On Thursday, June 12, 68 eighth grade students at Boothbay Region Elementary School received their diplomas and bid adieu to their middle school lives. In September, the class will be entering Boothbay Region High School as freshmen.

Presenters at the ceremony, who spoke about their time at BRES, included Madison Gaudette, JoAnna Shaw, Annie Bryer, Page Brown, Sydney Meader, Summer Chamberlin and Jacklyn McLoon. They spoke about memories created, experiences they had, and the teachers who cared about them.

Jacklyn also spoke about the class being a “family” and how they had summer vacation so the class didn't get sick of each other.

Teachers presented the Harold B. Clifford Awards to students who excelled in a specific field of study. The Physical Education award went to Sydney Mercier, the Music Award went to JoAnna Shaw, and the Chorus Awards went to Eve Dolloff, Hailey Greenleaf and Lillian Sherburne. The Band Award went to Nick Simpson, the Art Awards went to Brooke Harmon and Victoria Morin, and the Family & Consumer Science & Health Award went to Jay Hasch. The Math Awards went to Evy Case and ReAnna Heino, the Language Arts Awards went to Isabelle Curtis and Lillian Sherburne, the Science Awards went to Hailey Greenleaf and Lovely Uberita, and the Social Studies Awards went to Graham Bryer and Kyle Ames.

Another award given out was the Academic Excellence Award, given to students who the eighth grade teachers felt excelled across the board. These awards included a $50 savings bond for each recipient, and went to Page Brown, Summer Chamberlin and Richard Hilscher.

The Maine Scholar Leader Award went to Sydney Mercier and Richard Hilscher.

The Secretary of State Distinguished Citizen Award, presented by Sen. Chris Johnson, went to Victoria Morin. Johnson also presented a special award to Lincoln County Teacher of the Year Cory (Cordelia) Chase, who teachers language arts at BRES.

Principal Mark Tess and Assistant Principal Brandon Ward presented the diplomas.

The graduating class included: Cameron Alley, Kyle Alley, Kyle Ames, Hunter Arsenault, William Berry, David Brewer, Hayden Brewer, Jacob Brewer, Page Brown, Annie Bryer, Graham Bryer, Samuel Burnham, Devyn Campbell, Evy Case, Summer Chamberlin, Caitlin Chaousis, Dextany Colar, Cameron Crocker, Isabelle Curtis, Katalin Daku, Eve Dolloff, Tyler Field, Madison Gaudette, Sarah Gentry, Keegan Giles, Emily Gipson-Liberty, Daniel Grasser, Nathaniel Graves, Haliley Greenleaf, Elijah Gudroe, Elizabeth Ham, Lincoln Hamblett, Brooke Harmon, Jay Hasch, ReAnna Heino, Richard Hilscher, Max Hoecker, Riley Johnson, Courtney Lewis, Kayla Lewis, Tayla Lewis, James Littlefield, Taylor Lowery,John Lucas, Madeleine Mclellen, Jacklyn McLoon, Elyse Mead, Sydney Meager, Sydney Mercier, Kylie Michael, Victoria Morin, Jacob Morton, Sierra Murray, Emma Pearce, Colette Perry, Nathaniel Pitcher,Jonathan Rollins,JoAnna Shaw, Lillian Sherburne, Nicholas Simpson, Alonzo Sorjanen, Zachary Sorjanen, Gabrielle Staples, Denise Stover, Rebecca Taylor, Jamie Thurman, Lovely Uberita and Thomas Wilcox.