Close to 50 East Windsor High School students received their high school diplomas on the school soccer field June 16. Throughout the ceremony speakers emphasized the persistence and resilience demonstrated by the Class of 2021 through the unprecedented challenges COVID-19 placed on the graduates.

Taylor Rossignol displays her mortarboard, decorated with a photo of her grandmother and mother, both of whom are deceased. “This way, they had the best seat in the house,” she said.