COMMENCEMENT
The commencement ceremony shall be a secular ceremony. Students who have met the requirements for graduation will be allowed to participate in the commencement proceedings provided they will abide by the proceedings established by the administration. If a student desires to be excused from graduation activities, application may be to the high school principal stating the reasons.
Failure of a student to participate in commencement will not be reason for withholding the student’s diploma.
Valedictorian and Salutatorian
The senior with the highest cumulative point average for all academic courses taken in grades 9-12 will be named valedictorian and the senior with the next highest will be named salutatorian. In case of a tie, these persons would be named as co-valedictorians or co-salutatorians.
The students, so recognized, must have spent four semesters in the Estherville Lincoln Central High School and must have attended Estherville Lincoln Central High School during their senior year.
The student must have entered high school the same year as the class. For example, a senior in the Class of 2000 entered high school as a freshman in the fall of 1996. The one exception would be for the student who dropped behind because of illness.