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Graduating Without the Pomp: Students, parents push back against virtual and drive-through graduation ceremonies
Title (Dublin Core)
Graduating Without the Pomp: Students, parents push back against virtual and drive-through graduation ceremonies
Description (Dublin Core)
My oldest daughter is now a senior in high school, and she is still pretty upset that she didn’t get to have a junior prom. She understands that in the context of everything happening in the world, it’s not the most important or most tragic thing that could happen, but it still stings. For many students, it’s the milestones like prom and graduation that make the whole four years worthwhile. If the milestones that high school students look forward to can’t be held, it can affect them deeply. As schools closed and Covid-19 became a fixture in our everyday lives, school events like sports, proms, and graduations went away. Some schools held virtual graduations featuring videos and speeches over Zoom. Others attempted to maintain an atmosphere of celebration by holding drive-up graduations with decorated cars and parking lots. However, many students and parents were upset by this change. While this is understandable, most school districts prioritized the health and safety of students, families, and staff over having an in-person ceremony. This article helps to capture some of the frustrations seniors expressed in 2020 when their hopes of walking the stage and receiving their diploma seemed to vanish overnight.
Date (Dublin Core)
May 6, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
ABC 15
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Jessica Parvan Pike
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
News Article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Source (Dublin Core)
ABC 15
Publisher (Dublin Core)
ABC
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Social Distance
English
Health & Wellness
English
Education--K12
English
News coverage
English
Home & Family Life
English
Technology
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Arizona
prom
senior
daughter
high school
Zoom
graduation
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
lostgraduations
Arizona Schools
LostProms
Collection (Dublin Core)
Lost Graduations
K-12
Children
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/27/2022
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/30/2022
04/06/2022
04/19/2022
08/02/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/06/2020
This item was submitted on March 27, 2022 by Jessica Parvan Pike 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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