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River Valley High School Graduation Ceremonies

Year	Date	Graduates	Colors	Flower	Motto	Motto
1963	May 31	82*	Black ⋅ White	White Rose	Motto	The door to success is labeled "Push." – Anonymous
1964	May 29	86*	Cardinal ⋅ White	Red Rose	Motto	Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy
1965	May 29	94*	Blue ⋅ White	Rose of Peace	Motto	Let us go forth... – Anonymous
1966	May 27	100*	Red ⋅ White	Red Rose	Motto	In ourselves our future lies. – Anonymous
1967	June 2	126	Yellow ⋅ Mint Green	Yellow Rose	Motto	The future is ours. Let us proceed. – Anonymous
1968	May 31	139	Royal Purple ⋅ Orchid	White Rose (tinted orchid)	Motto	The past is forever gone; the future is still our own. – Anonymous
1969	June 6	146	Cranberry ⋅ Powder Blue	Red Rose	Motto	Our knowledge today is our recognition tomorrow. – Anonymous
1970	June 5	139	Wine ⋅ Pink	Rose	Motto	Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. – Edward Young
1971	June 4	165	Olive ⋅ Gold	Yellow Rose	Motto	It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow. – Proverb
1972	June 2	148	Midnight Blue ⋅ Powder Blue	Rose (tinted blue)	Motto	All the flowers of all the tomorrows, are in the seeds of today. – Indian Proverb
1973	May 25	185	Deep Purple ⋅ Orchid	White Rose	Motto	Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved. – Kierkegaard
1974	May 24	146	Midnight Blue ⋅ Powder Blue	White Rose (tinted Blue)	Motto	Words come from the mind, love comes from the soul. – Anonymous
1975	May 30	169	Midnight Blue ⋅ Light Blue	Rose	Motto	Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream, – Khalil Gibran
1976	May 28	126	Midnight Blue ⋅ Powder Blue	White Rose (tinted blue)	Motto	For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision but today well-lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. – Kālidāsa
1977	May 27	153	Forest Green ⋅ Mint Green	White Rose (tinted green)	Motto	Look not mournfully to the past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present... Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1978	June 2	158	Burgundy ⋅ Rose	White Rose (tinted pink)	Motto	The secret of life is not just to live, but to have something worthwhile to live for. – Anonymous
1979	June 1	144	Midnight Blue ⋅ Powder Blue	White Rose	Motto	Though our shadows may never pass this way again, our memories will always bind us together. – Anonymous
1980	June 6	179	Red ⋅ White	Red Rose	Motto	If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can be it. – William Arthur Ward
1981	June 5	143	⋅		Motto	–
1982	May 28	149	Midnight Blue ⋅ Baby Blue	White Rose	Motto	Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; and working together is success. – Henry Ford
1983	May 27	139	Burgundy ⋅ Gray	Red Rose	Motto	The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
1984	June 1	151	Light Blue ⋅ Silver	Red Rose	Motto	The memories of yesterday are the hopes and dreams of tomorrow. – Anonymous
1985	May 31	130	⋅		Motto	Remember the rewards of today, the promises of tomorrow, and never forget yesterday, the memories of our past. – Anonymous
1986	May 30	132	Red ⋅ Gray	Red Rose	Motto	Without struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass
1987	May 29	116	Purple ⋅ Silver	Lavender Rose	Motto	I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. – Muriel Strode
1988	May 27	137	⋅		Motto	–
1989	May 26	111	Red ⋅ Gray	Red Rose	Motto	Today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. – Kālidāsa
1990	May 25	102	Black ⋅ Red ⋅ Silver	White Rose	Motto	Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
1991	May 24	82	Royal Blue ⋅ Silver	Calla Lily	Motto	When the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow. Let it be. – Paul McCartney (Let It Be)
1992	May 22	105	Jade ⋅ Ivory	Peace Rose	Motto	Don't walk ahead of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend. – Anonymous
1993	May 21	99	Teal ⋅ Silver	Opaque Rose	Motto	It was not foes to conquer, nor sweethearts to be kind, but it was friends to die for, that I would seek and find. – A.E. Houseman
