Maricopa High School crowned a new class of graduates on Wednesday night in Ram Stadium, as the Class of 2021, teachers and administrators, and family and friends celebrated a normal graduation after a pandemically-challenged school year.

It was, fittingly, a ceremony heavier on pomp than circumstance.

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Our photographer, Victor Moreno, was there to capture the event in all its glory, taking hundreds and hundreds of photos, including some 2020 graduates who were invited to walk and a couple of his own graduating son. (He also “cap-tured” how some graduates expressed themselves at the ceremony.)

We present a collection: