The Fort Atkinson High School 134th Commencement Ceremony, titled: “On Cloud Nine,” was held Sunday, June 12, in the Fort Atkinson High School gymnasium. Some 260 Class of 2022 seniors as listed on the commencement program graduated before friends and family.
Pictured below are scenes from the event, including the ceremony and candid shots taken afterwards.
Fort Atkinson Online sends an exuberant “Congratulations!” to all of Fort Atkinson’s graduating seniors and their families.
Kim McDarison photos.
Several speakers took the podium during the graduation ceremony. They were: graduating senior Drew Evans, who delivered the welcome speech; graduating senior Logan Recob, who introduced classmates who attended Fort Atkinson High School as foreign exchange students; faculty speaker Justin Frey; graduating senior Jennifer Tumbarello, who spoke about high school teachers who were retiring this year, including Becky Rossing and Chick Westby; School District of Fort Atkinson Superintendent Rob Abbott, and graduating seniors Sophia Chapman and Kiara Wolfram. Also on hand to deliver remarks were two of three foreign exchange students: Gioia Gatto, from Italy, and Paula Palacios Moreno, from Spain. A third student, Maxim Kvachyov, of Kazakhstan, was not in attendance.
Following are scenes from the graduation ceremony:
Family members celebrate from the bleachers in the gymnasium:
Friends, families and graduates gather after the ceremony:
The following Fort Atkinson High School Class of 2022 students graduated Sunday, June 12:
Students with a double asterisk after their name have earned academic honors in the form of a Gold Cord, which signifies as seventh semester cumulative grade point average of between 3.85 and 4.00.
Students with a single asterisk after their name have earned academic honors in the form of a Silver Cord, which signifies a seventh semester cumulative grade point average of between 3.50 and 3.84.
