June rains kept at bay just long enough for Revelstoke Secondary School’s Class of 2025 graduates to get their group photo at the Grizzly Plaza gazebo, and join the annual graduate parade back to the school.
The long-standing tradition gives Revelstoke the chance to come out and cheer on the graduates with fanfare and community spirit.
“The way Revelstoke embraces our graduates really is awesome,” Peter Nielsen, vice president of operations and general manager of Revelstoke Mountain Resort told Revelstoke Mountainer.
Celebrating his second child to graduate from the high school, Nielsen said there’s no shortage of what paths the Class of 2025 could take next in their lives.
“Congrats to them all and enjoy a bit of summer,” Nielsen said.
Lia Morrow, one of this year’s graduates, has watched the school’s traditions for years. But her chance to walk the parade route herself came faster than she’d anticipated.
“All the stuff you’ve been seeing for years, all the hype,” she said, “and you’re finally living it.”
Although the parade through Revelstoke’s downtown is for many a highlight of the local graduate tradition, for Morrow it was walking across the stage later on in the day, and the more personalized send-offs from school staff and parents for each Revelstoke Class of 2025 student.
“All of us getting to walk across the stage, getting handed your diploma,” she said, “that’s going to be special.”
Standing on the steps of City Hall as graduates paraded past, Mayor Gary Sulz and city staff joined in the crowd’s applause for the Revelstoke Class of 2025.
“It’s wonderful to see all the hard work that they’ve done come to fruition,” Sulz commented during a June 24 council meeting.
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