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High school graduations take a step toward normalcy
The Class of 2021 in high schools across Maine will graduate next month in ceremonies that will feel more traditional than they did last year.
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Senior class president Emily Sawyer outside Westbrook High School on Tuesday. The school’s graduation will be held indoors at the Cross Insurance Arena. in Portland.
Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
By the time Emily Sawyer puts on her cap and gown on and walks into the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on June 5, more than 15 months will have passed since she was surrounded by all of her classmates.
Scores of students are getting F s: What s the point of failing them during COVID-19? Alia Wong, USA TODAY
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It wasn’t until several weeks ago that Christopher Lamar discovered he was failing most of his classes.
Lamar, an 18-year-old senior at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida, had always enjoyed being a student. He ran for homecoming; he started a spirit club. Things changed once classes went online this year. Lamar had to watch and cook for his siblings, to clean and manage the household. School fell to the bottom of his priority list.
When Lamar’s guidance counselor informed him his mid-semester progress report was riddled with F’s, it hit him: Not only was he flunking science, a subject in which he once excelled, he was also facing the prospect of being denied a diploma in the spring.
Scores of students are getting F s: What s the point of failing them during COVID-19? Alia Wong, USA TODAY
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It wasn’t until several weeks ago that Christopher Lamar discovered he was failing most of his classes.
Lamar, an 18-year-old senior at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida, had always enjoyed being a student. He ran for homecoming; he started a spirit club. Things changed once classes went online this year. Lamar had to watch and cook for his siblings, to clean and manage the household. School fell to the bottom of his priority list.
When Lamar’s guidance counselor informed him his mid-semester progress report was riddled with F’s, it hit him: Not only was he flunking science, a subject in which he once excelled, he was also facing the prospect of being denied a diploma in the spring.