The moment they all worked so hard for — Roberts High School students move their tassels from left to right to signify their graduation at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)
Sprague High School’s stadium filled with cheers the evening of Friday, June 6, as the Roberts High School graduating class walked across the stage.
Salem’s alternative high school had 87 graduates this year, and another 16 earning GEDs.
A Roberts High School student shares a message of thanks on the back of their mortarboard during the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Kaine Honstadt and Aubrey Gesik, students in the Roberts High School Teen Parent Program, pause for a moment before walking in the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Roberts High School staff cheer as students enter the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Many students sported decorated mortarboards at the Roberts High School graduation ceremony held at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Vanessa Paniagua, a student in the Roberts High School Teen Parent Program, looks down at her hand-embroidered stole before walking in the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Blandina Martinez, a student in the Roberts High School Teen Parent Program, wore two cords – one for each of her children – at the graduation ceremony held at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Sarahi Sanchez, a student in the Roberts High School Teen Parent Program, stands in the staging area before the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Yizel Gracia and Carolina Perez, students in the Roberts High School Teen Parent Program, strike a pose before walking into the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Abbigayle Redfern, a student in the Roberts High School Teen Parent Program, takes a quiet moment before lining up in the staging area at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Sabrina Martinhorst, a Roberts High School student, keeps cool while waiting to walk in the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)A Roberts High School student waits to walk into the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Zane Ziegler, a Roberts High School student, waits for the start of the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Roberts High School students look to the sky before the start of the graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Sarahi Sanchez, a Teen Parent Program student, walks into the Roberts High School graduation ceremony area at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Roberts High School students listen attentively to speakers during their graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Miguel Valiquette delivers a speech at the Roberts High School graduation ceremony at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Nathaniel Walter-Ring shakes hands with Roberts High School Principal Brad Shreve after receiving a diploma at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Blandina Martinez shakes hands with Roberts High School Principal Brad Shreve after receiving her diploma at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Sabrina Martinhorst shakes hands with Roberts High School Principal Brad Shreve after receiving her diploma at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Rose Collins, a Roberts High School Teen Parent Program graduate, shakes hands with Salem-Keizer School Board members Lisa Harnish and Karina Guzmán Ortiz after receiving her diploma at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)Carolina Perez, a Roberts High School Teen Parent Program graduate, shakes hands with Salem-Keizer School Board members Lisa Harnish after receiving her diploma at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)One lone cap soars into the sky as the 2025 graduating class of Roberts High School is presented to family and friends at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)The 2025 graduating class of Roberts High School celebrates with family and friends at Sprague High School on Friday, June 6, 2025. (LAURA TESLER/Special to Salem Reporter)
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Laura Tesler has lived in Salem, Oregon for 20 years and is originally from Flint, MI. Laura has been an underwater photographer for 15 years, and is an avid scuba diver. Topside, she has been taking photographs since age 12, and currently works on assignment for the Salem Reporter, and full time purchasing land for fish and wildlife habitat in the Willamette Valley. Laura attended Oregon State University, and has traveled extensively all over the world and the United States.
