TWO DOWN, TWO TO GO

High Plains and Shelby-Rising City Seniors Graduate
Shelby-Rising City honored grads included magna cum laude students (front) Katelyn Nekl, Mackenzie Kuns, Clare Willis, Emma Svoboda; (back) Dalton Pokorney, Taya Pinneo and Collin Vrbka (wearing white cords). Photo by SRC Yearbook.
Shelby-Rising City honored grads included magna cum laude students (front) Katelyn Nekl, Mackenzie Kuns, Clare Willis, Emma Svoboda; (back) Dalton Pokorney, Taya Pinneo and Collin Vrbka (wearing white cords). Photo by SRC Yearbook.

Saturday was round one of graduations for Polk County. High Plains and Shelby-Rising City held their graduations that afternoon.

High Plains had 22 graduates, which Shelby-Rising City had 17. This is one of the smaller classes for Shelby-Rising City and a larger one for High Plains.

High Plains honored graduates Allie Howell, Gage Friesen and Caleb Sharman all spoke. They told of fond memories of th…