Olivia Seames is all smiles as she and her classmates await the firetrucks and other emergency vehicles at the grad parade. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Telstar students graduated on Friday after a week-long celebration. On Tuesday they had a parade on the Bethel Common. Rose Lincoln

Telstar students, Alexis Cannon-Powell, left and Cassandra Sylvester try to be an arm’s length apart. during the parade on the Bethel Common. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Keaton Cummings-Chapman, from left, MJ Johanson, and Ryan Nivus and their Telstar fellow students graduated on Friday after a week-long celebration. On Tuesday they had a parade on the Bethel Common. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Felicity Indermuehle, from left, Autumn Thompson and Katelynn Tyler and their fellow Telstar students graduated on Friday after a week-long celebration. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Cory Gilley, from left, Noah Burton, Cameron Palmer and Allen White. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Telstar students graduated on Friday after a week-long celebration. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Deb Doyle, mother of graduate William Doyle, left, and Michele McDonnell, mother of Levi Cole-McDonnell said they are celebrating their youngest children graduating. Telstar students graduated on Friday after a week-long celebration. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen

Telstar students graduated on Friday after a week-long celebration. On Tuesday the towns’ emergency vehicles led the parade up Main Street to the Bethel Common. Rose Lincoln/Bethel Citizen