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PHOTOS: Colorado Rocky Mountain School celebrates 2025 graduating class

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Jaymin Kanzer

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Colorado Rocky Mountain School faculty line up for one final goodbye to the 2025 graduating class after the seniors had received their diplomas on Saturday morning.
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There couldn’t have been better weather during the 2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduation ceremony on Saturday morning on the CRMS campus. Mount Sopris sat beautifully in the background without a cloud in sight as the 2025 graduating class were celebrated by friends, families, faculty, and more. Graduating seniors played music and were told to “swing for the fences” in a touching ceremony on Saturday morning.

The 2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduating class listen to senior speaker Kira Harvey during the graduation ceremony on Saturday morning.
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2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduating class cracks up while listening to Head of School Jeff Leahy’s story about 2025 Academic Award winner Charlie Dockendorf (middle). After Leahy referenced Dockendorf’s silk pajamas, the crowd burst into laughter on Saturday morning.
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2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduating senior Ursula Rose Reed was the first of the 2025 graduating class to receive her diploma on Saturday.
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Beth Krasemann, a member of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School history department, was chosen as one of two faculty to speak during Saturday’s graduation ceremony. Her touching story she shared involved beating breast cancer, and even included props as she referenced known CRMS game “Billy Ball.” After smashing the squishy ball into the crowd of seniors, she told them to “Swing for the fences,” in their next steps of life.
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Colorado Rocky Mountain School Head of School Jeff Leahy smiles while speaking to the audience on Saturday morning during the CRMS 2025 graduation.
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2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduate Mick OIden waltzes to the podium nonchalantly, to the enjoyment of his fellow graduates, to receive his diploma during Saturday’s ceremony.
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2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduating senior Lila Jane Russell was gleaming after receiving her diploma on Saturday morning.
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2025 Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduating senior Payten Jenrich gave a touching rendition of You’re Gonna Go Far by Noah Kahan during Saturday’s graduation ceremony. Jenrich was one of many seniors to perform under a beautiful blue sky on Saturday morning.
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Colorado Rocky Mountain School Spanish Language Department Chair Dan Pittz gave the “Charge to the Class of 2025” during the CRMS graduation ceremony on Saturday.
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Colorado Rocky Mountain School Head of School Jeff Leahy shakes hands with Carbondale native and 2025 CRMS graduate Lucas Voorhees Berry on Saturday morning.
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Colorado Rocky Mountain School Head of School Jeff Leahy smiles nostalgically at the 2025 CRMS graduating class during the graduation ceremony on Saturday morning.
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