NEAH BAY — Neah Bay High School officials expect all 20 seniors in the graduating class to graduate this year, leaving none behind for the third year in a row.
On Saturday, the class is scheduled to take the stage at 1 p.m. in the Neah Bay High School gymnasium to receive their diplomas.
Keeping the 100 percent graduation rate came down to the wire this year because one student had to wait until last week to learn the results of the most recent state math exam, said Principal Ann Renker.
The student passed, she said. The Neah Bay Class of 2013 has bucked a statewide trend of students unable to fulfill new math graduation requirements.
As of April, 9,083 of the state’s 72,058 high school seniors had not passed the end-of-course algebra exam, while only 2,653 had yet to pass the state’s reading or writing exam, according to the latest graduation statistics from the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Renker said that because of Neah Bay High’s small size, each student can get personal attention to make sure they have the skills to pass their classes and those exams.
That strategy worked this year, she said.
Class valedictorian Joey Monje was accepted to 12 colleges and received and accepted a full-ride scholarship to Hanover College in Hanover, Ind.
Every senior has either a college or university acceptance letter, or has enlisted in military service, Renker said.
“It’s all about the plan,” she said, referring to the school’s graduation plan, in which all students are tracked to make sure they are on the right trajectories for graduation and lives after high school.
Class of 2014
Renker said she is confident that unless something dramatic happens, the 27 incoming seniors in the Class of 2014 also will graduate on time.
North Olympic Peninsula graduation ceremonies are scheduled as follows:
■ Quileute Tribal School — 5 p.m. today, A-ka-lat Center in LaPush; three graduates.
■ Port Townsend High School — 7 p.m. Friday, McCurdy Pavilion, 200 Battery Way, Fort Worden State Park; 92 graduates.
■ Chimacum High School — 1 p.m. Saturday, McCurdy Pavilion, Fort Worden, Port Townsend; 84 graduates.
■ Neah Bay High — 1 p.m. Saturday, Neah Bay High gymnasium; 20 graduates.
■ Forks High School — 6 p.m. Saturday, Forks High gymnasium, 261 Spartan Ave.; 65 graduates.
■ Lincoln High School — 6 p.m. Thursday, June 13, Peninsula College Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles; 12 graduates.
■ Sequim High School — 6 p.m. Friday, June 14, Sequim High stadium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.; estimated 199 graduates.
■ Port Angeles High School — 8 p.m. June 14, PAHS gymnasium, 304 E. Park Ave.; between 190 and 195 graduates.
■ Clallam Bay High School — 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15, Clallam Bay High gymnasium, 16933 state Highway 112; 12 graduates.
■ Quilcene High School and Crossroads Community School — 2 p.m. June 15, Quilcene High gymnasium, 294715 U.S. Highway 101; 15 graduates.
■ Peninsula College — 2 p.m. June 15, Peninsula College gymnasium; 571 associate degrees and professional certificates to be awarded.
■ Crescent High School — 3 p.m. June 15, Crescent High gymnasium, 50350 state Highway 112; 17 graduates and two foreign-exchange students.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
