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Modified to fit pandemic measures, Kamloops-Thompson graduation ceremonies begin this week

May 25, 2020 | 11:12 AM

KAMLOOPS — Grade 12 graduation ceremonies begin in the Kamloops-Thompson School District Monday (May 25), but they won’t look like they ever have before.

In a message posted on the SD73 website, Superintendent Alison Sidow says the ceremonies have been individualized to respect physical distancing guidelines put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Sidow says grads and their families “will be invited, one family group at a time, to experience their student walking across the stage at their school, to receive their diploma.”

The individual ceremonies will each be captured on video and edited together to create a commemorative video celebrating the entire school’s graduating class.

The filmed ceremonies will begin today and are scheduled to wrap up on June 26.

Sidow notes there is a petition circulating that calls on the district to either hold a traditional graduation ceremony or postpone commencement until pandemic-related guidelines are further relaxed.

The superintendent says the district is already moving ahead with the alternate plans.

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