A close-to-normal high school graduation

27 students move their tassles from the right to the left

- LESLIE LANDRIGAN

DEER ISLE—The 2021 Deer Isle-Stonington High School graduation featured a few tears, plenty of memories and lots of advice, as 27 seniors accepted their diplomas in the gym on Sunday, June 6.

It had been a year, noted Second Honors Essayist Mason Woodman, “of trudging through a senior year with no prom.”

But the ceremony came as close to a normal event as the pandemic would allow. Only 100 sat in the gym, according to the state guidelines. Families had to have tickets, sit in assigned seating and wear masks. But still, many more participated in the exercises than last year, when only small rotating pods of family members were allowed inside the gym to watch the graduates and a few speakers.