Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Emma Revett, left, and Emma Leslie hug as a fireworks display begins. Granbury High School class of 2021 finally completed perhaps the longest year of their young lives as they lined up on the filed turf of Pirate Stadium Friday, May 28, 2021.
Zachariah Watson gets a hug from one his teachers after receiving his diploma.
Jason Fojtasek, dressed up as a stormtrooper of Star Wars fame, said he dressed up so his graduate would know know where they were sitting.
Gentry Garner strikes a pose before accepting her diploma.
Parents had their phones out as the seniors marched to their seats.
Granbury High School class of 2021 finally completed perhaps the longest year of their young lives as they lined up on the filed turf of Pirate Stadium Friday, May 28, 2021.
A JROTC color guard marches to the stage.
A bright sun finally broke through the storm clouds.
Seniors sing along to the school fight song.
Granbury High School class of 2021 finally completed perhaps the longest year of their young lives as they lined up on the filed turf of Pirate Stadium Friday, May 28, 2021.
Hundreds attended the graduation ceremony.
A maintenance worker blow dry the stand after an afternoon of torrential rains.
It was a fitting finale for the seniors who endured nearly a year of study under COVID-19 limitations.
A sea of graduates in purple robes leapt off folding chairs Friday night at Pirate Stadium as caps sailed overhead. Fireworks exploded to cheers from the hundreds who braved a stormy day to be present for Granbury High School’s commencement ceremony.
“That was so cool,” senior Emma Leslie said, as she grabbed her friend and fellow graduate Emma Revett in a bear hug.
Nearly 400 seniors lined up to accept diplomas as their names were announced. Some walked somberly back to their seats while others whooped and hollered.
There were tears of joy.
Mostly, it was relief, that the most challenging year of their young lives was finally over.
Up in the stands a figure dressed up as a stormtrooper of Star Wars fame was taking selfies with bemused parents. He remained standing, reading a program.
“I had to make sure our graduate could see where we were sitting,” Jason Fojtasek wrote on Facebook.
Mr. Fojtasek you were remarkably present.
You couldn’t be missed.
So were the happy faces of seniors who now can call themselves graduates.
