The Class of 2019’s graduation featured Sadie Scott as the valedictorian for the class. Scott gave her speech in front of family and friends after four years of hard work and stress. “Becoming valedictorian wasn’t easy, and there’s a reason not everyone does it,” said Scott. “It takes a lot of sacrifices, giving up classes you might have wanted to take, giving up free time to do homework; maybe if I could do high school over, I would do things differently.”

The class of 2019 graduated on May 18 in the Meridian High School gym. The class included Mary Adams, Destiny Arnold, Dionte Baez, Dylan Baker, Brogan Barnes, Morgan Bork, Anthony Bowman, Riley Brelsfoard, Delaney Brooks, Allison Butler, Stone Carroll, Rylie Casey, Hunter Chumbley, Baylee Coffman, Hannah Craft, Mikayla Dahlkamp, Ryan Davis, Evan Dawson, Gage Dillman, Candice Duncan, Bentley Etherton, Kyle Farmer, Erin Fasick, Brayden Foster, Hannah Foulks, Oscar Garcia, Maggie Hale, Zachary Harper, Vincent Hogan, Kailyn Hughes, Emma Jackson, Jenna Jackson, Case Jaukkuri, Jade Kallenbach, Kyler Kantor, Clinton Keller, Katelyn Landrus, Matthew Maxwell, Garrett Meisenhelter, Sydney Moore, Mackenzie O'Neil-Mahon, Kaitlyn Parker, Emily Peterson, Shyanne Piatt, Alexis Rosenberger, Austin Rowcliff, Matthew Sander, Noah Scott, Sadie Scott, Morgan Shaw, Virginia Sheumaker, Alexandria Sills, Abby Smith, Amy Smith, Drew Snow, Kaelee Stockton, Briana Tackett, Gabriel Thompson, Brock True, Samuel VonBehren, Lydia Wiggins and Novelee Wiley.

The United Methodist Church in Blue Mound honored Jill White by building a railing in her name.

Netflix recently released an original called, "The Last Summer." The movie captures what it's like to be graduating high school while still trying to enjoy the last moments with friends.

Just like that, the 25th anniversary of Meridian has come and gone. Seniors pose as a group while some have brought personal touches of their own. Although the perfect position took a few tries, the outcome was well worth it.