Knoch School District sends off its first graduating class
JEFFERSON TWP — More than six decades worth of classes can call themselves graduates of South Butler County School District. On Friday evening, June 2, the first graduating class of the Knoch School District was sent off into its next phase of life.
The commencement ceremony for Knoch’s Class of 2023 took place on Knoch High School’s football field on new synthetic turf that was installed in the stadium last summer.
In front of a packed grandstand full of parents, relatives, teachers, administrators and well-wishers, students turned their tassels and accepted their diplomas.
One of those parents was Rocky Hoffmann, whose daughter, Ashley Walters, is headed to Juniata College in Huntingdon.
“It’s going to be wonderful,” Hoffmann said. “She’s very excited, very nervous, but very happy.”
Not only is the Class of 2023 the first to graduate under the Knoch School District name, but its also the last to experience high school life prior to the COVID-19 pandemic — even if only for a few months.
