As the 2018-19 school year comes to a close, we’re taking a look at how graduation is celebrated across the U.S.
Graduates from Mid Valley High School throw their caps during commencement in Throop, Pa., on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. –Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune Via AP
Quentin Smith wears his cowboy hat with tassel at the graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. Most of the students of Paradise High lost their homes when the Camp Fire swept through the area and the school was forced to hold classes in Chico. The seniors gathered one more time at Paradise High for graduation ceremonies. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP
In this Wednesday, June 5, 2019, photo, Emilee Taylor, a senior at Paradise High School, decorates her graduation cap, at her home in Chico, Calif. The Northern California town that was mostly destroyed by a wildfire is celebrating high school graduation. About 220 seniors including Taylor at Paradise High School are expected to graduate Thursday night. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Hannah St. Hilaire and Matthew Ray do their best friend handshake before their graduation at Poland Regional High School, Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Poland, Maine. –Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP
North Hagerstown High School graduates walk past family and friends into the auditorium during their commencement ceremony Friday, June 7, 2019, in Hagerstown, Md. –Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP
Silver Springs graduates Miles Townsend and Fiona Kearney smile at each other after delivering a speech to the crowd, school staff, and their fellow classmates during the school’s graduation ceremony Thursday evening. Townsend and Kearney both graduated as juniors finishing all of their classes early to accommodate for their young child. –Elias Funez/The Union via AP
In this Friday, May 31, 2019 photo, identical twins Kayla and Maria Bolton, and fraternal twins Connor and Barrett Bagby pose at Grass Lake High School in Grass Lake, Mich. The two sets of twins have graduated at the top of the Grass Lake High School senior class and will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall. –Mary Lewandowski/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP
Sean Newsom hugs his mother, Melissa after graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. After the Camp Fire destroyed the family home in Paradise, Calif. his parents relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and Newsom moved to an apartment with his older brother in Chico to finish his senior year. Newsom and the rest of of the Paradise High School Class of 2019 gathered one more time for graduation. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Covered with aerosol string and confetti, graduates laugh and smile at the end of Hoosac Valley High School graduation exercises in the school’s gymnasium in Cheshire, Mass., Friday, June 7, 2019. –Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP
In white cap and gown a graduating senior walks to the graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. Most of the students of Paradise High lost their homes when the Camp Fire swept through the area and the school was forced to hold classes in Chico. The seniors gathered one more time at Paradise High for graduation ceremonies.–Rich Pedroncelli/AP