Doors will be opened for more than 1,400 EVSC high school seniors as they receive their high school diplomas at commencement ceremonies this week. Of special note this year, EVSC’s New Tech Institute – it’s newest high school – has 67 students who will walk across the stage as the first official graduating class of the school, which opened in 2010.
The complete commencement schedule is:
· Academy for Innovative Studies, First Avenue and Diamond Campuses, May 21, 3:30 p.m., AIS Diamond Campus
· Reitz High School, May 21, 5:30 p.m., Reitz Bowl
· Bosse High School, May 21, 7:30 p.m., Enlow Field
· Central High School, May 21, 7:30 p.m., Central Stadium
· New Tech Institute, May 23, 4 p.m., Academy for Innovative Studies, Diamond Campus
· North High School, May 23, 5:30 p.m., North’s Bundrant Stadium
· Harrison High School, May 23, 7:30 p.m., Harrison’s Romain Stadium
Early numbers indicate 1,406 students in EVSC high schools will receive diplomas this week and of those graduates, 81 percent are pursuing a college or technical degree or other post-secondary educational opportunity, up slightly from last year. In addition, the class of 2014 received more than $29 million in scholarship offers, nearly a $10 million increase from last year.
