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Published: July 24, 2020
Celebrating High School Graduation During COVID-19
Your seniors proudly wore their “Class of 2020” gear like a uniform. They stressed over the SATs and planned their senior prom. In cafeterias, classrooms, and playing fields, they dreamed about life after graduation and relished their last days together before moving on. And then, lockdown happened.
Stay-at-home orders due to coronavirus haven’t been easy on anyone -- least of all, the teachers who have to scramble to take their classes online. But for high school seniors, the loss of their final weeks of school hits especially hard. With much of the country on stay-at-home orders, students have already missed out on many of the h