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In photos | Rappahannock County High School’s Class of 2024 graduation

by | May 30, 2024

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Rappahannock County High School’s graduating seniors celebrated their achievements with friends, family and teachers Friday night at a commencement ceremony in the school’s gymnasium.

Sixty students were awarded their diplomas and will move on to college, trade school, the work force and the Armed Forces.

Shannon Grimsley, superintendent of Rappahannock’s public schools, addressed the packed gym, and applauded the students for their grit and for all they have achieved in their academic careers.

“This day is not merely about the diploma you will soon hold in your hands, it is about the courage and resolve that has carried you through countless challenges and brought you to this significant milestone,” Grimsley said.

“You are Gen z-ers, or Zoomers, your generation has oftentimes been stereotyped as the generation that lacks passion…but I see things a bit differently. Yours is a generation that channels its grit in new and unanticipated directions,” she said.

Here’s a look at the big day:

Slideshow: RCHS graduation, May 24, 2024

Watch the graduation:

Courtesy Rappahannock County Public Schools

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The class of 2024, whose entrance into Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) was defined by the COVID-19 pandemic and all of the irregularity that came with it, will walk the stage and collect their diplomas on Friday.

Meet the Rappahannock County High School Class of 2024

Rappahannock County High School will hold its graduation Friday (May 24) at 7 p.m. Here’s a look at the Class of 2024’s 60 graduates. Congratulations and good luck on your next chapter!

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  • Ireland Hayes

    Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner.
    Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.
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Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.