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'Wonderful daughter': Sylvester Stallone and more stars celebrate their graduating children

Famous parents are celebrating the pomp and circumstance of their 2021 graduates.

With COVID-19 vaccination rates on the rise and cases and deaths decreasing, many graduation ceremonies have resumed in-person after moving to virtual events last year.

On Wednesday, Sylvester Stallone congratulated his 19-year-old daughter, Scarlet Stallone, for graduating from Campbell Hall High School in Los Angeles, California.

"Congratulations on graduating high school to our wonderful daughter SCARLET!" he captioned a slideshow of Instagram pictures, including a family photo featuring Stallone, wife Jennifer Flavin, and their three daughters: Sophia, 24, Sistine, 22, and Scarlet.

Flavin praised her daughter for achieving "academic honors! Super proud of you!!" Scarlet's sister Sistine commented, "So proud," while Sophia added, "finally."

See how more celebrity parents are celebrating their kids' graduations in 2021.

"Proud pop!": Tim McGraw celebrates his daughter's graduation from Stanford University

On Tuesday, country singer Tim McGraw congratulated his 22-year-old daughter, Maggie Elizabeth McGraw, for graduating from her Masters program at Stanford University.

"We are so incredibly proud of our Maggie May!!!!" McGraw wrote on Instagram, alongside a series of photos of his daughter clad in her cap and gown. "I have such admiration for her work ethic, her fierce love of her family and especially her passion to make the world a better place."

McGraw also shares daughters Gracie, 24, and Audrey Caroline, 19, with wife and singer Faith Hill.

"Go get em my sweet girl!!!!" he concluded his post. "Proud Pop!"

"The Graduate!": Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos celebrate their youngest son's graduation

The TV personality and her husband are preparing to be empty nesters after celebrating the high school graduation of their youngest son, Joaquin, 18.

Ripa celebrated Friday by posting a selfie on Instagram of her and Consuelos posing with their son, decked out in a royal blue cap and gown. She simply captioned the photo: "The Graduate!"

The proud parent further archived the day by sharing moments on her Instagram story: a photo of Joaquin chatting with "CBS This Morning" anchor Gayle King (who was the commencement speaker), a snapshot of Joaquin's National Honor Society cord and a picture after the graduation of Joaquin standing next to his three-tier University of Michigan cake (the school he will be attending in the fall.)

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are celebrating the high school graduation of their son Joaquin.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are celebrating the high school graduation of their son Joaquin.

'Cheers to the global class of 2021': Jerry Seinfeld, wife celebrate their son

The comedian and his wife Jessica are celebrating their "very own graduate," their son Julian, 18, who completed his schooling at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

"Graduation Day for my babyyyyy," Jessica Seinfeld shared in an Instagram story and followed up with a series of photos in an Instagram post.

"Cheers to the global class of 2021 and especially our very own graduate. We love you ❤️ and the lifelong friends made at the extraordinary @ecfs1878," she wrote and also thanked the school "for making an in-person commencement possible."

Al Roker is 'so incredibly proud'

"Today" anchor and weatherman Roker and ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts traveled all the way to Paris to celebrate their daughter, Leila Roker, as she matriculated at American University. Roker dedicated three Instagram posts to the new graduate.

"So incredibly proud of @aupinstagram #classof2021 #graduate @cleilapatra Four years that tested and made you an amazing adult," Roker wrote.

He added in a later post featuring a picture of her name coming across the jumbotron during the ceremony: "For four years, we have waited for this moment for @cleilapatra to graduate from @aupinstagram Congratulations to our princess. We are so incredibly proud."

Paulina Porizkova congratulates sons on graduating after loss of Ric Ocasek

Porizkova celebrated sons Jonathan, 27, and Oliver, 23, for graduating "on time with honors" this year after losing their father, singer Ric Ocasek, in September 2019. She wrote in an Instagram post that she knows her late ex-husband would be "so incredibly proud" of their sons graduating this spring "after having the worst year and a half of their lives."

Porizkova added: "This weekend, I want to send out well-wishes and congratulations to everyone whose children are taking a big step into adulthood. But my heart goes out to all of us who are attending such momentous occasions as graduations - with someone crucial missing. Their absence in these joyous occasions is probably even more keenly felt. They SHOULD be here. There is such a painfully felt hollow where they belong."

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'Love, Momala': Kamala Harris congratulates Ella Emhoff

"Congratulations to our daughter Ella on her graduation," Vice President Harris wrote on Instagram May 15, celebrating her stepdaughter Ella Emhoff, who turns 22 on May 29, graduating from the Parsons School of Design in New York.

"I am so proud of you," Harris added. "Keep dreaming with ambition and there is nothing you cannot achieve. Love, Momala."

Ella Emhoff is the younger of two children from second gentleman Doug Emhoff's previous marriage to Kerstin Emhoff. Her brother, Cole Emhoff, is 26. A week after being dubbed a "style icon" at her stepmother's inauguration, Ella Emhoff signed with IMG Models and made her runway debut less than a month later at New York Fashion Week.

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"My darling Ella, we are such proud parents!" Doug Emhoff wrote in his own social media tribute. "We love you so much, and are very much looking forward to all you do in the future. And, to the other Class of 2021 graduates out there, huge congratulations!"

Lisa Kudrow's son graduates from USC

The "Friends" alum has a lot to reminisce about these days, from the upcoming sitcom reunion to her son's college graduation.

"Happy proud HAPPY," Kudrow wrote in an Instagram post May 16, in which she posed with her 23-year-old son, Julian Stern, wearing graduation regalia from the University of Southern California.

"And a little crying. By me not him," the actress clarified as she set the scene.

Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones celebrate daughter Carys

The two celebrated their 18-year-old daughter Carys Douglas high school graduation with a sweet family photo.

"Congratulations to Carys and the entire class of 2021! Your Mom and I are so proud of you," Michael Douglass wrote on Instagram May 21. "We love you so much and we are so excited for your future as the best is yet to come! ❤️ Dad"

The famous couple beamed while posing at an outdoor ceremony with their two youngest children, Carys and 20-year-old Dylan.

"What a proud day as our daughter Carys graduates with honors for her International Baccalaureate," Zeta-Jones added in her own post. "You rock and we love you."

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Sylvester Stallone, Tim McGraw, more celebrities honor graduating kids