BERLIN — Among the graduates receiving their diplomas from Berlin High School on Friday, June 5, are its three highest academically ranked students: Leo Zheng, valedictorian; Garrett Snyder, salutatorian; and Leigha Laflamme, outstanding career technical education student.
Graduation exercises will be held at 3 p.m. in the gym at Berlin Middle High School, 183 Hillside Ave., Berlin. The event will also be livestreamed on nsnsports.net at tinyurl.com/yfhdjz69.
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