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Graduation Caps Fly at Long Beach High School

Class of 2011 ceremony held Sunday.

Seniors' tassled caps collectively went airborne after diplomas were handed out to the Class of 2011 at Long Beach High School's graduation ceremony Sunday.

Valedictorian Jordan Ochs and salutatorian Ziyin “Sophia” Xu lead the ceremony that turns the final page on one significant chapter in the lives of graduating seniors to a new one. The day also marked the last such ceremony for outgoing Superintendent Dr. Robert Greenberg. and the first for new Principal Dr. Gaurav Passi. They and other school officials, including Board of Education President Dr. Dennis Ryan, imparted words of wisdom to the graduating seniors in their various speeches.

Make sure you return to Patch for a fuller story on what the top students and other speakers had to say at this annual celebratory event.

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