CONWAY —Kennett High School seniors received awards and heard their classmates farewell addresses last Friday, the night before they received their diplomas in very public, if socially remote, individual ceremonies atop Mount Cranmore.
Traditionally a part of the commencement exercises, the speeches and awards were presented remotely over the internet on Friday night on the KHS YouTube channel and Valley Vision (Channel 1301), with the top award, the Kennett Trophy, going to Phoebe Lyons.
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