Ivy Night 2016

The senior class award ceremony, titled Ivy Night, took place on May 6th. There are three components to this event. The first portion being representatives from the senior class, Anashay Love and Kate Fanning, reflecting on their time at Central and the recognition of Ivy Bearers. The second portion was the announcing of awards to recognize the senior’s accomplishments, and the last part was the handing out of scholarships for those who qualified. The night began with ROTC Color Guard members bringing in the flags and four senior choir members: Zariya Butler, Shelby Fischer, Alex Kulak, and Marcos Mercado, singing the National Anthem. The Orlando Gallego award that is in memory of a Joliet Central special education student, was given to Tamara Snevely. The passing down of the Student Council gavel from Breanah Ceranek, the President for 2015-2016, to next year’s Student Council president, Miryam Perez, took place after. Next, Principal Hallihan gave his speech and when the time came to introduce the passing down of the Besty Ross flag, he had to take a jog back to his office after forgetting the flag. He received applause when running down the aisle and when returning, while bringing laughter to the audience. Caprisha Neale was class of 2016 representative that passed the flag down to Abby Augustine, class of 2017 representative. The night continued with the recognition of over 100 awards and scholarships given to the seniors. Ivy Night is a memorable night with the acknowledgement of the many phenomenal students of Joliet Central’s Class of 2016.