The Durango High School commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors in the gymnasium before the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The Durango High School commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating senior Audree Clark in the gymnasium before the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors decorate their mortar boards for the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors enter the football stadium at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors enter the football stadium at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Leo Stritikus, class president of Durango High School and emcee for the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Friends and family fill the stands cheering on the Durango High School graduating seniors at the start of the ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors enter the football stadium at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors enter the football stadium at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Friends and family cheer on the Durango High School graduating seniors at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Friends and family cheer on the Durango High School graduating seniors at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Friends and family cheer on the Durango High School graduating seniors at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The Durango High School choir sings the national anthem at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The Durango High School choir sings the national anthem at the start of the commencement ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors yell the Demon Party Song at each other seeing who can be the loudest in the gymnasium before the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Durango High School graduating seniors yell the Demon Party Song at each other seeing who can be the loudest in the gymnasium before the graduation ceremony Friday evening at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald