Graduation exercises for Newton County Academy’s Class of 2017 were held Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium.

Graduating seniors are: Niley Campbell Craven, Dalton Micale Hollingsworth, Baleigh Nicole Ellis, Matthew Brayen Moore, Abby Jessilyn Alburn, Kristy Ann Armstrong, James David Blackledge, Peyton Ray Castle, William Parker Collins, Christopher Andrew Cook, Zachary Patrick Finnegan, Haley Leigh Griffin, Brittany Michelle Harrison, Raley Brooke Hillhouse, Richard Chandler Horton, Zachary Robert Harris Kyzar, Chloe Victoria Little, Sara Elizabeth Mazzella, Bailey Douglas McDill, Hayden Christopher Pace, Chase Alexander Rigdon, Braden Laine Smith, Alexis Taylor Tindall, Zachary Edward Upton and Bethany Allison Wellerman