Five Peninsula schools to celebrate graduations this weekend

Five North Olympic Peninsula high schools will award diplomas in commencement ceremonies this weekend.

Port Townsend, Chimacum, Quilcene, Clallam Bay and Crescent public school districts have ceremonies planned.

Here are the details.

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

Some 129 graduates will receive diplomas.

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 in the McCurdy Pavilion, with doors opening at noon.

About 87 students will receive diplomas.

■ Quilcene High School — 2 p.m. Saturday 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 in the school gym.

Eight students will participate in commencement.

Kelli Wilson will be the faculty speaker.

■ Crescent High School — 3 p.m. Saturday 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 main gymnasium 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.

Forks and Neah Bay high school commencements were last weekend.

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