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Coupeville High Class of 2026 celebrated at graduation ceremony

Fifty-three Coupeville seniors crossed the stage at Mickey Clark Field, capping a class that had already secured more than $180,000 in scholarships.

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Coupeville High Class of 2026 celebrated at graduation ceremony
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Fifty-three Coupeville High School seniors made their final walk at Mickey Clark Field, turning graduation day into a small-town milestone with real weight behind it. The weather cooperated well enough that the liquid sunshine mostly held off, and the Class of 2026 got its official sendoff in front of teachers, friends, family members and community supporters who had followed these students through four years of school life.

For Coupeville, graduation is more than a ceremony. In a district this size, the class is visible everywhere, from games and performances to service events and school functions, so the end of senior year lands as a community event as much as a school one. This year’s group left with that same imprint, backed by a spring awards night that brought in more than $180,000 in scholarship money, a concrete sign that the class had already opened doors beyond high school before the diplomas were handed out.

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The celebration unfolded on Saturday, June 6, 2026, the day the school community had marked as 'G-Day.' By then, the official calendar and the graduation previews had already set the stage, but the ceremony itself delivered the part that mattered most: the big walk. Seniors crossed in a line that made the moment feel both personal and public, with each diploma marking the end of one chapter and the start of another for the island town that has watched them grow up.

The photo coverage captured that feeling from inside the class. Melanie Wolfe, a future Coupeville High School graduate, supplied the first set of images, and a second gallery followed from fellow yearbook photographer Kauri Hamilton. That student lens mattered. Instead of a distant view of caps and gowns, the pictures showed a class documenting itself, preserving the faces and gestures that will define how Coupeville remembers the Class of 2026.

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That is what this graduating class leaves behind for Coupeville: not just a ceremony, but a record of hard work, family support and a shared finish line reached together. In a town where school life and community life overlap so closely, the Class of 2026 closed out its years at Coupeville High School as a visible part of the island’s story.

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