Kindergarten, eighth-grade graduation ceremonies slated

YOUNGSTOWN -- East and Chaney high school seniors graduate May 23 and Youngstown Rayen Early College High School’s commencement was last week, but those students aren’t the only ones celebrating milestones.

Kindergarten and eighth-grade graduation will be marked at each of the district’s nine pre-kindergarten to eighth grade schools. The kindergarten graduates will wear caps and gowns for the occasion: blue for students of schools that feed into East and red for those that feed into Chaney.

The schedule:

Paul C. Bunn: kindergarten, 10 a.m. May 21; eighth-grade, 2 p.m. May 21 with a 12:30 p.m. luncheon for graduates and their invited guests.

Harding, kindergarten, 2 p.m. May 16; eighth-grade, 2 p.m. May 20, both in the cafeteria.

Kirkmere, kindergarten, 2:15 p.m. May 20 in the cafeteria; eighth-grade, 9:30 a.m. May 20 in the cafeteria.

William Holmes McGuffey, kindergarten, 2 p.m. May 20 in the cafeteria; eighth-grade, 10 a.m. May 20 at the Rocky Ridge Pavilion, Mill Creek Park.

MLK, kindergarten, 2 p.m. May 20; eighth-grade, 5 p.m. May 20 at Spanish Evangelical Church.

Taft. kindergarten, 9 a.m. May 21; eighth-grade, 10 a.m. May 21.

Volney, 10 a.m. May 21 in the school gym; eighth-grade, 9:30 a.m. May 20 in the cafeteria.

Williamson, kindergarten, 10 a.m. May 15; eighth-grade, 1 p.m. May 16, both in the school cafeteria.

Wilson, kindergarten, 9:45 a.m. May 16, in the cafeteria; eighth-grade, 2 p.m. May 15 in the gym.