1994	May 20	95	Dark Blue ⋅ Silver	Blue Iris	Motto	The will to do; the soul to dare, to be what we want to be… That is success. – Anonymous
1995	May 19	110	Black ⋅ Purple	White Rose	Motto	Remember yesterday, dream for tomorrow, live for today. – Anonymous
1996	May 24	111	Black ⋅ Silver	White Rose	Motto	Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan
1997	May 30	110	Red ⋅ Silver	Red Gerbera Daisy	Motto	As each of us follows our path in life, we will remember these years. We will remember our friends, the laughter, and the pain. Our smiles reflect the memories locked deep within our hearts. Future dreams shine like bright stars against distant nights. We have grown so much, and yet, we will grow forever. – Anonymous
1998	May 29	117	Purple ⋅ Silver	Purple Iris	Motto	We fight and die, but our hopes beat high, In spite of the toil and tears. For we catch the gleam of our vanished dream, down the path of the untrod years. – Wilma Kate McFarland
1999	May 28	136	Red ⋅ White	Fire and Ice Rose	Motto	To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be as much as we can, we must dream of being more. – Anonymous
2000	May 26	120	Magenta ⋅ Silver	Stargazer Lily	Motto	Remember the rewards of today, the promises of tomorrow, and never forget yesterday, the memories of our past. – Anonymous
2001	May 25	145	Purple ⋅ Silver	Rose	Motto	Arise, go forth, and conquer, for today is the first day of the rest of your life. – Anonymous
2002	May 24	124	Red ⋅ Silver	Peace Rose	Motto	We stand here together for the last time, for the time has come, to stand alone. – Anonymous
2003	June 6	149	Blue ⋅ Silver	Royal Blue Iris	Motto	First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. – Nicholas Klein
2004	June 4	141	Red ⋅ Silver	White Rose	Motto	Learn from yesterday, live for today, dream for tomorrow. – Albert Einstein
2005	June 3	144	Dark Purple ⋅ Copper	Orange Lily	Motto	I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. – Robert Schuller
2006	June 2	122	Blue ⋅ Purple ⋅ Silver	White Iris	Motto	We've walked so far together, we've grown so very close. Yesterday became today. We are on the verge of tomorrow, to go on alone and find the dreams we dreamed together. – Anonymous
2007	June 1	138	Black ⋅ Silver	Asiatic Lily	Motto	There are many roads we have crossed, many hills we have climbed, and so many dreams we have yet to realize. – Anonymous
2008	June 6	146	Crimson ⋅ Silver	White Rose	Motto	Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
2009	May 30	115	Black ⋅ Silver	Gerbera Daisy	Motto	Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to great places! You're off and away! – Dr. Seuss (Oh the Places You'll Go!)
2010	May 29	117	Turquoise ⋅ Silver	Iris	Motto	You have brains in your head, You have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go. – Dr. Seuss (Oh the Places You'll Go!)
2011	May 28	133	Red ⋅ Gold	Calla Lily	Motto	Celebrate we will, because life is short but sweet for certain. – Dave Matthews Band (Two Step)
2012	May 26	119	Navy ⋅ Ivory	White Rose	Motto	Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
2013	May 25	107	Black ⋅ Silver	Tiger Lily	Motto	Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. – Ludwig Jacobowski
2014	May 31	103	⋅		Motto	–
2015	May 30	110	⋅		Motto	–
2016	May 28	103	⋅		Motto	–
2017	May 27	117	Black ⋅ Gold	Gerbera Daisy	Motto	How lucky are we to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. – Anonymous
2018	May 26	105	⋅		Motto	–
2019	May 25	86	⋅		Motto	–
2020	May 23	105	Black ⋅ Gold	Red Rose	Motto	The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
2021	May 29	109	Gold ⋅ White	White Carnation	Motto	Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. – John F. Kennedy
2022	May 28	98	Black ⋅ Gold	Red Rose	Motto	In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. – Edward J. Stieglitz
2023	May 27	92	Black ⋅ Gold	White Rose	Motto	Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
2024	May 25	86	Black ⋅ Gold	White Rose	Motto	Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Year	Date	Graduates	Colors	Flower	Motto	Motto

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