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A wild graduation for Wylie High

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Justus Jefferson glances skyward as his fellow graduates hold onto their mortarboard hats during Friday's Wylie High School graduation June 19, 2020. Minutes later, the ceremony was halted and students retreated to the Doghouse athletic building while the storm broke.
Caps and tassels go flying as a gust of wind from an approaching thunderstorm interrupts Friday's Wylie High School commencement June 19, 2020. The ceremony was put on hold and reconvened the next morning.
A Wylie High School senior expresses emotion after Friday's graduation was halted midway through because of an incoming thunderstorm June 19, 2020. Students and faculty retreated to the Doghouse athletic building as torrential rain and high winds ended the ceremony for the evening. Some graduates elected to receive their diplomas in the Doghouse, while others chose to reconvene Saturday morning at 8 a.m. for the rest of their graduation ceremony.
With lightning flashing in the overhead sky, seniors rush off the football field at Wylie High School Friday as a severe thunderstorm interrupts commencement June 19, 2020.
Tim Smith, Wylie High School principal, explains to the seniors their options for graduation after the evening's ceremony was interrupted by a severe thunderstorm Friday June 19, 2020. About half elected to continue the ceremony inside the Doghouse athletic building without any parents or guests watching, while the rest opted for returning the next morning to reconvene in Bulldog Stadium.
Seniors call parents to let them know the plan for the Wylie High School graduation as the severe thunderstorm that interrupted it continues to blow outside Friday June 19, 2020. Some seniors opted to continue with the ceremony inside the Doghouse athletic building that evening, while others waited for the continued ceremony the next morning back on the football field.
Brodey Baker facetiously yells as he lifts weight on a bench press in the Doghouse athletic building Friday at Wylie High School June 19, 2020. The 2020 graduating class retreated to the field house after a severe thunderstorm halted the evening's commencement ceremony.
Wylie ISD Board President Steve Keenum shakes hands with senior Noah Perricone during a graduation ceremony in the Doghouse athletic building Friday June 19, 2020. Half of the evening's students opted for continuing commencement inside the Doghouse athletic building after a severe thunderstorm interrupted the ceremony on the football field.
Austin Green (left) and Dayton Barnes walk onto the field of Bulldog Stadium for the continuation Saturday of the Wylie High School commencement June 20, 2020. The ceremony the evening before had been postponed halfway through because of a severe thunderstorm.
Mia Hernandez takes shelter beneath a chair while watching Saturday's Wylie High School commencement June 20, 2020. A brief rain fell halfway through the ceremony which had been forestalled from the night before when a severe thunderstorm interrupted the original graduation ceremony.
Wylie Independent School District Superintendent Joey Light ceremoniously moves graduating senior Payton Brooks' tassel over the left during Saturday's commencement June 20, 2020.
Students advance to receive their diplomas during the Wylie High School Commencement Saturday June 20, 2020.
Faith Quinonez receives a kiss from her mother Amy after Saturday's Wylie High School commencement June 20, 2020. The ceremony, which had been interrupted the evening before, resumed in the morning and finished despite a brief shower midway through.
A Wylie High School graduate picks up a fallen stole from the classmate in front of her as her own falls off at the end of Saturday's commencement June 20, 2020.

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