HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION 2016
According to school officials, more than 400 seniors received their diplomas from East Forsyth High School
during the commencement ceremony held inside the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on
Saturday, June 11.
BY TEVTN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Last weekend all 14
high schools in the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools (WS/FCS)
held graduation ceremonies
for the class of. 2016.
According to WS/FCS,
more than 3,000 seniors
walked across the stage and
into the life of adulthood
during various ceremonies
held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
While delivering the
commencement address to
the graduating class at
Carver High School, 97.1
WQMG on-air personality
Busta Brown told the class
of 2016 that it's time to get
it done. As they waited
patiently to receive their
diplomas inside the
Winston-Sajem
Fairgrounds Annex on
Saturday afternoon, Brown
said, "Never envy or com
pare yourself with another
person's greatness.
"The only person you
compare yourself to is the
person you were yester
day," he continued. "When
you compare your great
ness to another person's
greatness, you may miss
that you took a step for
ward."
Other schools that held
graduation ceremonies on
Saturday were, John F.
Kennedy, North Forsyth,
R.J. Reynolds,
Walkertown, Reagan, East
Forsyth and Parkland.
When describing his fellow
classmates during his
speech, Parkland valedicto
rian Roark McLean quoted
rapper Drake when
describing the journey
through high school.
"We started from the
bottom now we're here,"
said McLean. "It has been a
long hard journey but we
made it. I know there are
great plans for all of us as
we move forward in life."
Graduation exercises
for Mt. Tabor, Atkins,
Carter, Glenn and West
Forsyth were held on
Friday, June 10. Winston
Salem Preparatory
Academy capped off the
weekend of celebration on
Sunday, June 12, during a
ceremony held at K.R.
Williams Auditorium on
the campus of Winston
Salem State University.
Lakira Leak yells in excitement after receiving her
diploma from Parkland High School during the
commencement ceremony held on Saturday, June 11
inside the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex.
Photos by Tevin Stinson
Last weekend, all 14
high schools in the local
district held graduation
ceremonies for the class
of 2016. During the cer
emonies held at the
Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum and
Winston-Salem
Fairgrounds Annex
building, thousands of
family members, friends,
and others showed up to
cheer on the graduates.
East Forsyth principal Rodney Bass presents Mary
Joyce Cooper her high school diploma during the
graduation ceremony held last Saturday, June 11, at
the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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