Winters Mill High School Class of 2023 celebrates graduation

Winters Mill High School’s graduating class received diplomas during the commencement ceremony Tuesday afternoon at McDaniel College’s Gill Center.

Of the 278 members of Winters Mill’s Class of 2023, 33% will attend a four-year college, 9% will attend a two-year college, while another 14% plan to attend a two-year college before transferring to a four-year school. According to Principal Michael Brown, 10% of graduates will join the workforce, 6% will attend trade school and 3% will enlist in the military. About 5% of students reported being undecided about their future and 20% did not indicate what their future holds.

Thirteen students earned dual enrollment honors by passing four or more community college classes and 31 graduates received the exemplary service award by completing 300 or more service-learning hours. The graduating class completed 41,417.5 service-learning hours in total, according to Brown, averaging 160 hours per senior.