Pawnee Graduation

The Pawnee High School gym ceiling saw eight caps Saturday afternoon after graduates of the small school began the next chapter of their lives.

The salutatorian and valedictorian illustrated in their speech that, although ready to continue on with their education and lives, they will always remember, and maybe even miss, Pawnee School.

"I always figured the grass was greener on the other side. But now that the gates are opened and we are being pushed out into the real world, I look back at school and see the opportunities I missed. I wish it wasn't over," Salutatorian Emily Ellis said in her s...