Graduation

Graduating seniors from New Britain High School walked across the stage on Thursday. They were the first of four groups having a socially-distanced graduation ceremony at Willow Brook Park. “I’m very excited,” said Victor Bayron, a graduating senior. “I never thought I could make it this far, but I’ve always had people supporting me and surrounding me to keep...

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High school seniors are being celebrated in new and special ways despite the coronavirus pandemic

All across the state, high schools have been forced to reinvent graduation ceremonies. That creativity continues; this time in Canton. On Friday night, teachers and students found a way to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2020 class. In a socially distant yet, festive way, the graduation started in the school parking lot. “You know, this is a whole new experience,”…

Students and parents watched on big screen in Canton shopping plaza while students were honored and given diplomas.

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In Hartford, students have been able to get their diplomas without ever leaving their car as schools find ways to celebrate gradauating seniors during the coronavirus pandemic

Latino graduates from across the country were honored on Friday in a virtual celebration put on by Excelencia in Education, a national organization that works with institutions of higher education to improve Latino college enrollment and completion. “Forty percent of Latinos that go to college are the first in their families to go,” Excelencia co-founder and CEO Deborah Santiago said. “This...

Ellington High School held a drive-in graduation at the Mansfield drive-in theater in a unique celebration for seniors

There will be limits on the number of people allowed at each graduation ceremony. Larger schools can do it in shifts.

The governor announced Wednesday that in person, outdoor graduations of up to 150 people can resume July 6

A Southern California college graduate achieved something exceptional in what has been a spring unlike any other for students. At just 13, Jack Rico, of La Mirada, graduated from Fullerton College with four associate degrees. He is the college’s youngest ever graduate.  “I still can’t really believe that I’ve achieved something like this,” Rico said. “I didn’t know that...

Like others across the state, Ellington High School seniors will mark the end of their high school careers much differently than they expected. But there will still be something special to celebrate. The Ellington School Board said they realized graduating students in the Class of 2020 wanted something as close to a traditional graduation as they could possibly have in…

It a lot of ways the class of 2020 has robbed of its senior year. Lost were proms and spring sports, but many schools are determined to creatively give their seniors a proper sendoff. In New Britain Friday, through the creative vision of Schaller Auto World and the use of their video billboard, Kingswood Oxford’s class of 2020 was celebrated…

Students at Kingswood Oxford got to celebrate graduation even if they had to be distanced and in their cars in a special way.

Ellington is celebrating high school seniors who are graduating this year with a week of events, ending with a graduation ceremony at the Mansfield Drive In to keep families at a safe social distance from each other.   The celebrations are planned for the first week of June and will include a drive-up breakfast, a car parade through town, and…

The future looks grim for the Class of 2020

Unusual times call for unusual celebrations, and an East Hampton neighborhood made sure a recent college graduate got the recognition she deserves. It probably wasn’t the pomp and circumstance a graduate dreams of, but for Mara Owens, it’s still a really great day – even in a 2016 cap and gown. “This is my high school cap and gown because…