When 18-year-old Brunel Berrys walked across the stage in Mount St. Mary’s University’s stadium at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School’s Class of 2019 graduation ceremony Tuesday evening, he had more than family cheering him on in the crowd.

Amid the cluster of colorful caps donned by Maryland School for the Deaf graduates Friday morning, Connor Switenky’s shone especially bright, literally.

From the classroom to the soccer field, and even during an awards ceremony the day before graduation, Kailey Johnson and Kaily Johnson have had to clarify their identities.

Gov. Thomas Johnson High School’s Class of 2018 featured speaker Abbey McMaster recalled entering her freshman year four years ago with the sounds of the school’s renowned drum line as a welcome.

Each of the 351 graduating seniors of the Frederick High School Class of 2018 has overcome challenges and hardships on the road to graduation Tuesday.

Accessing a quality education is not always a given, but the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick makes sure its students have the tools they need to succeed.

Saturday was a day for rejoicing and having faith in what the future had yet to hold.

Ask a Bear what Oakdale High School is about and community, spirit and family are some of the words you are likely to hear.

Quinn Cavanaugh never got the true freshman first day of high school experience.

In waves of gold and black, Frederick High School’s Class of 2017 took three minutes to march into their graduation ceremony — in the traditional Cadet march.

In a sea of red polyester, with a bit of royal blue and white, Gov. Thomas Johnson High School’s Class of 2017 transitioned from high school seniors to graduates Tuesday in a ceremony full of musical talent, words of wisdom and tradition.

After the Jefferson School chorus sang the last notes of the national anthem Friday, Michael Kerins, principal of the Jefferson School, welcomed 10 graduates in the school’s gymnasium.

One graduate moved to a new area and then stopped going to school. Another had to work to provide for his family during the day. And one got in a fight and had to transfer.

Margaret Winters makes people guess how many students are in her graduating class at Friends Meeting School — and it always boggles them to learn that Winters is only one of 11 seniors.

Karla Gabriella Galvez’s parents and two brothers came to see her graduate Friday. Also, her sisters, her grandmother, her nephew, her best friend and a family friend.

Oakdale High School’s graduating seniors are hard workers, Principal Jeffrey Marker said, whether they’re lifting weights on an early summer morning or dragging Marker’s furniture onto a traffic circle.

For Urbana High graduate Christine McKee, Thursday was more than just her graduation from high school. It was her 18th birthday, too.

Everything you hear about a high school in a small town is true, at least when it comes to Catoctin High School, the school’s graduating class president, Dayna Valek, said.

A lifetime of friendship bonded a group of eight boys posing for each other’s photographs eight minutes before Middletown High School’s commencement on Wednesday.

Linganore High School’s seniors gathered as a class one last time at Mount St. Mary’s University on Wednesday and said goodbye to a principal switching to Urbana High School next year.

When you attend Frederick County’s smallest high school, everyone knows everyone.

Newly minted Frederick High School graduate Denisse Carrillo wasn’t sure whether she would ever graduate from high school when she arrived from Mexico four years ago, illiterate in English and unsure of her direction.

In the sea of blue- and red-gowned graduates who filled the PNC Sports Complex on Tuesday, Hannah Kleinschmidt was hard to miss.