Education

Gallery | 440 Hanford High School graduates turn the tassel

By Eric Rosane

Updated June 14, 2022 8:41 PM

Scenes from Hanford High School’s commencement ceremony Friday evening at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. Approximately 440 Falcons turned the tassel. Eric Rosane erosane@tricityherald.com

Tri-Cities Graduations 2022

Thousands of students will be graduating high school across the Tri-Cities this month. Check out galleries from high schools in the area, as well as photos from CBC and WSU Tri-Cities graduations.

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Kennewick, WA

About 440 graduates were honored Friday night at Hanford High School’s commencement ceremony, hosted at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.

Graduate Kelly Woodward was named the 2022 recipient of the Falcon of the Year award for being an active and dedicated student.

Two students from the Richland and Hanford classes of 2022 who died before graduation were also recognized: Christian Robbins and Caelan Chastain.

This story was originally published June 11, 2022 at 11:31 AM.

Eric Rosane

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Eric Rosane is the Tri-City Herald’s Civic Accountability Reporter focused on Education and Local Government. Before coming to the Herald in February 2022, he worked at the Daily Chronicle in Lewis County covering schools, floods, fish, dams and the Legislature. He graduated from Central Washington University in 2018. Support my work with a digital subscription