An Ending: Graduation Covid Style

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, June 14, 2020





So it ends.  After 8 years of homeschooling, 3 years at the public school and 2 years at the community college she graduated.  She has enough credits to have her AA degree as well as her high school diploma with honors.  The high school seniors were out of school since March with limited school work.  She continued with her community college classes and writing lengthy papers past the ceremony.  She is my last one to finish this milestone.  So how did our high school handle graduation Covid style.  I think it went well all things considering.  I almost wish all the kids had it like this.  The speeches were online and so we could watch them via Facebook.  Then we were given a time to period to show up to the school.  The parking lot was set up so that if there was a line the cars could wind through the lot. The student got out of the car, and got into line maintaining a 6ft social distance from other students. We were able to drive slowly and watch her take her diploma cover, hand her name card to the student reader, have her name read, walk across stage, pose for the camera and walk off towards a large 2020 backdrop, pose again and then get back into the car.  We had front row seats for the whole thing.  As we drove out, teachers were lined up cheering.  Hopefully for a job well done and not because they didn't have to have another Parks' kid in their class.  We headed over to old Main where she met up with a friend for a couple of photos and then home.  It was short and sweet and I had a better view of her crossing stage than I had with the boys.  The school did a fantastic job with the flow of graduation.  Now I am sure that it was much harder on staff and teachers since they had to be there since 10 am and through 4 pm.  That is a long time but I was very impressed.  








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