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In this photo taken May 16, 2019, Denise Kalmakoff shares the stage with the school's incoming kindergarteners, Joseph Amodo White and Serenity Simeonoff during a graduation ceremony in Akhiok, Alaska. Across Alaska, lots of teens felt the stress of lunging toward the high school finish line this month, but Kalmakoff felt a pressure known to just a few. In Akhiok, an Alutiiq village of about 52 people, all eyes were on her. She was her school's entire graduating class. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

In this photo taken May 16, 2019, Denise Kalmakoff shares the stage with the school's incoming kindergarteners, Joseph Amodo White and Serenity Simeonoff during a graduation ceremony in Akhiok, Alaska. Across Alaska, lots of teens felt the stress of lunging toward the high school finish line this month, but Kalmakoff felt a pressure known to just a few. In Akhiok, an Alutiiq village of about 52 people, all eyes were on her. She was her school's entire graduating class. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

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