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Upside Photo of the Week: Graduating to her own drum

Jurnee Jenkins, 18, is surprised by a drum line as family and friends hold a drive-by graduation celebration outside her home on North Sixth St. in Olney.

Jurnee Jenkins, 18, is surprised by a drum line as family and friends hold a drive-by graduation celebration outside her home on North Sixth St. in Olney on June 9, 2020.
Jurnee Jenkins, 18, is surprised by a drum line as family and friends hold a drive-by graduation celebration outside her home on North Sixth St. in Olney on June 9, 2020.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer

Jurnee Jenkins, 18, is surprised by a drum line as family and friends hold a drive-by graduation celebration outside her home on North Sixth Street in Olney on June 9. The 2020 graduate of Simon Gratz High School-Mastery Charter School will attend Morgan State University in the fall, one of more than 20 colleges that accepted Jenkins, who was a National Honor Society member.