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The Linsly School will graduate 78 seniors when it celebrates its 206th commencement this weekend.

The event is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, July 25 at 9 a.m. at Lockhart Stadium and Fawcett Field.

Special guests expected to be in attendance are John Holloway, chairman of the Linsly Board of Trustees, who will assist in the presentation of diplomas, and faculty member John Martin is scheduled to deliver the invocation and benediction for the ceremony.

During the outdoor ceremony, all graduates, faculty and guests are urged to maintain social distancing protocols as mandated by the state and local and federal health officials.

Linsly was given the authority by the Ohio County Health Department to hold the graduation ceremony.

All Linsly graduates and faculty attending the ceremony are required to wear masks, seating arrangements are spaced more than six feet apart, guests are limited to immediate family only, and no physical contact such as handshaking or hugging is permitted during the ceremony.

Ziyi “Sophie” Yang, daughter of Jinghai Yang and Hongmeil Li, from Harbin, China, was named valedictorian of the senior class of 2020 for having the highest upper school cumulative grade point average in the senior class. She will attend Boston University in the fall.

Kylie Pell, daughter of Ms. Debbie Pell of Wheeling, was named salutatorian of the senior class of 2020 for having the second highest upper school cumulative grade point average in the senior class. Kylie will attend West Virginia University in the fall.

The following students will receive their diplomas today as part of The Linsly School’s graduating Class of 2020:

Graduates from West Virginia: Bristol Bertram, Matthew Borkoski, Michael Borkoski, Alexandria Carson, Paul Cook, Sriharsha Doupaty, Logan Gill, Kamryn Hastings, Greta Johnson, Lindsay Lenz, Ethan McDermott, Joel Nau, Faith Paull, Lee Paull V, Kylie Pell, Eve Ridenhour, John Rose, James Marshall Taylor, Amanda Thomas, Trevin Tush, Alexandria Behm, Brynleigh Buff, Mirissa Garchar, Gabriel Hicks, Saige Zervos, Joshua Schultz and Nicholas White

Graduates from Ohio: Chance Knight, Tara Theaker, Carissa Hennen, Garrett Knox, Abigail Berhalter, Lee Cartwright, Joseph Zaccirey, Dylan Diosi, Tim Wang, Nicholas Claus and Tyler Patt

Graduates from Pennsylvania: Bernard Suchoza, Athena Mariano, Madison Campsey, Luke Zwicker, Madison Nagel, Maria Zahabu, Erin McChesney, Evan Carlisle, Johni Lech, Hunter Smith and Andrew Nairn

Graduate from New York: Arella Kluvitse.

International graduates: Inzing, Austria — Fabian Egger; Vienna, Austria — Florian Hirsch; Gomel, Belarus — Mu Du; Sao Paulo, Brazil — Carl Nyh; Baotou, China — Ziang Song; Beijing, China — HaoChen Bai, Jiaxuan Hu, Yan Kang, Rurui Tian Chengde; Hebei, China — Mingwei Qian; Dezhou, China — Shuo Feng; Harbin, China — Ziyi Yang; Kunming, China — Zijun Wei, Jinyi Zhu; Shanghai, China — William Yuan; Shenzhen, China — Kunyang Li, Jiaxin Yang; Shenyang, China — Ruochen Zhao; Zhengzhou, China — Zhixuan Xia, Yiyue Zhang; Jyvaskyla, Finland — Niko Ylikitti; Moenchengladbach, Germany — Nils Braun; Stephansposching, Germany — Dominik Ondra; Nairobi, Kenya — Jean Din Wacheke Kariuki; Celaya, Mexico — Kevin Espinoza Mondragon; Kigali, Rwanda — Owen Ganza, Audrey Gwiza; and Kigali City, Rwanda — Dylan Ruvebana.