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.”
The video above is from March 3, 2021.
Longview ISD is partnering with St. Mary s Church to offer free COVID-19 vaccines to district students, Superintendent Dr. James Wilcox announced Monday.
The vaccines are set to be administered Wednesday, April 21 on the campus of Longview High School.
Dr. Wilcox said families who are interested in signing their students up are encouraged to schedule their appointment at the website: These would be offered to Longview ISD students age 16 and up who wish to take the vaccine, free of charge, and totally voluntary, Dr. Wilcox said.
For more information about this program, or to set up an appointment for your student s vaccine please visit
Longview ISD plans to offer multiple graduation options Longview ISD Vaccine By KLTV Digital Media Staff | April 12, 2021 at 10:14 AM CDT - Updated April 12 at 10:16 AM
From Longview ISD
LONGVIEW Texas (News Release) - Longview ISD is currently planning multiple graduation options for seniors to select for their final steps at Longview High School.
Multiple graduation options are tentatively scheduled at Lobo Stadium for the week of May 10 to14, with smaller individual ceremonies taking place lasting from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. A more traditional group commencement ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m
. Friday night.
Longview ISD YouTube page and linked to the district social media pages.
I ve got a nephew who ll be graduating this year, and we re so proud of him. One of the things, though, that I keep returning to in my mind is how much he and his classmates have missed out on the past two school years, you know, thanks to COVID.
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While the idea of spending portions of your last two years of high school distance learning can be disappointing, to say the least, who knows? Kids are resilient and you ve got to hope that it s instilled something more into this next generation, which if you haven t read is tentatively being dubbed Generation C. But I m not a fan of that. Don t really wanna anchor an entire generation to the coronavirus.