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Photos: CCHS graduation 2025

Acton Bridge photographer Ken McGagh captured highlights of a profoundly meaningful and emotional day.

Members of the Class of 2025 toss their mortarboards into the air at the conclusion of Saturday’s CCHS commencement. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Members of the CCHS Class of 2025 toss their mortarboards into the air at the conclusion of Saturday’s commencement exercises. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge

Threatening skies drove Saturday’s Class of 2025 commencement exercises into the Acton-Carlisle High School gymnasium, but couldn’t dim either the light of the graduates’ enthusiasm for their next chapter or the warmth of their memories of three students prevented by tragedy from being present for the milestone moment.

Acton Bridge photographer Ken McGagh captured these highlights of a profoundly meaningful and emotional day.

Marshals usher in members of the graduating class. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Marshals usher in members of the graduating class. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Seniors file into the CCHS gym. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Seniors file into the CCHS gym. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Acton-Carlisle High School seniors stand for the national anthem. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
CCHS seniors stand for the national anthem. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Schools Superintendent Laurie Hunter addresses the graduates. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Schools Superintendent Laurie Hunter. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Senate Moderator Veronica Moy addresses the commencement audience in the CCHS gymnasium. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Senate Moderator Veronica Moy. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Senior class president Hays Gardiner offers his commencement thoughts. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Senior class president Hays Gardiner. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
A student wears a mortarboard dedicated to late Acton-Carlisle seniors Jimmy McIntosh, Maisey O’Donnell, and Hannah Wasserman during graduation exercises on Saturday, May 31. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
A student wears a mortarboard dedicated to late Acton-Carlisle seniors Jimmy McIntosh, Maisey O’Donnell, and Hannah Wasserman. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Class officers cheer on their peers. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Graduates share a warm hug at Saturday’s commencement. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Graduates share a warm hug. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Members of the Class of 2025 toss their mortarboards into the air at the conclusion of Saturday’s CCHS commencement. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge
Members of the CCHS Class of 2025 toss their mortarboards into the air at the conclusion of commencement exercises. Photo: Ken McGagh/The Acton Bridge

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