Dundee-Crown, Hampshire, Jacobs high schools celebrate Class of 2016
Hundreds of students from each Community Unit District 300 high school were awarded diplomas Saturday.
During graduation ceremonies at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Harry D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin honored 585 graduates, Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville gave diplomas to 552 students, and Hampshire High School celebrated a graduating class of 325 students.
Valedictorians Deniz Namik of Dundee-Crown High School, Shaina Huang of Hampshire High School and Parth Shah of Jacobs High School addressed their classmates and other attendees during their respective ceremonies.
Salutatorians included Molly Foulkes of Dundee-Crown High School, Claire Baxter of Hampshire High School and Nicholas Voss of Jacobs High School.
Rosa Rivera waves to her family in the stands as she walks onto the floor for Hampshire High School's commencement ceremony Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
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Grads hold hands as they exit the floor Saturday at the Sears Centre after their graduation from Hampshire High School in Hoffman Estates.
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Alaina Hammond, left, cradles friend and graduate Sadie Collins face in her hands after she graduated Saturday from Hampshire High School at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
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Teagan Fors poses for a photo as she walks back to her seat during the graduation ceremony Saturday for Harry D. Jacobs High School at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
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Spencer Helton poses for photos taken by family in the stands at the graduation ceremony Saturday for Harry D. Jacobs High School at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
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One of several beach balls were deployed during the commencement ceremony Saturday for Harry D. Jacobs High School at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
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Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.comMaria Ortiz, 18, is all smiles as she waits with her friends before the Dundee-Crown High School graduation, Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.comLesley Hernandez, 17, gets a hug from her cousin Emma Hernandez, 9, of Carpentersville before the start of the Dundee-Crown High School graduation, Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.comValedictorian Deniz Namik, speaks to the class of 2016 during the Dundee-Crown High School graduation, Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
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