A total of 1,367 students are expected to graduate from the Rowan-Salisbury School System in commencement exercises Saturday.
Five of the high schools will hold graduation at Catawba Collegeís Keppel Auditorium.
The first will be East Rowan at 8 a.m., followed by South Rowan at noon, North Rowan at 4 p.m., Henderson Independent at 6 p.m. and Salisbury High at 8 p.m.
The second class of Carson graduates will receive their diplomas at 10 a.m. at the school.
West Rowan will host its commencement ceremony at 8 a.m. from the football stadium.
Commencement speakers and junior marshals for each school are as follows:
Carson High
Speakers: Students Emily Peeler and Patrick Diep.
Junior marshals: Nathan Hill, Cathryn Lippard, Kaley Lowman, Nick Martin, Chloe Monroe, Maryann Niederman, William Nollenberger, Dalton Parrott, Logan Ritchie, Jan Sitterson, Katie Smith and Daniel Walser.
East Rowan
Speakers: Brett Leslie, valedictorian; to be determined salutatorian; Armanda Lee, student body president ; and Dorie Sapp, senior class president
Junior Marshals: Brianna Brinkley, Emily Clement, Dale Davis, Allie Hendrickson, Kenneth Hipp, Melisa Hollar, Cole Honeycutt, Karley Ingold, Samuel Lakey, Carmen Lowe, Kyle Venrick, Jacob Ward.
North Rowan
Speakers: Jessica Erwin, senior class president; Joshua Price, valedictorian; Ashtyn Kepley, salutatorian; Mark Alley, alumni association president
Junior Marshals: Mason Jennings, chief marshal; Laura-Katherine Barker, Bethany Bruce, Brittany Cheshire, Emily Gobble, Tobi Holland, Danielle Hosch, Jade Lomax, Richard Madison, Jesse Pinkston, Tyler Powers, Neegbeah Reeves, Elijah Shackelford, Meredith Sokolowski.
Salisbury High
Junior Marshals: Taylor Capito, Jenny Patel, Alex Nianouris, Kaitlin Canipe, Joy Loeblein, Whitney Brown, Kristin Tajlili, Dakota Childers, Richard Earnhardt, Alan Lebowitz, Kaylin Hunter, Lily Yatawara, Charlotte Mills, Kyle Wolfe, Clark Alcorn, John Grant.
South Rowan
Commencement speakers: Students Joshua Lowder and Joel Luther
Junior Marshals: Logan Beck, Jesse Chen, Zachary Clark, Kayla Corriher, Caleb Helms; Tanner Hoke, chief; Kaylin Little, Kiersten Lockman, Alex Lopez Gutierrez, Esteban Velazquez.
West Rowan
Speakers: Leslie Pence, senior class president; Madison Osborne, student body president; Bransyn Motley, academic speaker; Raleigh Crater, academic speaker; student Leslie Pence.
Junior Marshals ó Silvana Abad, Connor Edwards, Mary Tyler March, Brandon Basinger, Christopher Estrada, Mary McCachren, Allison Baucom, Joseph Frost, Emily Rayl, Johnathan Beatty, Alexandra Greene, Kristy Rounds, Bryce Burns, Christian Hedrick, Laura Satterwhite, Molly Cogburn, Mac Kennedy, Christopher Stewart, Michael Dunn, Leigh Beth Lytle, Zachary Truby.
By the numbers
Number of estimated graduates from each high school:
297 ó East Rowan
269 ó Carson
255 ó West Rowan
198 ó South Rowan
197 ó Salisbury High
141 ó North Rowan
10ó Henderson