Volume 24
Issue 8
June 2018
Celebrating our 61 st Commencement Ceremony with the
Class of 2018
On May 20, 2018, the Bishop Gorman High School community held its 61st commencement ceremony at the Thomas & Mack Center and bid farewell to the 348 members of the Class of 2018. The graduates were joined in their procession by the school’s “Golden Graduates” members of the Class of 1968, celebrating their 50th high school reunion. Friends and family members in attendance were addressed by Valedictorian Hanna Y. Lee and by commencement speaker Mary Beth Higgins ’75, most recently Chief Financial Officer of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company. Rev. William Kenny, Chaplain of Bishop Gorman High School and Pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, offered the invocation and presented the diplomas to the graduates. The commencement ceremony capped off two weeks of events in honor of the graduates which started on Friday, May 4, with the traditional senior barbeque. On Wednesday, May 16, Salutatorian, Jeffrey Wright, addressed his peers at the Academic Awards presentation. Newly appointed Bishop George Leo Thomas, Ph.D., was the principal celebrant and homilist for the Baccalaureate Mass which was held at the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer on Thursday, May 17, 2018.
State Titles for BGHS Sports The 2017-2018 was another successful one for Bishop Gorman athletics, winning state championships in football, women’s soccer, men’s basketball, and men’s track. The football team won its 9th straight championship and ended the season ranked in the Top 10 in the country. The men’s basketball team won their 7th straight title and finished the season 29-4 and ranked top 10 nationally. Coach Scott Cooley and the Bishop Gorman Men’s Track Team won the school’s first ever team State Championship with a dominant performance in Carson City, NV. During the year, the Bishop Gorman athletic teams proved how well-rounded they are, winning the Academic Team State Championships in women’s bowling. They also won individual State Championships in track and field (Cameron Hunterton ’20, Jalen Nailor ’18, Kyu Kelly ’19, and several relay teams) wrestling (Joey Mazzara ’18) and diving (Olivia Gordon ’20). For more details, please turn to page 6.
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