The warm hum of excited voices fills the air as sunlight pours in through tall windows, illuminating rows of neatly arranged chairs draped in crisp white covers. A wide stage sits at the front, framed by deep navy curtains and flanked by tall bouquets of fresh flowers in the school’s colors. A polished wooden podium stands at the center, its microphone gleaming under the bright stage lights. The smell of fresh paper programs and faint perfume lingers in the air. Banners with the graduating year