Nokomis High School senior class Valedictorian Kailey Bell addresses attendees during the school's graduation ceremony Friday night in Newport after receiving an award from Rep. Joel Stetkis.
Zach Hartsgrove, of Newport, hugs classmate Austin Leighton, of Corinna, on Friday moments before marching at the Nokomis High School graduation in Newport. Hartsgrove will be studying elementary education at University of Maine at Farmington this fall, while Leighton will study nursing at University of Maine at Fort Kent.
Katherine Paules, a Spanish teacher who is retiring this year, pins a floral arrangement upon Autumn Quimby, of Palmyra, prior to the school's graduation ceremony at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday. Quimby will be going on to the Army National Guard in September.
Emily Pratt, of Palmyra, walks down the aisle before the Nokomis High School graduation ceremony on Friday in Newport. The class motto is hanging in the background where Pratt would sit a short time later.
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