06/05/12 Culver Academies graduated 210 seniors and first classmen on Sunday during its 118th commencement exercises. Twenty Marshall County students were among those graduating. Two Plymouth area girls graduating Sunday were Brianna Trappe (left) and Taylor Tadlock.

The Class of 2012 included 30 members of the Cum Laude Society, the national academic honorary for secondary schools. Pheobe Hall, of Deer Park, Wis., was announced as the salutatorian and Sharon Chen, of Beijing, was honored as the valedictorian.

Also graduating with the class was English Speaking Union Scholar Meadhbh McVeigh, who is from Ireland. McVeigh did a post-graduate year at Culver as part of the ESU program.