Congratulations, West Seattle High School Class of 2012!

A couple times during Saturday evening’s West Seattle High School graduation ceremony at Memorial Stadium, the rain came down … but that didn’t keep the caps from eventually going up:

The ceremony program listed 237 graduates; here’s our video of everyone in the opening processional:

Before everything got under way, some of the adult participants paused to reflect – from left, school board director Marty McLaren, WSHS principal Ruth Medsker, and interim superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield:

The program didn’t list valedictorian(s)/salutatorian(s), but 29 students were listed as National Honor Society members, with grade-point averages from 3.2 to 4.0 as well as participation in activities such as meetings and community-service events.

LivesInWS June 17, 2012 (10:51 am)

Why does one side of the student seating area have kids in one color cap & gown style, and the other side in a different color graduation cap & gown? They can’t really be segregated by male and female?

Proudmama June 17, 2012 (10:40 pm)

Ummmm…., did u graduate from High School yet yourself? That is tradition that the boys wear one of the school colors and the girls wear the other.

Mistro June 18, 2012 (1:25 am)

Proudmama, LivesInWS wasn’t talking about difference in color, but difference in seating. I did graduate from WSHS and we were mixed in seating. I don’t know why they did it like that this year, but I find it odd as well.

Lfauntleroy June 18, 2012 (2:59 pm)

Thanks for posting the video! We were too far away to see our son in the processional. And now we can share the link with his Grandparents in Texas!!

MistroSupporter June 20, 2012 (7:33 pm)

Yes, I believe the first commenter was referring to the seating.

proudmama June 21, 2012 (12:40 am)

all of the graduations this year were held this way. It actually looked nice having all one color on one side from the other. I have seen this done before.

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