Margo C. Tuzzo, 17, won’t be the only one in her family to get a high school diploma tonight. Tuzzo’s grandmother, Linda A. Perkoski, 67, will also receive an honorary diploma, doubling the family’s reason for celebration.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Perkoski’s graduation from North Attleboro High School. And to honor her and other members of her class — the class of 1958 — the school has invited them to this year’s graduation ceremony.

About 30 of the former graduates, some of whom are attending the event from different corners of the country, will be awarded anniversary diplomas on the school’s Raymond Beaupre football field, said principal Robert J. Gay.

Perkoski said though she is excited for the evening, she is also slightly nervous.

“I hope I can walk good in my shoes,” she said.

Remembering her own graduation 50 years ago, Perkoski said she and her classmates were “a little bit naïve” compared to today’s graduating seniors.

“They’re a lot smarter, more taught,” she said. “They’re more inquisitive.”

But the class of 1958 is also special in its own way. For several years now it has organized a reunion on the first Wednesday of every month.

And it was this interesting characteristic that led Gay to decide that the class should be the first in the school’s history to receive anniversary diplomas.

Seeing members of the older class will allow the current graduating class to “see what they’ll look like 50 years from now,” Gay said.

But few of the 292 graduates are likely to look that far into the future just yet. Most of them are working to achieve their short-term goals, enrolling at institutions such as Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University and Tufts University in the fall. Some have chosen to go farther away from home and will attend schools such as the University of Tennessee and the University of Miami.

Gay said the seniors will always be remembered for their friendships and kindness toward one another.

When senior Vanessa L. Velino’s house burnt down last year, the class joined the rest of the school to raise more than $3,000 in about a week.

“They’re a really big support,” Velino said of her classmates and friends. “I remember sitting in the cafeteria and seeing people donating. It made me feel hopeful.”

Valedictorian Anupama Q. Khan said her message to her fellow graduates will be to continue to embrace this spirit of giving, and to volunteer in their communities.

Last summer, Khan volunteered at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She helped patients resume their normal lifestyles, such as assisting those who had lost their hair from chemotherapy find wigs.

Like Khan, Perkoski also has a message for the soon-to-be-graduates — never to give up their dreams.

And there’s one more thing she’d like them to remember: “High school’s the best time of your life.”

njayakri@projo.com