By Dean Fioresi

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COMPTON, California ( KCAL/KCBS ) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the Compton High School graduation ceremony on Thursday.

Though she didn’t give a speech, she spent the entire ceremony on stage as the more than 300 graduates and their families filled the school’s brand new football stadium.

In a post on X, Harris said that she was personally invited to the commencement by one of the school’s seniors named MyShay Causey. Their conversation took place after the student saw Harris and her husband dining at a restaurant where she was an employee.

“She wrote a note to me and shared it with him, telling me about her incredible work in her community and her dream to work in education policy,” Harris’

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