NEN senior class receives diplomas

By JESSICA ALLEN Staff writer
The seniors honored their parents by presenting them with white carnations, the chosen class flower. Many seniors also sought out grandparents and siblings for hugs during the ceremony. Pictured is valedictorian Jill Spire.

RAVENWOOD, Mo. — Nine seniors from Northeast Nodaway R-V said goodbye to their high school days Sunday afternoon in Ravenwood.

The graduation ceremony featured the tradition processional, “Pomp and Circumstance,” played by the school’s brass quartet, followed by the senior video, a slideshow of pictures featuring each student and the class’s senior trip to Florida.

Northeast Nodaway math teacher Charles McIntosh, tthe featured speaker, gifted the students with compasses and encouraged them to dream big and then follow those dreams.

Principal Linda Mattson presented Korey Adwell and Jill Spire with awards for earning salutatorian and valedictorian honors, respectively. Adwell and Spire both gave speeches recounting the memories they made at Northeast Nodaway.

Spire was also presented with the George Washington Carver Award, a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education honor given to outstanding high school seniors in Missouri.

The seniors then presented their parents with white carnations, the class flower.

The class motto, by St. Thomas Aquinas, reads, “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”

Graduating seniors this year from Northeast Nodaway were Adwell, Max Giesken, Mikeala McCoy, Allie Runde, Peyton Weir, Dallis Coffelt, Shelby Linville, Talina Nelson, and Spire.

By JESSICA ALLEN Staff writer
Northeast Nodaway valedictorian Jill Spire recounted memories of each of her classmates in her speech Sunday afternoon. Math teacher Charles McIntosh and principal Linda Mattson look on.

By JESSICA ALLEN Staff writer
The 2016 senior class at Northeast Nodaway R-V hold compasses given to them by featured speaker Charles McIntosh, math teacher.

By JESSICA ALLEN Staff writer
Principal Linda Mattson presents Korey Adwell with his salutatorian medal prior to his speech.

By JESSICA ALLEN Staff writer
Board of education president Kenny Runde presents Talina Nelson with her diploma while superintendent Jeff Mehlenbacher looks on.

By JESSICA ALLEN Staff writer
Northeast Nodaway seniors throw their graduation caps into the air shortly after receiving their diplomas Sunday afternoon in Ravenwood.