Area high school students posed for photos at Hopelands Gardens on Saturday before their proms. 

Students from South Aiken High School attended prom at the USC Aiken Convocation Center, and students from Silver Bluff High School held their prom at Palmetto Terrace in North Augusta.

Students from Williston-Elko also celebrated at prom.

See more photos at aikenstandard.com/photos.


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