Commencement ceremonies for the high school class of 2021 may have more pomp as circumstances permit this spring.
Erie area schools plan to honor graduates in person. And even proms, class trips, baccalaureate services and other senior-centric events may happen, contingent on COVID-19 case numbers and Erie County Department of Health approval. Graduation won t be 2,000 people plus faculty and staff at the Bayfront Convention Center, but it may be more traditional than last year, said James Vieira, dean of Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy in Erie.
The class of 2021 will be the second class to graduate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Commencements last year were virtual, in-person for small groups at a time, or both. Plans for 2021 in-person events are still works in progress because state health and education department guidelines are le to change.
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Wilhelm: Examining local French historical ties
Roy Wilhelm
It’s not so farfetched to imagine this territory might have been French rather than English.
The French not only claimed the vast St. Lawrence Basin and the Mississippi Valley, which included the Ohio Valley, they “exercised sovereignty over the region in the 17th and 18th Century.” They did so by following their discoveries by establishing settlements, military forts and trading posts along the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes including what was once called Sandusky Lake (Sandusky Bay).
This was area was part of New France.
First county Catholic church built by French
Editor s note: This story has been corrected to clarify Millcreek School Board s position on renovation funding and has been updated to include the latest school district votes on the Erie County Technical School renovations resolution.
The Millcreek Township School District is standing alone in its fight to change the way that local school districts pay for improvements to the Erie County Technical School.
Ten of the 11 Erie County school districts that send students to the technical school have voted to move forward with the school s planned $27,775,000 renovation project and to pay their share of that cost based on the current funding agreement.
George Washington once served in the army of the British monarch the American Revolution overthrew, and Waterford, Erie County, commemorated this part of the first president s life with a statue.