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DVUSD Letter to Parents Announcing 2020 Graduation

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Title (Dublin Core)

DVUSD Letter to Parents Announcing 2020 Graduation

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Description (Dublin Core)

On May 1st, Dr. Curtis Finch, the Superintendent of Deer Valley Unified School District (one of the largest districts in Arizona), sent a letter as part of a daily update during the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Due to laws and regulations, there were many people unsure about whether the Class of 2020 would have a graduation ceremony. In this letter, Dr. Finch announced that an in-person ceremony would be held during the summer (July 2-3) due to a survey where the majority of parents indicated that they wanted an in-person ceremony.
He stated a specific time for each high school and explained that additional information would be given each week, due to needing to plan exactly how the ceremony will work depending on guidance at the time. On June 25th, the graduation was canceled.
This item shows the work and resilience that went into trying to give students and their families the milestones that they were hoping to experience. Many people, businesses, schools, and other organizations worked to find ways to safely host events. While some worked, this is an example of a plan that did not go through.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 25, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Deer Valley Unified School District

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Ashlee Harper

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Letter

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--K12
English Events
English Social Distance
English Emotion
English Conflict

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

class of 2022
graduation
social distance
ceremony

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

class of 2020

Collection (Dublin Core)

Lost Graduations

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/23/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/03/2022
04/21/2022
05/25/2022
08/02/2022

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This item was submitted on March 23, 2022 by Ashlee Harper using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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