Students can feel safe and still get the same spotlight they would have at a large ceremony.
Author: Shandel Menezes
Updated: 10:49 PM CDT May 10, 2021
LONGVIEW, Texas — Many college students and high schoolers alike are able to have the in person graduations/ceremonies that weren’t possible at the beginning of the pandemic.
“I finished school finally!" said Longview High graduating senior Aracely Briseno. She got her diploma along with 100 of her classmates who all opted for a smaller and more socially distant graduation.
Longview High Principal James Brewer said, “What we tried to do due to COVID-19, was make sure that the parents who still didn’t feel safe coming to the school and being in a large crowd, had the opportunity to come individually to perform their graduation ceremonies with the same kind of dignity and respect that you get at a graduation.”