PHOTOS BY WENDY WITT/MESKWAKI MEDIA

The 14 graduating seniors from the Meskwaki Settlement School Class of 2024 were honored during the commencement ceremony in the high school gym last Saturday afternoon. Several awards and scholarships were presented, and High School Language Arts Teacher Allison Fisher was chosen to give a speech along with student speakers Sia Bear, Kalayna White and Sophie Balderas. Balderas also received special recognition for completing her Paraeducator Generalist Certificate at Marshalltown Community College while she was still in high school at MSS, and Bear received both the Governor’s Scholarship and the KWWL Best in Class Award.