PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH HIGH SCHOOL’S 2023 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Plymouth Whitemarsh

High School seniors are preparing to accept their diplomas during the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony, which will be held on Wednesday, June 14, at Colonial Field (football stadium) beginning at 6 p.m.

You can view the ceremony here on the district’s CITV YouTube channel

This year’s ceremony featured keynote speaker Larry Williamson Jr., a Plymouth Whitemarsh High School alumnus who was recently inducted into the Distinguished Graduate Organization. Mr. Williamson, Class of 1973, has received numerous awards and accolades for his work as the former leader of The Ohio State University’s Frank W. Hale Cultural Center, which boasts one of the country’s highestvalue African-American art collections and is one of the largest employers of African American students in the country.

Other speakers included Olivia Bell, student; Olivia

Wellman, student poet laureate; Dr. Jason Bacani, principal; and Dr. Michael Christian, Superintendent.

Here are some interesting facts about this year’s graduating class:

• 345 students will be accepting diplomas

• 92.1% are going to fouror two-year colleges/ universities (for a map of where seniors are headed following graduation, click here)

• Four students are going into the military

• The Class of 2023 has received a one-year total of $4,430,453 in scholarship and award money, and a four-year total of $18,043,086

• The Class of 2023 included 10 National Merit Scholarship Commended students.