Any student, teacher or visitor who walks the campus of Kent-Meridian High School will come across a solemn yet uplifting colorful memorial mural, designed to honor fallen students and staff, filling an outside wall near the gym.

They will see a student-inspired artwork featuring five students in blue graduation gowns looking skyward with arms raised or around each other, graduation caps, red tassels and white doves flying in the air and the words Forever a Royal, atop the painting.

Students and staff unveiled the mural during a small public gathering Nov. 24 to honor Kent-Meridian Royals lost to unexpected death.

Following the fatal shootings of two Kent-Meridian High boys just two days apart in separate incidents in June 2024, one near the campus and one in Renton, fellow students dec

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