The Adair County High School Class of 2026 will hold its graduation ceremony on May 22, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. CDT in the John Burr Memorial Gymnasium. Each senior has been given 10 tickets for their guests to attend. All guests who are age four and older must have a ticket to enter. Doors will open at 6 p.m. CDT.
In addition to remarks from the Senior Class Officers, the keynote address will be delivered by Mrs. Michelle Neat, ACHS Interim Assistant Principal. The Adair County High School Choir will be performing No One Is Alone along with the National Anthem and the Adair County High School Band will be performing Too Beautiful for Words along with Pomp and Circumstance as the graduates enter. The Adair County High School Cadet Corps will be presenting the colors.
The Class of 2026 is made up of 201 students. One hundred twenty-six students in the class have achieved a Latin honor academic recognition. Thirty-eight students have earned a Summa Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 4.0 or greater), 45 students have earned a Magna Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 3.5 to 3.99), and 43 students have earned a Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 3.0 to 3.49).
Additionally, 190 students in the graduating class have earned the designation of Postsecondary Ready. Postsecondary Ready students have met requirements established by the Kentucky Department of Education indicating they are ready to successfully transition to their next step after high school. One hundred twenty-five of these students have met the requirements for both Academic Readiness and Career Readiness, 40 students have met the requirements for Academic Readiness, and 26 students have met the requirements for Career Readiness.
The motto for the Class of 2026 is, “The years we spent here shaped who we are and prepared us for where we’re going.” The class chose Landslide by Fleetwood Mac as the class song, the white tulip as the class flower, and red, white, and blue as the class colors.
(Principal Chad A. Parnell – Adair County High School)