now, would always be Wildcats and always welcome home.
Valedictorian Lillie Sickafoose and Salutatorian Kira Sordelet addressed their classmates and Whitko Senior High Principal Kathy Longenbaugh wished them well in this new phase of their lives.
Whitko Junior High Principal JD Maurer called the role of graduates as Longenbaugh and Whitko Career Academy Director Chris Benedict presented diplomas. School board members Scott Werstler, Georgia Tenney, Lynn Studebaker, Micah Cokl and Deb Thomas were in attendance.
Each graduate also received a red carnation, their class flower.