Madison Messenger - June 5th, 2022

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Celebrating this year’s high school graduates
By Kristy Zurbrick
Madison Editor
Madison County is home to more than
800 newly graduated high school students
as another school year enters the history
books. Commencement ceremonies took
place across the county between May 21 and
May 29.
West Jefferson
West Jefferson High School was the first
Madison County school to hold commencement
ceremonies this year. The event took
place on May 21 at the high school.
Of the 91 students in the class, 28 graduated
with honors, 32 were members of the
National Honor Society, and one was a
member of the National Technical Honor
Society through Tolles Career & Technical
Center.
The valedictorians are: Aiden Clerico,
Tennessee Jennings, Bryce Keckley, Riley
Marshall, Emily Miller, Annabel Phipps,
Canyon Schneider and Sydney Slone. The
salutatorian is Jessica Fling.
This year’s outstanding Tolles student is
Aliyanna Soloha.
The class officers are: Canyon Schneider,
president; Ethan Miller, vice president;
Lauren Humphries, secretary; Tyler
Buescher, treasurer; Aimee Cordle, public
relations; and Graham Gardner, historian.
The class flower is the white rose. The
class colors are brown and gold. The class
chose “You’re Gonna Miss This” by Trace
Adkins as their song and “2 Legit 2 Quit” as
their motto.
Madison-Plains
Madison-Plains High School’s commencement
ceremony was held May 27 in
the high school gymnasium.
Of the 77 students in the class, eight
graduated with honors and 10 were members
of National Honor Society.
Tyson Guiette, the valedictorian, plans to
attend The Ohio State University to study
engineering. Andrew Geyer, the salutatorian,
plans to attend the University of
Cincinnati to study electrical engineering
technology.
The class officers are: Tyson Guiette,
president; Cainan Kelly, vice president;
Rylee Davis, secretary; Jada Gilpen, treasurer;
and Andrew Thompson, sergeant-atarms.
The class flower is the yellow rose, and
the class colors are green and gold. The class
motto is: “Everybody is a genius. But if you
judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it
will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
London
London High School’s commencement
took place on May 27 at Bowlus Field.
Of the 160 students in the class, 16 graduated
with honors, 18 were members of National
Honor Society, and two were
members of the National Technical Honor
Society.
Josephine Davis, the valedictorian, plans
to attend Georgetown University. Erica
Ren, the salutatorian, plans to attend The
Aiden Clerico
WJHS valedictorian
Canyon Schneider
WJHS valedictorian
Tyson Guiette
MP valedictorian
Tennessee Jennings
WJHS valedictorian
Sydney Slone
WJHS valedictorian
Andrew Geyer
MP salutatorian
Bryce Keckley
WJHS valedictorian
Jessica Fling
WJHS salutatorian
Josephine Davis
LHS valedictorian
Ohio State University.
Class officers are: Josephine Davis, president; Baylee King, vice
president; Emily Leach, secretary; and Erica Ren, treasurer.
The class colors are red and white. The class song is “22” by Taylor
Swift, and the class motto is “It’s your turn to choose and define
what success means to you” by Octavia Spencer.
Shekinah
Shekinah Christian School’s commencement ceremony took
place on May 27 at Shiloh Mennonite Church.
Of the nine students in the class, three graduated with honors
diplomas and five graduated with honors.
The valedictorians are Alayna Schrader, Connor Slabaugh and
Andrew Yutzy. The salutatorians are Lillia Kilzer and Clay Showalter.
Schrader, Slabaugh and Showalter plan to attend Rosedale
Bible College. Yutzy is headed to Cedarville University. Kilzer will
attend Huntington University.
The class officers are: Andrew Yutzy, president; Connor
Slabaugh, vice president; Alayna Schrader, secretary; and Clay
Showalter, treasurer.
The class flower is a yellow daffodil, and the class colors are yellow
and purple. The class chose “Christ be magnified” as its quote.
The class verse is: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today
and forever” Hebrews 13:8.
Tolles
Tolles Career & Technical Center held its certification ceremony
for seniors on May 23-24 in the Tolles auditorium.
Of the 307 students in the class, 26 received Lift awards and 12
were members of the National Technical Honor Society.
Riley Marshall
WJHS valedictorian
Luis Cruz-Hernandez
Tolles outstanding student
Erica Ren
LHS salutatorian
Andrew Yutzy
Shekinah valedictorian
Emily Miller
WJHS valedictorian
Gavin Reed
Tolles outstanding student
Alayna Schrader
Shekinah valedictorian
Lillia Kilzer
Shekinah salutatorian
Annabel Phipps
WJHS valedictorian
Karah Webb
Tolles outstanding student
Connor Slabaugh
Shekinah valedictorian
Clay Showalter
Shekinah salutatorian
Luis Cruz-Hernandez (Jonathan Alder), Gavin Reed (Hilliard
Bradley) and Karah Webb (London) are this year’s outstanding students.
The student council officers are: Mikala Ridder (West Jefferson),
president; Payton Smith (West Jefferson), historian; and Jacob
Allen (Jonathan Alder), secretary.
Jonathan Alder
Jonathan Alder High School’s commencement ceremony took
place on May 29 at Performance Stadium.
Of the 178 students in the class, 50 graduated with honors diplomas.
The valedictorians are Elizabeth Chin, Trevor Cox, Owen Detweiler,
Garrett Ferguson, Mary Ferrito, Reggan Gray, Lauren
See GRADUATION page 5