Photos: Cienega High School graduation
More than 5,000 spectators overflowed the stands at Cienega High School to watch nearly 400 seniors get their diplomas Thursday, May 23. 2013.
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The nearly 400 seniors file out onto the football field for graduation ceremonies at Cienega High School.
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The crowd lines up outside the gates to the football stadium two hours before the start of graduation ceremonies at Cienega High School, Thursday, May 23, 2013. More than 5,000 overfilled the stands on both sides of the field for the celebration.
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Diavanni Johnson gets last minute help securing his mortarboard just before heading out for graduation ceremonies.
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Cody Hamrick, at 6-foot-1, has to go to his knees so the 5-foot-5 Rowan Kinney can get his sash safety-pinned as the two get ready in the school gym.
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Eddie Gutierrez has Amber Fox help him get tape in his mortarboard to hold it to his head in the evening's gusty winds.
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Alexa Stallworth laughs with a few of her friends while getting her mortarboard placed just right for graduation ceremonies.
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The nearly 400 graduates await the start of the evening's ceremonies.
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Cory Warren blows kisses to his classmates while heading back to his seat after getting his diploma.
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Aliah Brown, center, gets a congratulatory hug from a classmate after they got their diplomas Thursday night.
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Newly graduated seniors throw several hundred rubber ducks in the air to celebrate at the conclusion of the night's festivities.
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