Chaparral High School is planning on having their graduation ceremony take place on Thursday the 25th, with some new rules and guidelines.
Before and after each ceremony seats, podiums, handrails and other surfaces will be sanitized by a group of trained staff. Chaparral also advises anyone that isn’t feeling well or has a fever to stay home where they can watch the ceremony via livestream. Any graduate that isn’t feeling well and can’t come to the ceremony will still be honored.
The ceremony will last about 90 minutes and only two family members are allowed to attend. Each family will be seated six feet apart from other families and every other row will be closed to maintain social distancing.
When entering or exiting the ceremony members and guests must wear face masks. Guests and members are allowed to remove their masks once they are seated.
Graduates will be seated six feet apart from one another on the football field and must maintain social distancing throughout the whole ceremony. Once the graduates name is called they will come up to the stage to be acknowledged in a no contact manner.
After the ceremony is over everyone is asked to leave and not remain on the property.
Wow! That is interesting. I could not even begin to imagine only having two people at my graduation with the size of my family. It is heartbreaking that a milestone as big as this one is being swept under the rug due to current events.
ReplyDeleteHi Madison I hope you're doing well. Although it's disheartening that these students will be limited in the number of people that they can invite to their graduation, I am glad the school is doing something to recognize their accomplishments. Other than graduation, the other real disappointment is that these students will never get a senior prom. I wonder if any schools are trying to get something together for their students before the new school year?
ReplyDeleteI was curious about what high schools were doing about graduations, so this post was super helpful! I've also got a cousin who is graduating from high school in Pennsylvania and they had individual 5 minute meetings with every student and their family to give them their diploma and take a photo.
ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate for people who have to graduate in such a nonchalant way. I remember my high school graduation was a big event and I had family come visit from around the country! Things are just a lot different this year.
That's definitely one way of doing things! When I came home after the end of last semester, It was just in time to see what my old high-school did in terms of graduation. They blocked off a large chunk of roads around the Lafayette area and had graduating seniors go on a Parade of sorts through town. Many spectators lined the streets as seniors drove decorated cars or were driven by their parents and received applause and cheers from many of the local Lafayette residents, removing the need for a ceremony and keeping it non-contact. It felt relatively basic, but it kind of made me jealous because each senior had their own little spotlight for the entire length of the parade. It was nice.
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