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Mingus Union High School graduates walk onto the football field for their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduates walk onto the football field for their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduates walk onto the football field for their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduates walk onto the football field for their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Family and friends take photos as the Mingus Union High School graduating class of 2022 walks onto the footballs field on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Family and friends take photos as the Mingus Union High School graduating class of 2022 walks onto the footballs field on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School Principal Genie Gee speaks at the schools commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduate Taylor Lewis-Moore speaks at the schools commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduate Andrea Varela speaks at the schools commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduate Malia Romero gives her salutatorian address at the schools commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.

Mingus Union High School graduate Nipuna Ginige give his valedictorian address at the schools commencement ceremony for the class of 2022 on Friday, May 27, in Cottonwood.