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The final honor roll of the year for Bluffton elementary fourth and fifth graders is available on the Icon.

The honor roll is an attachment below.

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The following births were reported by Bluffton Hospital for the month of May.

Here comes the class of 2017

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Photos by Rae Staton
Each Bluffton High School graduating class has its own personality. Each carries its own identity.

Take number 136 -  the 2017 graduating class. Born in an earlier century; graduating in another.

They carry familiar Bluffton surnames of Basinger, Burkholder, Geiser, Huber, Klingler, Koontz, Schmutz, Schumacher, Steiner, Stratton and others.

They carry names that join the Bluffton cannon of surnames, including Tatarkov, Talwar, Spiridigliozzi, Kirkendall, Hill, Chancey, Bicknell and others.

Here's the list

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What are the next plans for members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 2017?

Some answers include: computer programming, nursing, business, education, communication/media studies and fine arts.

Here's the list of plans provided by class members that was published in the 2017 commencement program.

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Bluffton middle school principal Kyle Leatherman

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Bluffton Middle School principal, Kyle Leatherman, shared his talent on Friday morning at the middle school year-end talent show.

He wasn’t even on the program.

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And the end of the show, to Leatherman’s surprise, it was announced that he was named Ohio Middle Level Association (OMLA) “Educator of the Year.”

Attending the presentation was Jay Clark, president of OMLA and principal of Van Buren Middle. Also attending was is wife, Jill, and their three children, Kooper, Macy and Parker.

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Bluffton Middle School students shared the stage on Friday morning for the school talent show.

It was a packed house of students and parents and grandparents. Here, Jasmine Whitlow sings "Loyal," as the closing number. She received a standing ovation.

The talent show's program is attached.

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