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Graduate Hannah Higgs shows off her diploma to family members in attendance Friday at the 33rd Annual Leonardtown High School Commencement Ceremony at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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After walking the stage to receive her certificate, Chavonte Johnson carries her diploma in one hand and 10-month old daughter Zekaiyah Hamlin in the other as she walks back to her seat during the ceremony. Johnson's sister, Ebony Johnson, following closely behind.
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After the graduating class turns their tassles, Ashley Gunther, center, wildly sprays her fellow graduates with a can of silly string at the conclusion of the 33th annual Leonardtown High School Commencement Ceremony at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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Dakota Sparks gets a tastes of life as a high school graduate Wednesday as he bites his diploma while posing for photos for family members during the 47th Annual Chopticon High School Commencement Ceremony at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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After walking the stage to receive his diploma, Joseph Holman breaths a deep sigh of relief.
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Following the ceremony, Marisa Lacey, center, poses for photos with her mom, Jennifer Lacey, left, and sister, 11-year old Rachael Lacey, both of Chaptico. The graduating Lacey will attend the Notre Dame of Maryland University to concentrate in music.
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Graduate Dezzie Thompson, right, give valedictorian Courtney Maines a hug as they celebrate the conclusion of the ceremony while exiting the SMCM gymnasium.
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Graduates Shala Ford, front, and Selena Ferrall sprint into the Michael P. O' Brien Recreation Center to take shelter from the rain as a thunderstorm came rolling through St. Mary's City before the start of commencement.
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Jennifer Molitor, left center, comforts fellow graduate Queen Akilah-Nyari Mobley after they received their diplomas.
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Eriq Scott and his fellow graduates turn their tassles Friday at the conclusion of the 83rd Annual Great Mills High School Commencement Ceremony at the St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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An overjoyed Kara Kurutz shows off her diploma to fellow graduates in the row before her as Christopher Lawerence, left, and Elizabeth Knott look on.
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Graduate poses Victoria Jean Thomson poses for photos with signs made by family following commencement. Thomson will attend West Virgina University next fall to concentrate on nursing.
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Graduate Aaron Carroll, right center, embraces his girlfriend and fellow graduate, Alexandra Szewczyk, Tuesday following the St. Mary's Ryken High School Commencement Ceremony at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
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Graduate Hannah Higgs shows off her diploma to family members in attendance Friday at the 33rd Annual Leonardtown High School Commencement Ceremony at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Graduate Hannah Higgs shows off her diploma to family members in attendance Friday at the 33rd Annual Leonardtown High School Commencement Ceremony at St. Mary's College of Maryland.