Utopia High School kicked off the graduation season for area schools on Saturday, May 16, with an outdoor graduation ceremony that featured tearful reminiscences, an outpouring of thanks from graduates and staff members and exuberant expressions of pride from friends and family members attending the event. Speakers, including Utopia Independent School District Superintendent Jessica Milam, had nothing but praise for seniors for prevailing through a tough year that included a prolonged school closure in the second semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students returned the thanks to teachers, administrators and parents for helping them graduate and for showing the determination needed to ...