Graduates bid farewell to high school
BCHS seniors will receive diplomas this Sunday in J.D. Smith Auditorium
By Anne Marie Kyzer Staff Writer

Burke County High School seniors will march in the school's 20th graduation ceremony set for Sunday, May 20, at 4 p.m. in the J.D. Smith Auditorium.

Only those with tickets will be admitted into the auditorium. However, others may view the ceremony via closed circuit viewing on the 200 hall of the school.

Some 240 graduates plan to receive their diplomas this year. Valedictorian Jeffrey Chandler Jr. and salutatorian Ashley Utley will speak at the ceremony.

Chandler is the son of Bobbye Chandler and Jeff Chandler.

Chandler plans to attend the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and major in agricultural engineering.

Chandler was the BCHS STAR student and has received scholarships from the Watson Brown Foundation and Planters EMC, as well

as a UGA One Scholarship.

Chandler was nominated for the U.S.

Achievement Academy in mathematics and agriculture, received certificates of

merit from UGA and Augusta State University

and was voted Most Likely to Succeed

Burke County valedictorian Jeffrey Chandler Jr. and salutatorian Ashley Utley

by his classmates.

Utley, the daughter of Melrose Utley, has been accepted to

Georgia State University. She

plans to major in early childhood

education and pursue a

minor in youth counseling.

Utley was named the top African-American Student, received UGA and ASU certificates of merit and was named to the National Honor Roll.

Others graduating with

honors at the ceremony include

Daniel Jordan Chase,

Dustin Troy Cline, Jessica

Lynne Dixon, Veronika

Gaines, Brittany Nicole Lambert,

Shanice Latrell Mells,

Mollie Marie Mitchell, Kenya Chanae West and Stephen Phillip Young.