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Taylorville High School Holds 128th Annual Commencement Friday Night

Taylorville High School held its one hundred twenty-eighth Annual Commencement Friday night in the West Gym.  Some 150 seniors officially received their diplomas in front of about a thousand people, as attendance was limited to certain family members due to COVID restrictions.

 

The event was broadcast live on WRAN groovy 97-point-3 and video streamed live on Tommy TV.

 

 

After the graduating class entered the gym, the Senior High Concert Band under the direction of Chris Gunn played the National Anthem, Natalie Howard gave the Invocation, and class speaker Zackary Woodall spoke about "The Pursuit of Passion."

 

 

The Taylorville Senior High School Choir, under the direction of Keith Chase, sang followed by the Senior High Concert Band playing a special number.  Principal Matt Hutchison then presented the Class of 2021 to Superintendent of Schools Doctor Chris Dougherty, who told the ceremony the Taylorville High School Graduating Class of 2021 received the most scholarships of any graduating class.

 

 

Scholarships Taylorville seniors received totaled almost 2-million dollars from a host of local Foundations, civic organizations, and businesses.

National Honor Society and Honor students were honored, then Hutchison announced the names of the some 150 graduates with David Driskell, President of the Taylorville School Board, presenting the diplomas.  After all were given, Hutchison formally presented them to the audience.

 

 

Morgan Hogarth presented the Benediction, and the Taylorville graduates left the high school gym for the last time.

 

The event was followed by a senior parade thru the city from the Christian County Fairgrounds, thru the regular Taylorville parade route.

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