By Elizabeth Reiss
Beacon reporter

Twenty-seven Baltic High School graduates will turn their tassels and receive their diplomas on Saturday afternoon.
Graduation Commencement 2009 will be held at 2 p.m. in the high school gym.
Jodi Carr is this year’s valedictorian and has been spending this week working to prepare the speech she will present to her classmates.
“It’s going to focus on some of the lessons our class has learned together,” Carr said of her upcoming speech. “School isn’t all about doing math and reading, it’s also about learning life lessons and skills.”
The No. 1 class-ranked Carr said she will miss the small class sizes at BHS. She plans to attend South Dakota State University in Brookings to study pharmacy.
During commencement, the band will perform processional and recessional music, and the choir will perform a song during the ceremony.
The American Legion Auxiliary, Katheryn Hefty Memorial and Don Prestbo scholarships will be awarded at the ceremony.
“Those scholarship awards will be a surprise to the students,” High School Principal Jim Aisenbrey said.
Other scholarship winners will stand up and be honored during the ceremony, Aisenbrey said.
The Baltic School Teacher of the Year will be announced at commencement.