As more than 1,260 seniors from the Hazelwood School District preparing to walk across the big stage Saturday, the district has released a little insight into the class of 2013’s work and effort to get to this point.
The class accumulated more than 110,500 hours of community service throughout the past four years, and the seniors also earned more than $11.9 million in college scholarships, according to a district press release. HSD requires 50 credit hours for students to graduate.
In Hazelwood Central, students had a total of 40,791 community service hours, with senior Melvin Morrow accumulating the most with 1,000 hours.
Students will also attend a number of universities across the country such as, Purdue University, Northwestern University and the University of Alabama.
Graduation will take place for all Hazelwood School District high schools Saturday at the Mark Twain building of the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus, with the exception of students in the ACE Alternative Education program. The times are as follows:
- Hazelwood East Senior High School, 10 a.m.
- Hazelwood West Senior High School, 2:30 p.m.
- Hazelwood Central Senior High School, 7 p.m.
- ACE Alternative Education program, Hazelwood East High School gymnasium, 6 p.m.
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We wish all of the graduates and their families a warm congratulations!
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