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Picayune High School uses Drake lyric to describe graduating

RASHELL REESE/SPECIAL TO THE SUN HERALDStudents participate in Picayune's graduation Thursday night.

PICAYUNE -- The crowd of family and friends shared in the cheers and tears of joy with the 204 students who graduated in Picayune Memorial High School's commencement ceremony Thursday night.

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GRADUATIONS

Vancleave High School graduates get Dr. Seuss advice

BILOXI -- Family and friends of this year's graduating class at Vancleave High School filled the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Thursday night.
GRADUATIONS

Pascagoula High School remembers Brandon Rich, Caleb Sweeten at graduation

PASCAGOULA -- The Pascagoula High School 2013 senior class walked the field of War Memorial Stadium with Panther pride Thursday night and marked a rite of passage.
GRADUATIONS

Poplarville High graduates confident of future successes

POPLARVILLE -- As the Poplarville High School graduation took place Thursday night, many graduates began to step out in different directions towards their futures.
GRADUATIONS

Bay High take flight into real world

BAY ST. LOUIS -- Bay High student speaker Bella Gonzalez told fellow graduates Thursday evening to pack their bags and get ready to take flight into the real world.
GRADUATIONS

Hancock High twins go to wire in battle for valedictorian

Brayley and Breeley Sellier have battled each other for top grades all through high school, so it was no surprise it went down to the wire as to who would be valedictorian for Hancock High graduation Friday.
JACKSON COUNTY

Jackson County girl wins national poster contest

JACKSON COUNTY -- A fifth-grade student from East Central Upper Elementary School is helping put Mississippi on the map by winning Saris Cycling Group's National Poster Contest.
GRADUATIONS

Gulfport High graduates prepared for future

Gulfport High School graduates walked two by two, 355 strong, Wednesday down the aisle of the Coast Coliseum and toward their futures.
EDUCATION

Hattiesburg may cut 20 teaching positions

Hattiesburg Public School District Superintendent James Bacchus is proposing to eliminate the majority of a $1.8 million budget shortfall by cutting 20 teacher positions.
GRADUATIONS

Hurley's East Central High says goodbye to 165 grads

BILOXI -- East Central High School, whose class motto is "It's not how you start, it's how you finish," graduated 165 seniors Tuesday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
GRADUATIONS

Pascagoula's Resurrection High graduates 29 'dreamers'

PASCAGOULA -- Resurrection Catholic High School valedictorian David Mitchell "Mitch" Lang encouraged fellow graduates Tuesday to "make your own road in life."