White Knoll High School students, faculty and friends gather in the elephant room of the Carolina Coliseum on June 2, 2012, to get ready for graduation exercises. HERE, Jazmyn-Taylor Michel, right, tweets a photo after finding her place in line in the elephant room prior to her graduation exercises. Unbeknownst to her, her mother who was stationed in Afghanistan is about to surprise her by showing up at her high school graduation. Shown with her are, from left, Freddie McIlwain and Laikin McGrady. ROB THOMPSON — rthompson@thestate.com Buy Photo