Valedictorian Keshav Joshi speaks during the St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

Salutatorian Abigail Bass speaks during the St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

Molly Doyle, left, and Brendan Sullivan, right, are awarded the St. Thomas Aquinas Award during the St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

Thomas Aquinas Guidance Director Alisa Karwowski is awarded the prestigious Lux in Tenebris Award during the St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]

St. Thomas Aquinas High School graduation ceremony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Sunday. [Scott Patterson/Fosters.com]