• Nine seniors from Groton Area High School, are recipients of a Regents' Scholar Diploma awarded by the South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs and the South Dakota Board of Regents. The are pictured above. In back, left to right, are Toby Carda, Lauren Kulwicki, Kelsey Wieseler, Amanda Worlie, Erica Schuster and Dalton Locke; in front, left to right, are Mikaela Kavanaugh, Savanna Larson, Rylee Winburn
• The diplomas recognize students for academic achievement over the course of their high school career.  Students earning the award automatically qualify for entry into any of South Dakota's six state-supported universities.
• To earn a Regents' Scholar Diploma, students must have at least a 3.0 grade point average, no final grade below a C (2.0) and must complete four units each of English, mathematics and science, three units of social studies, two units of one modern or classical language and one-half unit each of fine arts and computer science.
• The diplomas are signed by Governor Dennis Daugaard, the Secretary of State, the Department of Education Secretary, the South Dakota Board of Education President, and the Board of Regents President.