THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, June 2, 1996                  TAG: 9606020178
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
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COLOR PHOTO L. TODD SPENCER MATTHEW BROTHERS, 14, AND HIS FELLOW EIGHTH-GRADERS AT KEMPS LANDING MAGNET SCHOOL BOARDED THE GUIDED-MISSILE FRIGATE HAWES AT THE NORFOLK NAVAL BASE ON SATURDAY FOR THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY. THE HAWES IS PART OF THE NAVY'S ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND ITS CREW HAS HELPED WITH TUTORING AND MAINTENANCE. THE GRADUATION WAS A FIRST FOR THE SHIP AND KEMPS LANDING - THE VIRGINIA BEACH SCHOOL OPENED LAST FALL, ABOUT THE TIME THE SHIP ARRIVED FROM CHARLESTON, S.C.