EDUCATION

Fountain Hills H.S.: Caps off to the class of 2026

Fountain Hills High School graduate-to-be Nyree Hinton waves as she and the fellow senior behind her, Riga Homyak, walk into commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park. The program for the event listed 108 new FHHS graduates.

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Fountain Hills High School Class of 2026 Valedictorian Teryn Dean, Senior Class President Savannah Wright and Student Body President Denise Sommerschield walk into commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park. The program for the event listed 108 new FHHS graduates.

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Fireworks were set off after the Fountain Hills High School Class of 2026’s commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park. The program for the event listed 108 new FHHS graduates.

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Fountain Hills High School Class of 2026 Valedictorian Teryn Dean's cap was decorated for commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park.

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Fountain Hills High School senior Adrian Canez waves as he walks into commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park. The program for the event listed 108 new FHHS graduates.

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Peter Conti was the main speaker at Fountain Hills High School’s commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park. The program for the event listed 108 new FHHS graduates.

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Fountain Hills High School Student Body President Denise Sommerschield smiles as she speaks to the graduating Class of 2026 on May 22 at Fountain Park. The program for the event listed 108 new FHHS graduates.

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Fountain Hills High School Class of 2026 Valedictorian Teryn Dean smiles after she finishes her speech as FHHS' outgoing dean of Students, Evelyn Wynn, left, McDowell Mountain Elementary Principal and district superintendent-to-be Val Reichler and outgoing superintendent Cain Jaogodzinski, far right, smile in the background at commencement on May 22 at Fountain Park.

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Savannah Wright reminded her peers change doesn’t have to be scary.

The Fountain Hills High School Class of 2026 president had those words of encouragement as part of her May 22 address to her graduating class.

Wright and two fellow Class of 2026 Falcons spoke, along with commencement speaker Peter Conti, before 108 graduates’ names were read in the Fountain Park ceremony.

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