UMATILLA — Umatilla High School seniors will celebrate graduation on Saturday, May 30, with a drive-in ceremony, parade and fireworks.

Graduation will start at 6 p.m., with students and their families listening from their cars in the parking lot of Umatilla High School. Afterward, they will parade through town about 7 p.m., followed by a fireworks show courtesy of the city of Umatilla.

According to a news release from the district, 93 seniors will be graduating, including a record number of students graduating with their Associates of Arts Transfer Degree from Blue Mountain Community College along with their high school diploma. The previous record was six, and this year 12 students have earned one.

Elizebeth Burres, Patricia Burres, Yarectzy Carrillo, Bryan Cervantes-Ortiz, Briana Duron Gutierrez, Rosy Madrigal-Rodriguez, Yaretzy Morfin, Marisol Munoz-Ordaz, Erika Ricardo-Ochoa, Darian Smith, Ethan Smith and Naomie Wyckoff will all celebrate their high school graduation May 30 and their BMCC graduation June 11.

Superintendent Heidi Sipe credited the success of the early college program at the high school to the vision of the school board and high school principal Bob Lorence, who “has worked to build a culture of success at UHS.”