Graduate Trisha Fischer waves as she gets ready for the Montini Catholic High School commencement ceremony Sunday in Lombard. (Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com)

At left, Paradise Wallace addresses the crowd during the York High School graduation Sunday at the Elmhurst school. (photos by Mark Black/ mblack@dailyherald.com)

Above left, Timothy Christian High School graduate Zach Huerta decks out his outfit for Sunday’s commencement ceremony at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church. (Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com)

Willowbrook High School graduate Betzaida Reyes stands behind The Rock, a symbol of the school’s tradition, before Sunday’s graduation in Villa Park. (Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com)

Maxwell Dziabis delivers his commencement speech, called “Perspective, Possibility, Perseverance,” during Sunday’s Addison Trail High School graduation. (Daniel White/ dwhite@dailyherald.com)