EDUCATION

PHOTOS: Five Navajo Prep grads recognized for earning International Baccalaureate diplomas

Noel Lyn Smith
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Banners that honor the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates are placed inside the school's Shima'sani' Cafe on Aug. 19 in Farmington.
Banners that honor the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates are placed inside the school's Shima'sani' Cafe on Aug. 19 in Farmington.
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Navajo Preparatory School graduate Parker Jones talks to students during an event to recognize International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington. Jones is among five students to earn the honor.
Navajo Preparatory School graduate Parker Jones talks to students during an event to recognize International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington. Jones is among five students to earn the honor.
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Navajo Preparatory School students attend an event to recognize five graduates from the school's International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington.
Navajo Preparatory School students attend an event to recognize five graduates from the school's International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington.
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Deidra Benally, right, receives an award from Charley Long Sr., member-at-large for the Navajo Preparatory School Board of Trustees, during a ceremony for International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates on Aug. 19 in Farmington. Benally's daughter, Kelly Charley, was the school's first IB graduate in 2017.
Deidra Benally, right, receives an award from Charley Long Sr., member-at-large for the Navajo Preparatory School Board of Trustees, during a ceremony for International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates on Aug. 19 in Farmington. Benally's daughter, Kelly Charley, was the school's first IB graduate in 2017.
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Potteries were presented to the five International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates at Navajo Preparatory School on Aug. 19 in Farmington.
Potteries were presented to the five International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates at Navajo Preparatory School on Aug. 19 in Farmington.
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At left, Durinda Largo and Wilbert Largo show the banner that honors the International Baccalaureate Diploma earned by their daughter, Shandiin Largo.
At left, Durinda Largo and Wilbert Largo show the banner that honors the International Baccalaureate Diploma earned by their daughter, Shandiin Largo.
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Shawna Becenti, head of school for Navajo Preparatory School, reads a diploma for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme during an assembly at the school on Aug. 19 in Farmington.
Shawna Becenti, head of school for Navajo Preparatory School, reads a diploma for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme during an assembly at the school on Aug. 19 in Farmington.
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Navajo Preparatory School graduate Parker Jones, right, stands with his mother, Launa Jones, during the ceremony to recognize him for earning an International Baccalaureate Diploma on Aug. 19 in Farmington. Parker's brother, Xander Jones, earned the diploma as well.
Navajo Preparatory School graduate Parker Jones, right, stands with his mother, Launa Jones, during the ceremony to recognize him for earning an International Baccalaureate Diploma on Aug. 19 in Farmington. Parker's brother, Xander Jones, earned the diploma as well.
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Navajo Preparatory School personnel Rainy Crisp, left, and Keith Neil show a banner that recognizes a graduate of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington.
Navajo Preparatory School personnel Rainy Crisp, left, and Keith Neil show a banner that recognizes a graduate of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington.
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Shawna Becenti, head of school for Navajo Preparatory School, gives the welcome address during the ceremony to recognize five International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington.
Shawna Becenti, head of school for Navajo Preparatory School, gives the welcome address during the ceremony to recognize five International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme graduates on Aug. 19 at the school in Farmington.
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