We hope you'll take a few minutes to catch up on our Hurricane News. In this newsletter you'll find:

• May Board Corner Report
• Student Celebrations
  
• District Updates
• Summer Activities Around the Community

Reminders:

• Summer Lunch Program is back!

To catch up on Board business, check out our May 2023 Board Corner Summary for a quick summary of the recent BOE Regular Meeting Agenda. The next regular meeting of the Board is June 26, 2023 at 7:15AM and will be held at the District Offices (341 S Nelson Ave).

Board Corner Report: May 2023 (doc)

5 WHS Seniors recently connected with senior citizens in the community to participate in a storytelling project called Senior Spotlight through their Interact Club. With the support of the Clinton County Regional Planning Commission, students worked with artist Jamie Horter and WHS teachers Steven Reed and Dillon Oney throughout the project. The students were coached on how to interview the senior citizens and take their portraits. From storytelling techniques to photo editing, the students saw the project through from start to finish.

This generational collaboration provided our students and the seniors in our community a chance to engage and connect. We hope you'll stop by the Murphy Theatre in the next 2 weeks to view the exhibit.

Congratulations to WHS Seniors Aubre Weller, Chandni Sharma, Katie Murphy, Sophie Huffman and Aeris McDaniel. And special thanks to our senior citizen participants Kay Murphy, Doris Florea, Paul Wahrhaftig, Gary Cooper, and Sue Kratzer.

WHS Senior Spotlight Project 2023

Wilmington High School held their 150th Commencement on May 26th, presenting 188 diplomas to the Class of 2023. This outstanding group of students has already earned more than 1.6 million in scholarships, broken school records in athletics, 49 earned certificates of completion from Laurel Oaks, and 6 are entering the military.

• 46 Graduated with Highest Honor (3.9-4.00 GPA). Over 40 of these Highest Honor Graduates had a 4.0 or higher GPA!
• 11 Graduated with High Honor (3.70-3.89 GPA)
• 19 Graduated with Honor (3.50-3.69 GPA). During the ceremony students were also recognized for their participation in a broad variety of extracurricular activities available at Wilmington High School.

The WHS Wind Ensemble performed “A Heartland Devotion” which is a commissioned piece written by Dr. Onsby Rose, and the Senior Choir performed “I Lived”. The 2023 Senior Class Officers were Noah Geggie (President), Katie Murphy (VP), Caroline Diels (Officer), Olivia Gammell (Officer), and Taylor Noszka (Officer). The Senior Class Advisor was Mr. Matt Geggie. The Class Motto for 2023 was a quote by Minor Myers Jr. - “Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.”

Congratulations to the Class of 2023. Go out and make your mark on the world.

WHS held their Senior Awards Night on May 18, 2023 and recognized students who have received a variety of local scholarships (see pdf attachment). Congratulations to the Class of 2023. So far the graduating seniors have received more than 1.6 million in scholarships!

On May 4th, 30 WMS students were formally inducted into Linda Floyd Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society! We are so proud of these students.

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