Graduating high school is a feat worth celebrating. But for one former student of Tenino High School, the diploma she rightfully earned came 42 years late. "We’d like to present to you our newest graduate, Jill Hammond," said a school board leader Monday night. In front of a cheering crowd, Hammond was finally handed the high school diploma she rightfully earned in 1981. “Now it’s time to party! Where’s the bubbly?" said Hammond. Hammond considers herself to have been a very good student "with good grades," but she said an unfulfilled agreement left her without a diploma for decades. In her senior year, she says her principal promised she would be okay to go to study abroad in Norway and still earn her degree after completing courses there. She said her principal told her, "Your year over there will insert itself into this year here, and you’re good to go." But when she came back, she was surprised to hear her principal had changed his tune. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/tenino-alum-awarded-diploma-decades-later/281-72b813b1-4f99-4c06-82c6-07dfe461f077