Baldwin High School commencement May 17, 2008
Baldwin High School held its 121st commencment Saturday afternoon. A total of 84 students graduated from BHS this year. Merle Venable, former BHS teacher and coach, gave the keynote address.
The graduating class of Baldwin High School celebrates the end of Saturday's ceremony with the annual tradition of spraying silly string.
Merle Venable, right, gave the keynote address at Saturday's commencement. Venable is a former BHS teacher and coach. Sitting behind him, from left, are Baldwin High School Principal Shaun Moseman and Baldwin Board of Education President Alison Bauer.
Colby Heckathorne, 2008 Baldwin High School graduate, represented the senior class with a speech Saturday.
Baldwin High School graduate Aaron Karlin, right, accepts his diploma from Alison Bauer, Baldwin Board of Education president, saturday at the commencement ceremony.
Heather Garcia, right, Baldwin High School graduate, presents the 2008 class gift to BHS Principal Shaun Moseman. The seniors donated new mats for the Baldwin Junior High School gymnasium for the east and west ends.
2008 Baldwin High School graduate Logan Keener represented the class with a short speech Saturday at the commencement ceremony.
Baldwin High School graduate Dan Glover exits the gym covered in silly string Saturday afternoon. It's become tradition for the graduating seniors to spray silly string in the air after the ceremony is finished.
The 2008 graduating class had a memorial for Krystal Bateson at Saturday's ceremony. The memorial was left between Josh Beaulieu, left, and Chris Behrend. Bateson was a member of this class until her tragic death in June 2004.
During Saturday's graduation ceremony, the Baldwin High School choir sang "For Good" while being directed by Juli O'Mealey-Hossain.
Members of the Baldwin High School and Baldwin Junior High School bands play "Pomp and Circumstance" at Saturday's commencement ceremony.
Baldwin High School eduators Ginny Honomichl, left, and Jana Jorn, center, lead the processional around the Baldwin Junior High School gymnasium Saturday.
Merle Venable, right, gave the keynote address at Saturday's commencement. Venable is a former BHS teacher and coach. His message was about reading books and having courage in life.
