PARKERSBURG – Thirty-two eighth-grade students from the region will be inducted next month into the Order of the Golden Horseshoe by the West Virginia Department of Education.

The 95th class of recipients, who have demonstrated a mastery of West Virginia history, will be feted in ceremonies beginning at 9 a.m. June 9 at the West Virginia Culture Center in Capitol Complex, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East in Charleston. The class consists of 225 students from across the state who will become Knights of the Golden Horseshoe.

Local students are:

Calhoun County: Brooke Brown, Calhoun Middle/High School; Hope Wolford, Calhoun Middle/High School

Doddridge County: Elias Farr, Doddridge County Middle School; Samuel Lau, Doddridge County Middle School

Gilmer County: Theron Minney, Gilmer County High School; Mason Morris, Gilmer County High School

Jackson County: Ramona Allinder, Ravenswood Middle School; Alivia Belisle, Ripley Middle School; Serenity Reed, Ripley Middle School; Ava Isner, Ripley Middle School

Pleasants County: Chaslynn Greenlief, Pleasants County Middle School; Ian Metz, Pleasants County Middle School; Ritchie County: Reese Knotts, Ritchie County Middle School; Ashton White, Ritchie County Middle School; Roane County: Skylar Anne Myers, Spencer Middle School; Eli Simmons, Faith Christian Academy; Corey C.J. Strickland, Spencer Middle School

Tyler County: Case Gieseke, Tyler Consolidated Middle School; Prentice Kanz, Tyler Consolidated Middle School; Skyla Shields, Tyler Consolidated Middle School

Wetzel County: Alethea Brown, Short Line School; Trenton Clark, New Martinsville School

Gracelynn Wyatt, New Martinsville School

Wirt County: Nolan McCallister, Wirt County Middle School; Sophie Romage, Wirt County Middle School

Wood County: Zander Duncan, Edison Middle School; Bristol Florence, Edison Middle School; Lila Jenkins, Jackson Middle School; Tahitoa Makua, Edison Middle School; Addison Thorpe, Jackson Middle School; Riley Vanfossen, Jackson Middle School; Madilyn Wheeler, Blennerhassett Middle School

Ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Calhoun Jackson, Roane and Wirt counties will be at 9. Gilmer, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood counties will be at 11. Doddridge County will be at 1:30 p.m.