The original date of 8th grade graduation was Saturday, May 9, 2020 for Guardian Angel School. It finally got to happen on Saturday, June 6 at the 6 pm Mass at Guardian Angel Church. Although they finally had their graduation, they had missed their 8th grade retreat, AR trip to the Cardinal game, their last music program, their last class Mass in church,their graduation banquet hosted by the 7th grade class and the last 2 months of being the 8th grade class as a group. Since there wasn't a banquet to hand out awards, the class met in church prior to Mass and they were handed out to the students then. Valedictorian for the class was Owen Forehand who also took every class award except for Algebra 1 (because he was in the Geometry Independent Study Class) and was also the recipient of the Most Christian 8th grader award. This award is based on grades, willingness to help others, Christian attitude, etc and was voted on by the Guardian Angel teachers. Gabe Dirnberger was the winner of the Algebra 1 award and was the Salutatorian of the class. The five students who graduated were Gabe Dirnberger, Owen Forehand, Nolan Loper, Cooper Senciboy, and Branson Westrich. Congratulations to the Class of 2020 on future endeavors in high school and beyond.
Connect with the Southeast Missourian Newsroom:
For corrections to this story or other insights for the editor, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To learn about the Southeast Missourian’s AI Policy, click here.