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‘We are the class that never lost hope’

Washougal High’s 224 graduates from the class of 2022 celebrate the end of a high school career punctuated by pandemic and perseverance

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Doug Flanagan/Post-Record A group of graduates poses for a selfie at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony at Fishback Stadium on Saturday, June 11. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

While driving into work one morning several weeks ago, Washougal High School principal Sheree Gomez-Clark began to think about the speech she’d be delivering at the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She wondered how she could possibly sum up the character and grit of the class of 2022 and its accomplishments in a few sentences, and how she could say something to inspire a group of people that had inspired her for the past four years.

But at that moment, in a flash of serendipity, a voice wafted through her car speakers, filling Gomez-Clark’s ears with a musical message that provided her with the encouragement she needed: “Stand tall. It gets a little better. I see the wall that we can break down together. Stand strong. It gets a little better now.”

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