Peninsula graduations set

Forks and Neah Bay will kick off the high school graduation season on the North Olympic Peninsula with ceremonies Saturday.

Neah Bay High School commencement will begin at 1 p.m. in the Neah Bay High School gym.

Eighteen seniors are scheduled to graduate.

Wilson Arnold, a science teacher, will speak during the ceremony.

Forks High School’s ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the Spartan Gym, 191 Spartan Ave.

About 74 students will receive their diplomas.

The Quileute Tribal School in LaPush had its graduation at 6 p.m. Thursday at the A-Ka-Lat Center.

Next weekend

Graduation ceremonies are scheduled next weekend for Port Townsend, Chimacum, Quilcene, Clallam Bay and Crescent public school districts.

They are:

■ Port Townsend High School — 7 p.m. Friday, June 10, in the McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden State Park.

As of Thursday, the school listed 129 graduates.

Attendance is by ticket only. Free tickets are available from graduating seniors.

Speakers will be valedictorians Kylen Solvik and Madeline Levy, salutatorians Emelina Berkshire and Bella Fox Garrison, Mackenzie Sepler as class speaker and Chunpeng Stankus as faculty speaker.

■ Chimacum High School — 1 p.m. Saturday, June 11, in the McCurdy Pavilion, with doors opening at noon.

About 87 students will receive diplomas.

■ Quilcene High School — 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11 in the high school gym, 294715 U.S. Highway 101.

The school will award diplomas to 29 students.

■ Clallam Bay High School — 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11 in the school gym.

Eight students will participate in commencement.

Kelli Wilson will be the faculty speaker.

■ Crescent High School — 3 p.m. Saturday, June 11 in the school gym in Joyce at 50350 state Highway 112.

Thirteen students will graduate, said Tom Anderson, superintendent and principal.

Debbie Hibbard, a teacher selected by the students, will speak at the ceremony.

Sequim, Port Angeles

On Friday, June 17, Sequim and Port Angeles public school districts will conduct graduation ceremonies.

Sequim High School’s graduation ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the school’s stadium at 601 N. Sequim Ave.

About 220 will receive diplomas.

The Port Angeles High School commencement will begin at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium at 304 E. Park Ave.

Set to receive diplomas are 220 seniors.

Three student speakers are scheduled: Jacob Dostie, Kari Kenyon and Brianna Mingori.

A ticket is required to attend the graduation. They are free, distributed by graduating seniors.

Lincoln High School, an alternative high school in the Port Angeles School District, has scheduled commencement ceremonies for 23 graduates at 6 p.m. Monday, June 20, in the Peninsula College Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

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