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FLOSSMOOR, IL - Students stood in the middle of the football field in white and red garbs, making a white "HF" surrounded by red, during Sunday afternoon's Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduation ceremony. Top students spoke of the H-F Class of 2018's journey as part of the commencement, which was live streamed on YouTube by Viking Television. Anyone interested in watching the ceremony again can see it below or on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6l1maNMDV530iVwWX4Nrg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viking Television YouTube</a>channel. <div data-aspectratio="16:9"><iframe src allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen data-aspectratio="16:9" data-originalheight="360" data-originalwidth="640" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mgm5JKp8BMc?ecver=2"></iframe></div> Photo via YouTube screenshot

FLOSSMOOR, IL - Students stood in the middle of the football field in white and red garbs, making a white "HF" surrounded by red, during Sunday afternoon's Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduation ceremony.

Top students spoke of the H-F Class of 2018's journey as part of the commencement, which was live streamed on YouTube by Viking Television. Anyone interested in watching the ceremony again can see it below or on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6l1maNMDV530iVwWX4Nrg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viking Television YouTube</a>channel.

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