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Honoring The Class Of 2021: DIEGO ALBERTO PACHECO Of PALATINE HIGH SCHOOL

Across Illinois Patch is celebrating graduates for their accomplishments.

ACROSS ILLINOIS, IL — The high school seniors of 2021 have had an experience like no other in a century -- a year upended by a pandemic and by lockdowns that kept them from enjoying many of the activities that previous seniors have taken for granted.

Patch hopes to help make it up to those seniors by giving them a special sendoff. We asked parents and other family members pay tribute to this year’s grads using a special submission form so we can publish those tributes one by one.

DIEGO ALBERTO PACHECO will graduate from PALATINE HIGH SCHOOL.

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Plans after graduation: college

Special message: We still remember the first day of your school. On that day, we were nervous to send you away from us. It still feels like that same day is back again. We feel nervous yet again, as you face the world by yourself. But, deep inside we always know that you’

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