GED Recipients Honored at Chatt Tech

Take a look at the ceremony and the recipients including a mother who enrolled on a dare from her son and recently called that dare by passing the GED after 40 years of wanting it to happen.

For the 43 students participating in the Chattahoochee Technical College Adult Education Recognition Ceremony Thursday, it was a celebration they missed out on in high school. The graduates represent just a portion of the 814 students who earned a GED at Chattahoochee Technical College’s numerous testing centers. “Many of us worked in jobs with employers who had the mercy to hire us,” said graduate Clarisse Henderson Morris of Euharlee. “Then they had to fire us or lay us off because we did not have that high school diploma.” Thursday night’s ceremony included three graduates who were selected by the program’s instructors and administrators to tell their own story about their journey. Speakers featured in this year’s ceremony include …

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Marietta High School's 114th Graduation Ceremony

The Saturday morning ceremony saw 350 Marietta High School seniors become graduates at Northcutt Stadium behind Marietta Middle School.

On Saturday, the Marietta High School class of 2012 walked across the stage at Northcutt Stadium, Marietta Middle School, and said goodbye to their high school lives. Among the student speakers were Student Body President Paula Diaz, Senior Class President Janei Smiley, Salutatorian Mary Allyson Chastain and Valedictorian Sagar Patel.

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Send in Your Marietta High Graduation Photos

You can upload photos and videos from today's commencement with a few easy clicks.

Marietta High School seniors graduate today, and we'd love for you to share your photos here.  All you have to do click the "Upload Photos and Videos" tab below the photo on this story. Make sure to include a brief description of the photo and you're all set.  If you have some video clips to share, you can submit them the same way.  The MHS commencement begin at 9 a.m. at the Northcutt Stadium at Marieta Middle School. Keep up with all the news you care about by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.

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