This month, thousands of Iowa high school students are switching their mortarboard tassels from right to left and officially stepping into adulthood.
The Des Moines Register asked staff at 15 metro-area schools to each nominate a standout graduate from the class of 2026.
Officials with a dozen school submitted graduating seniors, along with a writeup on each student. (Northwest High School in Waukee, and Urbandale and Southeast Polk school districts did not participate)…