The school year ended on Friday. Here's the Bluffton elementary's final honor roll of 2017-18. Watch the Icon for middle school and high school honor rolls.
The final event of the school year is the 137th annual commencement of Bluffton High School. It takes place at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
The Bluffton elementary school bell rang mid-afternoon and that's when the shouting started. Here first graders leave the building for summer. Click here for a video.
Louise M. Hankish, 92, died May 24, 2018, Bluffton Hospital. Louise was born Jan. 18, 1926, in Tetbury, England, to the late Charles and Edith (Minchin) Hart. On Nov. 3, 1945, she married Charles M. Hankish, Jr., who preceded her in death on June 4, 2000.
Louise was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bluffton. Louise enjoyed bird watching, flowers and visiting and talking with her family and friends.
The Bluffton Community Swimming Pool will open for the season at noon, Tuesday, May 29, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator. Later today the Icon will post admission prices, this year's staff and pool hours.
You are witnessing a relatively new tradition - this is the third year - at Bluffton High School. On the final day of the school year the graduating seniors take one last trip through the elementary and middle school prior to their own graduation rehearsal.
The eighth grade band members lead this procession. The 137th annual BHS commencement is Saturday.
