The McCallum commencement ceremony took place Thursday afternoon at the Burger Activity Center. After the class filed into the arena with pomp and circumstance, senior class president Hannah Herrera and student body president Olivia Hexsel led the Pledge of Allegiance and the Pledge to the Texas Flag. The band played the Star Spangled Banner, and the choir sang the Billy Joel classic, “And So It Goes.” Speakers included District 4 Trustee Kathryn Whitley Chu, Superintendent Matias Segura, principal Andy Baxa, salutatorian Sadie Roselle and valedictorian Hannah Van Houten. Following the certification of graduates and the awarding of diplomas, the band played the school song and the graduates filed out into the unforgiving Texas heat, which did not seem to affect the collective mood in the slightest. Photos by Julia Copas and Dave Winter. #MacClassof2024 #Classof2024 mac2k24 #MACgraduation #AISDProud #AISDGrads austinisd