Alexis Meehan smiles as she looks at her diploma while returning to her seat Friday, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, during the graduation ceremony at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A graduate reacts as she sees familiar faces in the crowd while participating in the processional during the graduation ceremony Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Graduates listen to one of the speakers during the graduation ceremony Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Katie Henderson, left, takes a photo of Felicia Bower and Alex Louissaint in the hall outside the gymnasium where their fellow graduates were gathering before the graduation ceremony June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Graduate Antonio Brown wears custom painted Nike sneakers, a graduation gift from his mother, during the graduation ceremony June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Culinary Arts teacher Barbara Mann becomes emotional as she receives a hug from graduate Kayleigh Bolanos while going around visiting with the graduates in the gymnasium before the graduation ceremony Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. Mann has know most of the graduates since they were in the first grade when she started out as a permanent substitute first grade teacher for all the Montville elementary schools and then was an eighth grade support teacher at the middle school. Mann was the keynote speaker of the graduation ceremony. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A graduate chats with a fellow graduate during the graduation ceremony Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Graduates applaud to thank their parents during the graduation ceremony Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Lynn Grills, left, Class of 2021 advisor, reacts as Nicholas Tobey celebrates as he steps on stage to receive his diploma from Grills during the graduation ceremony Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Cesar Amaya moves his tassel to the other side of his mortarboard to show he graduated at the end of the graduation ceremony June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Graduates toss their mortarboards in the air at the end of the graduation ceremony June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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From left, Kayla Gaughan, Joelle Mendez and Brooke Cronin, graduates of the Class of 2020, scream as they reach out to friends that just graduated in the Class of 2021 ceremony June 15, 2021, at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Nehemiah Owens receives a fist-bump from a friend Tuesday, June 15, 2021, as he returns to his seat after receiving his diploma during the graduation ceremony at Montville High School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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