Tessa Gervais, Merlin Murphy and Julia Fasano pose for a selfie before the Erskine Academy graduation ceremony on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Erskine Academy graduates file into the Poulin Auditorium at the Augusta Civic Center as friends and family snap photos during commencement on Friday.

Teacher Roxanne Malley talks to her advisee group before the Erskine Academy graduation ceremony on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center. Malley has worked with that same group for the entirety of their four years at the school.

Athletics director Doran Stout high-fives a graduate as the Class of 2016 enter the Poulin Auditorium at the start of the Erskine Academy graduation ceremony on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center. Stout said that he'd been to more than 30 graduations in his career at the school, which ends this month with his retirement.

Graduating saxophonist Merlin Murphy rehearses with the school's jazz combo before the Erskine Academy graduation ceremony on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Takoda McGraw, left, poses for a selfie with his mother, Dolore Neptune, before the Erskine Academy graduation ceremony on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center.