Before more than 650 Burbank High graduates walked across the stage to accept their diplomas at the Starlight Bowl Friday night, one item of business was in order.
Graduate Julia Newton contratuates her 2015 graduating class after giving her speech at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Valedictorian Manny Ilasco salutes the class at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank High School Principal Dr. Michael Bertram welcomes the audience to the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank graduate Natalie Bashian blows a kiss to friends and family after graduating at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank graduate Mitchell John Guevara holds his diploma up high for all to see from the stage moments after he graduated at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Audience members hold face cutouts which dancing to the beat of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The view at the top of the Starlight Bowl for the guests who sat in the grass at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Candace Eun-Young Kim signals to a friend at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Kevin Flores pickes up Principal Dr. Michael Bertram and spins him a little after the two shook hands at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Madalyn DeLeon looks up to the audience after her name is read at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The ASL Honor Society Interpreters use sign language to translate the Star Spangled Banner, and flex their arms as “OÕer the land of the free” is sung at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Marvette Rosetta Hardnett does a Rose Queen wave to the audience at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduating friends Anna Ter Grigoryan, Diane Tarula, Erica Snow, Jee Soo Shin, and Kimia Shahban rest in the grass waiting for graduation to start at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Milena Munoz shows the audience her diploma at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Pablo Antonio Edgar pumps his fist to the crowd after his name is announced at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Gaven Cole Dehnert gives the audience a peace sign as his name is announced at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Miguel Angel Azri Korkis waves to family as he processes into the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Samuel Lomeli gives the audience a peace sign at the graduation for Burbank High School at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank on Friday, May 29, 2015. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)