The biggest graduating class in the history of Ste. Anne Collegiate will accept their diplomas on June 27, 2016.

Principal Yvan St. Vincent says this class is well above average in terms of size. “We are around 92 grads which is very large for us, typically we are at 70, so it's a pretty big increase for our school.”

For the first time ever, St. Vincent says they won't be having convocation at the school gym, it will be at the TransCanada Centre in Ile Des Chenes. He says there has been a lot of growth in the Town of Sainte-Anne and nearby communities, so their school is also growing.

As selected by school staff and her peers, Kaylee Peters is this year's Valedictorian. St. Vincent says Peters was an easy choice because of her involvement in the school community. “She is one of those students every school has and hates to see go.”

St. Vincent adds, “I want the graduating students to know they are very much appreciated here, and their sense of community was appreciated. I hope it's something they take on with them to build whatever communities they live in or move to, because they've really got a good grasp of that.”

Peters says she felt honoured and kind of guilty when selected as valedictorian. “We had a lot of people audition to be the valedictorian but I'm quite honoured, and I worked hard for it.” She adds, her classmates are like a big family because they all grew up together, and coming from a small school they always knew who was going to be in their class. "We have a high spirited school, if you came to any of our basketball games you would have seen our benches filled. We did a lot of outings with sports and had an amazing spirit week, so much team spirit."

To her classmates Peters notes, "We did it! We are officially out of here, and it's important to know the connections we made here and the people we met here will never waver, and we will always have these people who will help us out wherever we go. We are all grown up now, and there's so much hope for the future, I can hardly wait to see what my classmates all become.”

Peters says she has been accepted into the University of Manitoba in the fall, and hopes to become an architect.

For Full Class Photos: Grad 2016