The 2026 NNPS Summer Graduation was held Tuesday, August 4, in the Heritage High School Auditorium. A crew of Telecom staff and alumni recorded it for replay on NNPS-TV, and for upload to the Student YouTube channel.

Graduating students from Denbigh, Heritage, Menchville, Warwick, and Woodside high schools – over 50 graduates in all – received their diplomas and congratulations from school administrators.

School administrators who spoke at the ceremony praised the graduates for reaching their goal despite a rocky road.

The Telecom crew used their ATEM setup, which is a portable switcher, for the multi-camera production.

Telecom Supervisor Ray Price served as producer and Telecom Instructor Carl Daniels Jr. was director of the graduation production. Telecom alumnus Brandon K. Hedgepeth handled ATEM setup and was audio operator as well.

Newly graduated alumnus Cameron Kea joined veterans Joshua Stuck, Ryan Hedgepeth, and Collin Smalls on the camera crew. NNPS-TV Broadcast Engineer Mansoor Ahmed took care of the engineering duties.

Daniels handled the editing.

The Summer Commencement Ceremony will air at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on NNPS-TV (Cox Channel 47/Verizon Fios Channel 17, Roku, and Apple TV) per the following schedule:

Sunday, August 16
Wednesday, August 19
Saturday, August 22
Sunday, August 23 (airs at 9 p.m. due to School Board meeting replay)
Wednesday, August 26
Saturday, August 29
Sunday, August 30 (airs at 9 p.m. due to School Board meeting replay)

The TV broadcast can also be viewed online during the scheduled air times. To watch it online during the TV broadcast, go to the NNPS-TV live webstream. The webcast is also available on the NNPS-TV app.

The event can also be seen on demand on YouTube.