Yard signs celebrating upcoming or recent graduates have become common. Ever seen one for a graduate who earned a diploma 80 years ago? One has popped up in Riverside. Yard signs, seen Dec. 5, 2025, in Riverside, honor two different generations of graduates from Riverside’s Poly High School: one e xpected in 2026 and another from 1946. The two live next door to each other. (Courtesy of Judi Stoa) And it’s next door to a house where a similar sign signals a teen’s upcoming graduation. It all started after the family of Kien Ly Biggs — a 17-year-old senior at Riverside’s Poly High School — planted the sign in the grass in front of their Lucerne Place home to herald his June commencement. Turns out that his next-door neighbor, 97-year-old Ruth Ann Jameson, also graduated from Poly — in 1946. Jameson’s daughter Kathleen Jameson spotted the Biggs’ sign in November and had the fun idea of getting one made for her mom. “Hey, we’re a proud family of a Poly High graduate, too,”  Kathleen Jameson said, according to an email from her wife Jodi Stoa. “Only it’s been 80 years since she graduated.” Photos of the elder Jameson in high school were used in fall when the family marked her 97th birthday. Her late husband Don and the couple’s four children all graduated from Poly High, wrote Stoa, who lives in Colorado. Anyone strolling down their street can now see two signs: “Proud family of a 2026 Poly High graduate” and “Proud family of a 1946 Poly High graduate.” Jameson’s sign even has an old black-and-white photo of her in the center. ...read more read less