Burbank graduates file into the graduation bowl created on the football field at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank graduates with a full house surrounding them at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Melanie Burckes sings a solo with the In Sync Choir performing “Bridge Over Troubled Water” at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Students using sign language for the national anthem, signing “home of the brave” at the end of the anthem at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Principal Michael Bertram welcomes the audience to the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Valedictorian Vivian Vasquez gives her speech at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Confetti cannons send streamers into the air to celebrate the Burbank High School Class of 2019 graduating at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Hannah Cericos, 18, waves at friends after receiving her diploma cover at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Aleko Brice, 18, makes a selfie with his just-acquired diploma cover at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Greg Gevojanyan, 17, celebrates graduating at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Family and friends gather in an attempt at getting photos of their favorite graduating senior at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Photos of Brandon Villaflor, 17, are lifted overhead by the Villaflor family in celebration of him graduating at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Aubrey Hayman, 18, celebrates graduating at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduates with their caps decorated with the colleges they will attend in the fall at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduates with their caps decorated with the colleges they will attend in the fall at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduates with their caps decorated with the colleges they will attend in the fall at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduates listening and smiling for family at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Principal Michael Bertram welcomes the audience at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating seniors, all with their diploma covers in hand, sing the school song at the end of the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Artavazd Galstyan, 18, holds his diploma cover up high at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Franchesca Nazarians blows a kiss to family members as she gets in line to walk across the stage at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
With he sun setting, attendees to the Burbank High School graduation stand at the top of the bleachers on the football field at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Christopher Aguirre, selected by Principal Michael Bertram for the Principal’s Excellence Award at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
BUSD Superintendent Matt Hill with BUSD President Roberta Reynolds at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The In Sync Choir sings “Bridge Over Troubled Water” at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Family friend Shanon Still, of Burbank, jumps up with family members of the senior speaker Ashton Watts after he concluded his speech at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Senior speaker Ashton Watts at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating senior Brandon Powell sings the National Anthem at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Principal Michael Bertram welcomes the audience at the graduation ceremony for Burbank High School in Burbank on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)