A D.C. school's first graduation is a mix of excitement and mourning
The auditorium chairs were filling up. Mothers and fathers, uncles and cousins anxiously waited.
It was graduation day — the first of Digital Pioneers Academy's seven-year history. From humble beginnings at a church in D.C. to two campuses and more than 680 students, the moment the senior class had been working toward was finally here.
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