Mountain Education graduates dozen students in Class of 2026

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Mountain Education Class of 2026 graduates are front from left: Nova Sayra Star Harkins, Charlotte Holcomb, Anna Beth Richardson, Adaira Joelee Day and Oscar Korigan Valdes. Back row from left: Cooper Lathan Powell, Emerald Vaylin Pittman, Ora Bella Davis and Ryan Douglas Wayne Eker. Not pictured are James Oliver McDade, Paxton Lee Mooney and James Cannon Ramey.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Graduates in the Rabun Mountain Education Class of 2026 are excited to hold their diplomas after walking in their graduation ceremony held on Saturday, May 23, at the Rabun County High School Fine Arts Building. There were 12 students who graduated and nine who participated in the ceremony.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Ryan Douglas Wayne Eker receives his high school diploma and shakes hands with Rabun Mountain Education Campus Principal Allen Blair during the Rabun Mountain Education graduation ceremony on May 23.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Adaira Joelee Day was the Rabun Mountain Education Class of 2026 High Honor Graduate speaker at the Saturday, May 23, graduation ceremony. Day spoke about overcoming difficult challenges and encouraged fellow classmates to believe in themselves.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. A decorated reception with refreshments, mingling and opportunities for pictures was held prior to the Rabun Mountain Education graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 23.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Many community members, family members and friends attended the Rabun Mountain Education Class of 2026 graduation ceremony on May 23.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Mountain Education Campus Principal Allen Blair, left, happily hands a high school diploma to an excited Emerald Vaylin Pittman. Rabun Mountain Education held a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2026 on Saturday, May 23.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Mountain Education Class of 2026 graduate Anna Beth Richardson shows a huge smile as she accepts her high school diploma from Rabun Mountain Education Campus Principal Allen Blair.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Ora Bella Davis, Rabun Mountain Education Class of 2026 graduate, shakes hands with Rabun Mountain Education Campus Principal Allen Blair and accepts her diploma as she walks across the stage on May 23.