Two Clallam County graduations Saturday

Two rural Clallam County schools will present diplomas to graduating seniors Saturday.

Eight Clallam Bay High School students, including valedictorian Luke Wonderly, will receive their diplomas during the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony in the school gymnasium.

Community scholarships will be presented to the students during the ceremony.

Kelli Wilson was selected by students to be the faculty speaker.

Cape Flattery School District’s other high school, Neah Bay, conducted commencement ceremonies last Saturday.

Every one of the 17 graduates were headed to college, with valedictorian Evan Bowechop accepted to Stanford University and Antonio DeBari, who will attend Western Washington University, a Gates Millennium Scholar.

Crescent High School

Fourteen Crescent High School seniors will be recognized as graduates at 3 p.m. Saturday in the school gym in Joyce at 50350 state Highway 112.

Valedictorian Dylan Christie and Class of 2011 President Rashaya Donnell will speak for the class.

Christie, Anne Grover and Mikela Williams will graduate as members of the National Honor Society, and seven students will receive certificates of academic or individual achievement.

Three exchange students will walk with the seniors, Superintendent Tom Anderson said.

Zuzana Jakubkova is from Slovakia, Yanik Weingand from Switzerland and Bolivar Bracale from Brazil.

Exchange students receive certificates of attendance.

The graduation address will be given by Debbie Hibbard.

Jefferson County

Port Townsend, Quilcene and Chimacum high school commencements are this weekend, as well.

Quilcene’s ceremony for 28 graduating seniors at 2 p.m. Saturday in the high school gym at 294715 U.S. Highway 101 also will serve as a reunion, since it is the 100th commencement for the rural school.

Graduates from across the decades plan to be in town for the momentous occasion, said senior class adviser Veda Wilson.

Port Townsend High School’s ceremony at 7 p.m. today at the McCurdy Pavilion in Fort Worden State Park will award diplomas to 117 students.

Chimacum High School will hold its graduation ceremony for 83 seniors at 1 p.m. Saturday at McCurdy Pavilion.

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.

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

Peninsula College will award more than 500 degrees and certificates to graduates at its 49th commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18, in the college gymnasium on the main campus in Port Angeles, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

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.

The Forks High School commencement was last weekend.

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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.

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