Aspen High School seniors Alex and Jeremy Martin ring a bell in Gondola Plaza in Aspen to celebrate their post-grad decisions on Sunday, May 2, 2021. The brothers will both be heading to the Claremont Colleges in California this fall — Alex to Harvey Mudd College and Jeremy to Pomona College.
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A bit of rain didn’t put a damper on Sunday’s festivities at Gondola Plaza, when four waves of seniors from the Aspen High School class of 2021 rang a gold bell to celebrate their post-graduation decisions. It was an especially momentous occasion after a school year that students at the event described as “strange,” “hectic,” “interesting,” “a whirlwind.”