-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
Livia Kalvig, 14, of Fort Dodge, fist bumps fellow students and teachers on her last day of eighth grade on Tuesday at the Fort Dodge Middle School.

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
Melissa Peltz, 14, of Fort Dodge, left, and Tucker Gill, 14, of Fort Dodge, walk down the hall for the last time on Tuesday at Fort Dodge Middle School.

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
From left, Armondez Mosley Clark, 15, of Fort Dodge; Ana Hernandez, 15, of Fort Dodge; and CHI Altman, 14, of Fort Dodge; walk down the hall of Fort Dodge Middle School for the last time as eighth graders on Tuesday.