Flight was a recurring theme during the commencement ceremony at Glendale High School, with the north end of the football field inside Moyse Stadium serving as the symbolic launch pad for the future of the more than 650 students who received their diplomas Wednesday night.
Glendale High School graduate Vehik Golabi walks back to her seat after getting her diploma during the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Golabi wore six academic excellence medals and six cords. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale High School graduates toss their caps into the air at the end of the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School graduate Luis Ruiz Garcia shows off his diploma at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School graduate Clarissa Sie shows off her diploma at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Glendale High School graduate Jose Luis Arellano shows off his diploma at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale High School graduate Gracie Carrasco waves toward the stands at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale High School’s Clarissa Sie smiles back at her family before the start of the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School’s Christopher Gaspar arrives for the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School graduate Nikko de Jesus cheers on classmates at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School’s Shushanik Gabrielyan addresses her class at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School graduates wave to their families in the stands at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Glendale High School’s Ricardo Herrera walks in wearing all his honor and sports medals at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School’s Valedictorian Ani Khachatryan gives her speech at the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
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Glendale High School’s Edita Amirkhanyan fixes her cap and looks over at the stands as she arrives for the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)Glendale High School students arrive for the 2015 commencement at the school’s Moyse Field in Glendale on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)