The Adair County High School Class of 2025 will hold its graduation ceremony on May 23, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. CDT in the John Burr Memorial Gymnasium. Each senior has been given 10 tickets for their guests to attend. All guests who are age four and older must have a ticket to enter. Doors will open at 6 p.m. CDT.
In addition to remarks from the Senior Class Officers, the keynote address will be delivered by Mr. JR Thompson, ACHS Business Teacher. The Adair County High School Choir will be performing Found/Tonight along with the National Anthem and the Adair County High School Band will be performing Too Beautiful for Words along with Pomp and Circumstance as the graduates enter. The Adair County High School Cadet Corps will be presenting the colors.
The Class of 2025 is made up of 206 students. One hundred fifteen students in the class have achieved a Latin honor academic recognition. Twenty-three students have earned a Summa Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 4.0 or greater), 43 students have earned a Magna Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 3.5 to 3.99), and 49 students have earned a Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 3.0 to 3.49).
Additionally, 186 students in the graduating class have earned the designation of Postsecondary Ready. Postsecondary Ready students have met requirements established by the Kentucky Department of Education indicating they are ready to successfully transition to their next step after high school. One hundred twenty of these students have met the requirements for both Academic Readiness and Career Readiness, 42 students have met the requirements for Academic Readiness, and 24 students have met the requirements for Career Readiness.
The motto for the Class of 2025 is, “Chase your dreams but always know the road that’ll bring you home again.” The class chose You’re Gonna Go Far by Noah Kahan as the class song, the white rose as the class flower, and red, white, and blue as the class colors.
(Chad A. Parnell, Principal – Adair County High School)