Whitko Junior-Senior High School Holds Commencement

SOUTH WHITLEY – Whitko Community Schools graduated 85 students during a commencement program May 30 in the Whitko Junior-Senior High School gymnasium.
Superintendent Dr. Amy Korus welcomed the families, relatives and friends of the graduating class members, reminding the students they are Wildcats now, will always be Wildcats and always are welcomed home, according to a news release from Whitko Community Schools.
Valedictorian Gwen Howard and salutatorian Cassidy Skinner addressed their classmates and WJSHS Principal Jodie Clark wished them well in this new phase of their lives.
WJSHS Assistant Principal JD Maurer called the role of graduates as school board members Scott Werstler, Georgia Tenney, Micah Cokl, Lynn Studebaker and Deb Thomas assisted with the diplomas.
Each graduate also received a white rose, their class flower.
The 2025 graduating class members of Whitko Junior-Senior High School are: Kaylee Nicole Adkins, student council member; Braxton Cole Akers; Carter Elkren Bradley, Hope Jo Bradley, academic honors;
Grady Jason Daniel Branning, academic honors; Holly Roxanne Branning, academic honors and technical diploma; Olivia Ann Brincefield; Braxton Lee-Christopher Bromley; Amy Elaine Brown, academic honors and technical diploma, National Honor Society, student council member; Addison Kohl Bumgardner, technical honors diploma; Dylan Lee Cassidy; Magdalynn Grace Clark, academic honors, Whitko Medallion, student council member; Savannah Ann Clark; Zariah Marie Coffelt; Amber Rose Conley; Brooklyn Penelope Mae Cooley, technical honors diploma; Keaton Andrew Cornell, academic honors and technical diploma; Mikayla Oriel Craft; Aleeya Lillie Cramer; Madison Caroline Cripe, academic honors, Whitko Medallion; Jillian Mae Culp, technical honors diploma, student council member; Keeli Patricia Dennis; Owen Riley Donnelly; Tessa Kay Eiler; Keagan Allen Elkins; Brennan Wayne Enyeart; Holly Marie Esterline; Trevor William Freel, academic honors; Elizabeth Opal Gable; Adeline Rose Garr, academic honors and technical diploma, Whitko Medallion, Student Council member; Jaylen Darrell Gibson, academic honors and technical diploma; Easton Andrew Grable, academic honors and technical diploma; Gabriella Mae Griffith, technical honors diploma, student council member; Riley Thomas Harman; Emerson Faye Harper, academic honors and technical diploma; Braisha Lynae Harrison, academic honors and technical diploma; Slade Alan Hathaway; Clifford Reece Hawkins; Kale Edward Hepler; Addison Sherie Holbrook; Guy Aiden Howard, academic honors and technical diploma, Whitko Medallion; Gwen Ann Howard, valedictorian, academic honors & technical diploma, Whitko Medallion; Logan Grace Howard; Isaac Wade Irwin, academic honors, student council member; Kyle Robert Jackson; Emily Joleen Jordan; Micah James King; Breyden James Kirkdorffer; Jayce David Lee; Peyton Marie Leon; Hannah Elizabeth Long, academic honors & technical diploma; Juan Alfonso Macias-Nino, academic honors; Robert Christopher Menzie; Araceli Meyo-Tecualt; Kanyon Brody Michael; Kristopher Elec Ryan Miller; Caroline Lilian Mohr; Felipe Joseph Morales-Hernandez; John Phillip Morgan; Ethen Lee Morris; Dillon Dean Mort; Chaselynn Marie Neer, academic honors, National Honor Society, student council member; Lily Ann Osborn; Traven Keith Ousley; Aliyah Nicole Patrick; Adriyanna Rae Phillips, student council member; Michael Brandon Lee Prater; Nathan Dale Price; Carli Arlene Reeser; Annalise Catherine Rios, technical honors diploma, student council member; Kohen Jason Schipper, academic honors and technical diploma, student council member; Josephine Danielle Scott, technical honors diploma; Cassidy Sue Skinner, salutatorian, academic honors and technical diploma; Whitko Medallion, National Honor Society; Lillian Rashel Sleighter; Carle Jo Sroufe, academic honors and technical diploma, Whitko Medallion, National Honor Society, student council member; Hayley Jean Stevens; Autumn Elyse Studebaker; Hannah Nickole Thomas, academic honors and technical diploma, Whitko Medallion; Chloe Mae Thompson; Avery Ella Tucker; Destiny Jean Tuttle; Lucas James Wagner; Bailey Grace Wolfe, technical honors diploma, Whitko Medallion, student council member; Ella Kay Yarger; and Hank William Yarger.