CHS Honor Graduate Luncheon 2025
April 21, 2025

It was an exciting day for 204 seniors at Cabot High School and Cabot Panther Academy. The 2024 Cabot High School Honor Graduate Luncheon was held at the Veterans Park Event Center.

Along with earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher, there are specific course requirements that must be met in order to be an honor graduate. A student must also be enrolled at Cabot High School for two of the last three semesters beginning with the second semester of the junior year.


Hayden Balgavy, a 2009 graduate of Cabot High School, and co-anchor of THV 11's Wake Up Central was the guest speaker. He is a lifelong Arkansan who loves telling stories in his home state.


Arkansas born and raised, Hayden Balgavy lived in North Little Rock, Conway and Cabot, graduating from Cabot High School in 2009. He attended college at Arkansas State University, where he graduated with a degree in Radio/TV with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism in May 2013. There, he served as Sports Producer for ASU-TV. Hayden became a member of the THV11 team in May 2013 as a photojournalist. He then served as sports anchor, producer and multimedia journalist until August 2021.In Hayden’s spare time, he says he loves spending time with his family – especially his wife Madeline and their three dogs Stetson, Tuli, and Charlie. The two welcomed their son Tanner into the world in 2023.


Also, a big thank you to our hosts, the Cabot Area Chamber of Commerce and Veterans Park Event Center. Thank you to First Security Bank for providing lunch and Dairy Queen for providing dessert, as well Cabot School District administrators and staff.


*Parents/Guardians -- this album includes individual pictures of your seniors with their certificate