HENRY COUNTY — Nearly 3,500 seniors in the Class of 2023 graduated from Henry County Schools during commencements held on 10 consecutive evenings, May 17 to 26, for the district’s traditional high schools at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Members of this year’s graduating class, who were freshmen at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, were defined not by the disruption of their high school years, but by determination.
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