WHS graduation by the numbers
Students prepare to start next chapter of lives after high schoolWORTHINGTON — The 135 graduating seniors at Worthington High School have plenty to look forward to. Twenty of them will graduate with honors, 25 with highest honors. Twelve have been named senior students of excellence by an academic department in which they’ve excelled. Some will go on to college, others will start summer jobs.
By: Laura Grevas, Worthington Daily Globe
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WORTHINGTON — The 135 graduating seniors at Worthington High School have plenty to look forward to. Twenty of them will graduate with honors, 25 with highest honors. Twelve have been named senior students of excellence by an academic department in which they’ve excelled. Some will go on to college, others will start summer jobs.
But after tonight’s 7 o’clock commencement ceremony in the school’s gymnasium, they’ll all have one thing in common. They will be — more or less — done.
Their parents, however, are not. Now is the time of year for moms, dads and other party planners to shift into high gear, scrambling to order cakes, send invitations and find the perfect shade of red balloons for their senior’s graduation party.
Bakeries, delis and other businesses are busy too. The Hy-Vee Food Store in Worthington has received about 30 orders for meat and cheese trays, and about triple that for sliced meat orders, said Wanda Krull, an employee at the lunch meat and cheese island.
“Of course, we get a lot of last-minute calls, too,” she said. “We always have plenty of help.”
The Hy-Vee bakery has received nearly 300 cake orders, and sold more than 12,000 buns and rolls, estimated bakery manager Cliff Ross.
Sam Sholes, the manager in Hy-Vee’s floral department, said balloons are a more popular decorating option at local graduation parties, but some opt to decorate with their class flower. Employees have received about 50 orders for flowers or balloons.
“It’s spread out,” explained Sholes, “We had some last weekend and we’ll still do them for the next couple weeks after. We have about a month’s worth of graduation things to go through.”
Many parents chose to make their own graduation party invitations or order them through their child’s senior portrait photographer, or other businesses like the Printers. Receptionist Tammy Lundergard estimated the Printers has received about 25 orders for invitations so far this year, but they expect more due to the number of last-minute orders they usually receive.
“We’ve done orders (with) same-day service,” she said with a laugh.
At the Worthington Wal-Mart, “There’s a lot of people buying sheet cakes and a lot of buns,” said bakery employee Janna Morrrow, but the deli hasn’t yet received many meat and cheese tray orders. Full sheet cakes are the most popular, with 56 having been ordered. There are about 30 orders for buns, ranging from five to 50 packages of hamburger buns, hot dog buns, and rolls.
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