McKeesport Area announces Class of 2025 top graduates

Graduation ceremonies are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday for 210 graduates.

McKeesport Area High School will hold its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Weigle-Schaeffer Memorial Stadium.

There are 210 graduates.

Victoria Fast has been named valedictorian

and Maxwell Kwiecinski as salutatorian.

Victoria is the daughter of Cory and Nicole Fast of White Oak. She plans to attend Westminster College to major in neuroscience and minor in English.

Maxwell is the son of Peggy Nicholson and Brian Kwiecinski of McKeesport. He plans to attend Robert Morris University to major in business.

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