Okoboji High School graduation 2022

Many of the students in Okoboji High School's class of 2022 were all smiles as they walked into the gymnasium, ready to transition from students to graduates. High School Principal Brian Downing noted the graduates entered the very same gym as eighth-grade students about four years earlier for high school orientation. He said the class of 2022 has achieved much in both academics and athletics, and they grew physically, emotionally and mentally. John Moore, OHS class of 2000, was the afternoon's speaker. He pointed out how much technology has evolved in the two decades since he received his diploma, and noted how integral it has become in education. But, he said humanity is in many ways still as tangled as tethered as a landline telephone, and society needs the next generation to guide them through the future. He encouraged the graduates to rebuild where they see destruction, find peace where there is discord and spread love as love was spread to them. (Photos by Seth Boyes)