Caps and gowns
STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 10 months AGO
Donning a pair of sunglasses with the words “I’m Done” written on top of a graduation cap, a Soap Lake graduate walks into the crowd during the rose ceremony at the Soap Lake High School graduation ceremony on Saturday.
Ian Bivona
COLUMBIA BASIN — Graduations continued over the weekend with students walking stages across the Columbia Basin the last few days. Below are some photo highlights of those graduations. Full coverage of area graduations will be printed in a keepsake edition of the paper this Wednesday so area students can have something with themselves and their friends from throughout the region in one place. The staff at the Columbia Basin Herald congratulates this year’s graduates and wishes them the best of luck in their futures.
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