After taking rigorous classes, doing hours of community service and completeing several projects, IB students will finally get their diploma.

It takes a lot of hard work to achieve IB candidate status. Candidates have to complete many tasks to even be considered.

Today in the Auditorium during Atom Time, IB graduates recieved their diploma in front of many students who attended to see this special event.

These students already graduated last year, but it takes another year for them to receive their IB diploma.

The ceremony started out with the IB graduates sitting up on the stage. They all took turns to comment on their experience and many say it was worth the stress and work. Theory of Knowledge Instructor John Hawes and Extended Essay Coordinator Mary Ann Richardson both gave a speech to the IB graduates.

Hawes was up first to congratulate.

“They are magic,” Hawes said.

Hawes asked the IB graduates to stand up as he talked to them.

“You tend to see the world in all it’s enormous capacity,” Hawes said.

Up next was Richardson who made a few comments about AHS.

“Without the IB program we will be stuck,” Richardson said.

Here are the lists of students who received the IB diploma. 21 of the candidates were able to attend.

Marwa Abdelaziz

Charles Aftergut

Bernard Chalhub

Anne Curran

Abigail Fleming

Hilla Haidari

Carolyn Hartley

Derrick Hollenbeck

Sarah Knenlein

Kunneang Kou

Rajasak Leksang

Carina Lin

Stephen Moore

Quan Ngo

Emily Oliver

Liliam Pacheco Rivera

Jiyeong Park

Nasiha Rashid

Robert Schieble

Susanna Sowa

Mariam Tariq Javed

Josue Torrico Burgoa

Danielle Turner