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Johnston Seniors Leave High School Behind
More than 400 students graduated from Johnston High School Saturday.
Saturday marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another for the Johnston High School Class of 2012.
Seniors and their loved ones packed the Knapp Center in Des Moines Saturday evening.
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According to the Des Moines Register, senior Samuel Oscar Sparland addressed his classmates.
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“I don’t feel like I’m standing front of 435 strangers, or 435 people wearing these weird wizard robes or these oddly geometric shaped hats,” he said. “I feel like I’m standing in front of 435 friends and teammates.”
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