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Families and graduates tailgate at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center parking lot ceremony.
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Salutatorian Gracie Rhodes gives a speech at graduation.
Graduation: ‘This group of young people is resilient’
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the culmination of their high
school years.
Class of 2021 speaker Isa-
bella Masse said over the past
four years she has learned her
voice matters. “I’ve learned to
stand up not only for myself,
but for others as well, and to
express what I believe in,” she
said.
Salutatorian
Gracie
Rhodes called graduation “the
end of the fi rst chapter of our
story.”
“Fellow graduates, it is OK
to be sad because you’re say-
ing goodbye to your friends,”
she said. “Parents, it is OK to
be sad or happy because your
children are going off on their
own, whatever the case may
be. But for everyone, be proud
because this marks the fi rst
night of the rest of our lives.”
Westin Carter, with Luke
Verley, the class’s valedicto-
rians, shared the class’s team
ethic.
“Truth No. 1: It takes
a team and Seaside High
School provides that team,”
Carter said. “It’s so much
more than one, because it
wasn’t just me, it was a ‘we.’
Truth No. 2, it takes a com-
munity and there is none bet-
ter. And truth No. 3, it takes a
family and I’ve been blessed
with the very best in my opin-
ion. I love you all.”
Principal Jeff Roberts
closed the night with a refl ec-
tion, and a look ahead.
“We talk about legacies
and what you leave behind,”
he said. “And I can’t think of
a better word than resilient.
This group of young people
is resilient, and perhaps more
important than any attributes
you carry forth is resilience.
While this has been challeng-
ing, there are going to con-
tinue to be challenging times
in your life.
“I’m confi dent after having
navigated the last 12 months
that you are prepared for
whatever you face and what-
ever presents and you will be
better for it,” Roberts contin-
ued. “I congratulate you. I
am incredibly proud of you.
This community is incredi-
bly proud of you. I am excited
and cannot wait to see the
things that you accomplish
in your lives. Oftentimes,
as educators, we truly don’t
know the impact we had on
young people until well down
the road. I ask you, four, fi ve,
six years down the road, come
back and share with some-
body that had an impact on
you what you’ve done. That is
our greatest reward.”
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Esmeralda Perez Hernandez sticks her head through the sun roof.
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Seaside High School senior Emma Roberts strolling along with her parents in a black 1964
Valiant in the Class of 2021 graduation parade in Seaside.
Grads and families at the convention center lot. The event was
streamed on YouTube by Morrisey Productions.
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Seaside High School Class of 2021 parades down Broadway in Seaside.
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Seaside High School graduate Macie Carpenter hugging
principal Jeff Roberts at the Turnaround downtown after
receiving her diploma.
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Riding in style at Seaside High School graduation.
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