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--Sierra Star/Lacey Rees

Graduation - 2001

Yosemite High School Class of 2001 graduates Clint Stivers and Reve Burdett share a well-earned moment of jubilation at the conclusion of commencement exercises held Friday, June 8. Accenting the sea of graduates and well-wishers were colorful flowers, balloons, beach balls and canned “string” confetti.


Senior Joseph Wilder is not the least bit excited as he drinks a bottle of water before donning his cap and gown. I’m just going with the flow, he says.


Bryce Bullock, a valedictorian graduate, is also a California Scholarship Federation member, for which he received a gold tassel in addition to the blue and white YHS tassel. He tries them out on his ears before transferring them to his hat prior to ceremonies.


The Yosemite High School Concert Band plays Pomp and circumstance while graduates enter the field and take their seats.


Yosemite High School counselors Bob Yohn and Valinda Clevenger lead the 235 seniors making up the Class of 2001 from their staging area onto the YHS football field where families and friends eagerly await the commencement ceremony.


Ginny Corless - Class of 2001 valedictorian speaker.


Graduate Korin Scott gets a congratulatory hug from her younger brother, Keith, 7, after scooping him up in her arms after the formal ceremony.


Good friends get together for a photo after commencement. In the front is Lindsay Osborne surrounded by Reannon Kerwood, Jessie Smith, K.C. Schreiber and Ginger Campbell. Riannon and Lindsey will be going to college together at University of California Santa Cruz.


Graduated YHS seniors exuberantly toss confetti into the air, and some hats, too, as commencement ceremonies formally close.


T.J. Williams, 2, Class of 2017, pulls a wagon at the end of festivities with all the family bootie, says his father, Pat. T.J. is the brother of graduate Angela Aguilar.


Broad smiles reflect the mood of YHS graduates Joey Medley and Kyle Robinson as they prepare to take their seats during Friday's commencement exercies.


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