Class of 2025 finishes their stay, at Beatrice High School

BEATRICE – The Class of 2025 graduated at Beatrice High School, on Mothers Day. The approximately 140 seniors received their diplomas, marking a milestone as they move on to college, the workforce or the military.

BHS Principal Phil Voigt said the students high school days were meant to prepare them for the best days of their lives….and meet difficult times head on.

"Those these moments are the most unpleasant, they are the ones that create the most learning opportunities. Embrace the challenges they bring you. Face them head on. Lean on the help of those with you and remember that after they pass, you will be stronger, more resilient, and wiser."

Graduating Class Speaker Brooke Given, whose family moved to Beatrice from Atlanta….spoke of the Value of Fear.

"The classmates and the community I've spent these past six years with, have shown me I never had anything to be afraid of. My classmates have welcomed me with open arms and I find that the fear I experienced when I first moved to Beatrice, no longer exists...thanks to the kind community that welcomed me in. Beatrice High School transformed our perspectives on both our values and our lives. The community here is unmatched, and reminds us every day, to show kindness to everyone, regardless of the circumstance. I thank my classmates and friends who never made me feel like an outsider, and instead made me feel like I've always walked here. I never knew I had a home waiting for me one thousand three miles away in Beatrice, Nebraska."

The Class of 2025 had seven graduates who served as co-valedictorians, earning a four-point-oh grade point average throughout high school…Monet Baehr, Jaedyn Baxa, Anna Gleason, Addison Koenig, Morgan Maschmann, Lydia Montag and Megan Powers.

Forty-two graduates earned at least a three-point-five grade point average throughout their high school years. The senior class earned a total of more than $700,000 in scholarships or grants. About 50-percent of the class..72 students…had dual-credit college courses while in high school.

The first BHS student ever to graduate with both a high school diploma and a welding certificate earned from Southeast Community College….Felipe Onate, was recognized.

The class chose at their motto….a statement from Abraham Lincoln…. “the best way to predict the future is to create it.”