Education

Carroll County High School seniors began their last day of school at the annual Honors Day Program May 25. The following pictures are of the senior-only awards. The rest of the Honors Day awards will appear in next week’s News-Democrat.

“Through Christian education, lives are changed.”

Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University, told a record number of graduates in four ceremonies as 558 students received their degrees May 12-13.

For the 2016-17 academic year, 760 students will have graduated, upon completion of all academic requirements.

The number of graduates and actual number of commencement ceremonies are both record breaking.

Mary Carlton of Sanders, Ky., a Bachelor of Science degree in early childhood education.

Becoming valedictorian is not just showing up for class, nor is it not deciding to buckle down during senior year to try for good grades.

The valedictorian for Carroll County High School’s class of 2017 Jenna Richmond said she began thinking about being valedictorian when she was in middle school when she attended a function at the high school with her older brother Jae.

“This has been a goal through all of high school,” Richmond said. “It has been a battle between me, Jenah Roberts and Taylor Courtney all four years.”