- Dates
- 1970-05-17 – 1970-05-22
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island Community School’s 1970 commencement week included a May 17 interdenominational baccalaureate service, a May 20 graduates’ banquet, and commencement at Holy Cross Church on May 22. Five graduates were named: Ruth Gregg, Mary Ann Palmer, Kevin McDonough, Mary Gillespie, and Angela Wojan.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper preserves the named graduates and week-of-activities outline but not a full program, class roster, or transcript of the speeches.
Sources
- Reports May 22 commencement at Holy Cross Church for Ruth Gregg, Mary Ann Palmer, Kevin McDonough, Mary Gillespie, and Angela Wojan, along with the May 17 baccalaureate service and May 20 graduates’ banquet.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published commencement report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School holds 1970 commencement week”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-commencement-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1970, “Graduation.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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