Pine Ridge High School celebrates Class of 2022

Nikki Ross, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Pine Ridge High School seniors flipped their tassels Wednesday evening as 332 students received their diplomas at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach.

Valedictorian Ella Wakelyn, who will study history and religious studies at the University of South Florida, and salutatorian Jillian Parrish, who will study cellular biology at the University of South Florida, addressed their peers during the ceremony.

Pine Ridge High School Commencement at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Pine Ridge High School Commencement at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Wednesday's celebration was the fourth graduation ceremony for Volusia County Schools' 2022 graduation season, with 3,905 expected to walk across the stage and flip their tassels.

These graduates have completed their final two years of high school amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

To watch graduations online, visit VCS LIVE Stream on YouTube.

Nikki Ross covers K-12 education, health and COVID-19 for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. She can be reached at nikki.ross@news-jrnl.com or follow her on Twitter @nikkiinreallife.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Volusia County's Pine Ridge High graduation celebrates Class of 2022