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Highland High awards diplomas to class of 2025; speeches stress resilience and community support
Summary
Highland High School held its 2025 commencement where administrators, student leaders and a valedictorian speaker emphasized student achievement and overcoming hardship; multiple students were named valedictorians and one senior received the Spirit of Highland award.
Highland High School held commencement exercises for the class of 2025, where Principal Jeremy Chatterton and members of the Salt Lake City District Board of Education presented diplomas, named multiple valedictorians and recognized students for academic and extracurricular achievements.
The ceremony highlighted both accomplishments and personal resilience. Senior class president Fennell Longhi opened her remarks by telling classmates, “To the class of 2025, we made it,” and urged graduates to treat uncertainty as part of the next chapter. Valedictorian George Smith described classmates’ unseen struggles — homelessness, hunger and long immigration waits — and…
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