Dora High School held first Ozark County graduation ceremony of the year last Friday
all photos in this article by Shana Hambelton Dora High School’s class of 2024 graduated Friday, April 26, with a ceremony held in the Dora school gym. Graduates, pictured here, from left, are: top row: Wilson Masters, Ashton Roberts, Brayden York, Dakota Barnes and Nathaniel Woodruff. Second row: Cabot Massey, Braeden Church, Dylan Green, Drake Arnett and Ryan Davis. Third row: Kamron Walker, Sara Jenne, Jada Paul, Nicole Turnbull, Isabel Bradshaw and Easton Carter. Fourth row: Isobel Cook, Ashtin Dusenbury, Haley Rogers-Newton, Kadence Knox, Heidi Engert-Spengemann and Natasha Slavik. Bottom row: Sirena Housley, Hanna Bunch, Mikayla Nelson, Mia Gray, Shelby Causey and Savannah Johnson.
Braeden Church, the Dora High School class of 2024 valedictorian, gave a speech that included a special shout out to his parents, college English teacher, art classmates and those who attended the ceremony.
Sara Jenne, the Dora High School class of 2024 salutatorian, gave a speech where she expressed her sincere gratitude to her teachers, parents, community and classmates for her time at Dora school.
Dora High School held its class of 2024 commencement ceremony Friday, April 26, in the Dora School gym led by Superintendent Allen Woods.
The ceremony featured commencement speaker Bev Davison, a former Dora teacher, who is an accomplished gymnastics coach and judge among other accolades. She addressed the senior class and gave a speech telling the graduates that the things that matter most is “What you are doing and where you’re going.”
Also taking the microphone were class of 2024 valedictorian Braeden Church and salutatorian Sara Jenne.
The Ozark County Times commemorative keepsake edition is included in this week’s edition on pages B1-B14.
Lutie’s graduation is up next, at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, with Heath Treat as commencement speaker. Bakersfield will host its graduation at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10, in the school gym with speaker Kyle Dillinger. Gainesville’s graduation will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, at the Benton Breeding Stadium with Kara (Hambelton) Johnson as the commencement speaker.