Caps are tossed in the air at the end of the Seminole High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024 in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
Thursday’s celebrations at Tropicana Field were among the first of the high school graduation season in Tampa Bay.
Commencement ceremonies were scheduled through the weekend and into Tuesday for Pinellas County’s 17 traditional high schools. Graduations for the district’s alternative and special-needs schools will take place later in May.
Hillsborough County Public Schools will begin graduations for traditional high schools next week at the Florida State Fairgrounds, and celebrations for Pasco County graduates will take place in late May and early June.
Samantha Kingston, left, smiles as her friend McKenna Koehler cries during speeches at Seminole High's graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Seminole High School seniors begin the graduation processional at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Deondrae Green listens to speeches during the Lakewood High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Zainam Hima Mohamed clutches roses while talking with friends after the Boca Ciega High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]The Boca Ciega High graduation medal and National Honors ropes hang from the neck of Jesus Rosales, 17, after the school's commencement ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Graduate Savanna Chicarell blows kisses toward the audience as students exit at the end of Seminole High School's graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Michelle Catledge hugs her English teacher, Tracy Smith, as students line up to begin the graduation ceremony for Seminole High at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Derrick Holmes gets help with his cap from biology teacher Caitlyn Smith as students line up to begin the graduation ceremony for Seminole High at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Megan Simmons records the Seminole High graduation ceremony from the stands while waiting for her son, Nevin Brandt, to cross the stage at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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Seminole High School graduating seniors begin the graduation processional on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Jacorey Pringle shows off his custom graduation sash featuring a picture of himself in addition to his Lakewood High graduation medal as students begin to line up for the Lakewood graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Leah Johnson, left, gets help with her cap and medal from reading teacher Necole Tunsil as students begin to line up for the Lakewood High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Rosa Rosales, left, poses for a picture with her son, Jesus Rosales, 17, as he shows off his diploma after the graduation ceremony for Boca Ciega High at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Milani Ozuna, center, shows off her custom sash featuring the flags of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico as she talks with Assistant Principal Melanie Rogers while students begin to line up for the Lakewood High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Jada Fields, left, gets help with her cap from Assistant Principal Melanie Rogers as students line up for the Lakewood High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]A class of 2024 tassel hangs from the left side of the cap worn by Blayne Morris after he graduated from Boca Ciega High at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]Students begin to line up for the Lakewood High graduation ceremony at Tropicana Field on May 16, 2024, in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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