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Local high schools from Menlo-Atherton to Los Altos offer pandemic-altered rites of passage for seniors
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Planning for modified proms, graduation parties and picnics is underway at some local high schools to ensure graduating seniors enjoy at least some of the usual rites of passage amid a pandemic that s stretched over a year. Seniors attending Menlo-Atherton High School s Enchanted Forest prom will have to go without high heels, as the masked outdoor event will take place on the Atherton school s soccer field. There won t be dancing at Los Altos High School s Seniors Under the Stars.
Wearing well-fitting face masks, giving shorter commencement speeches and keeping 6 feet of distance between attendees are just some of the guidelines San Mateo County has given schools for safely conducting graduation ceremonies this year. Even with state guidance put out in March that bans handshakes and hugs at ceremonies, this year still offers more than t
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Parks served as EMU’s track and field and cross country coach for 34 years, serving from 1967-2001. EMU’s Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee says Coach Parks was a legend. “
Bob went to school here. He won 31 MAC titles. He was the MAC coach of the year 22 times. He is the most decorated coach we’ve ever had,” Wetherbee noted.
Wetherbee adds Coach Parks touched thousands of lives at EMU and in the Ypsilanti community and will be greatly missed.
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