Steve Wynn, left, takes a photo of his wife, Janine, center, as she wears her daughter Laura’s cap, right, who just graduated from Mater Dei High School at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana celebrate as they make their way out of the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine following their commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Family members cheer soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana as they enter the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine for the commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana show of their diplomas near the conclusion of the commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange, speaks during the Mater Dei High School commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana listen to speakers during their commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Salutatorian Catherine Kawabe speaks during the Mater Dei High School commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Friends, family members and soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, fill the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine for the commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A graduate of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana shows of her diploma near the conclusion of the commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Family members cheer soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana as they enter the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine for the commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mater Dei High School Principal Frances Clare speaks during the commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana sing their alma mater song at the conclusion of their commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mater Dei High School graduates Savannah Montoya, left, and Sophia Bunnell, have their photo taken outside the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine following their commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Valedictorian Sofia de Lucia speaks to her classmates during the Mater Dei High School commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana celebrate as they make their way out of the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine following their commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A soon-to-be graduate of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana wears a money lei prior to the start of commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana gather for their commencement outside the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana celebrate as they make their way out of the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine following their commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange, attends the Mater Dei High School commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mater Dei High School graduate Iliana Javid, center, is surrounded by family as they have their photo taken outside the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine following the commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana gather for their commencement outside the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mater Dei High School graduates have their photo taken outside the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine following their commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Mater Dei, a private Catholic high school based in Santa Ana, handed diplomas to the members of its graduating Class of 2024 on Saturday, June 1.
A commencement ceremony at UC Irvine’s Bren Center drew families and friends who cheered as the graduates walked across the stage, marking the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures.
