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Even facemasks couldn’t hide their triumphant smiles

A pictorial look at graduation ceremonies at all four D. 202 high schools in Plainfield

The Plainfield North High School Class of 2021 celebrates at commencement on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

All four District 202 high schools held their graduation ceremonies at 10 a.m. May 22.

Graduates wore facemasks but they they attended in-person with their peers.

Last year, all four of the schools held a drive-thru graduation for the class of 2020 in July instead of in-person ceremonies, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here is a pictorial look at of the graduation events of this past weekend.

Plainfield North High School Principal Ross Draper gives final graduation instructions to the class of 2021 on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

Plainfield East High School Principal Joe O’Brien congratulates students after they receive their diploma at graduation on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

A full house greets Plainfield East High School graduating seniors at the graduation ceremony on May 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

Plainfield South High School graduates walk to their seats in the stadium at the start of the ceremony on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

Members of the Plainfield South High School Class of 2021 look for family members in the stadium crowd during the graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo provided)

Board of Education member Dr. Kathy Baxter (right) hands a diploma to a member of the Class of 2021 at Plainfield High School-Central Campus during the graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Baxter was the principal at Crystal Lawns Elementary School where some of the graduating seniors attended elementary school. (Photo provided)

The Plainfield High School-Central Campus Class of 2021 toss their graduation caps into the air after the ceremony on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Phohto provided)

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Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.