The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) put together a very modified graduation plan for students finishing their final year of school while the COVID-19 pandemic situation continues.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of our secondary schools have gone above and beyond to ensure that our graduates are celebrated in some special way,\u201d stated Natalie Cameron, CDSBEO superintendent of school effectiveness, in a report during the June 9 board meeting. \u201cEvery CDSBEO graduate will remember how important they were to us, and how the pandemic did not prevent us from celebrating their great accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n
All CDSBEO schools received individualized graduation celebration lawn signs for personal distribution to students and their families. Each sign features the CDSBEO and particular school logos, along with the name of the graduating student.<\/p>\n
Principals, teachers or other CDSBEO officials delivering the signs were dressed in either formal cap-and-gown or some type of \u201cspirit wear\u201d for the occasion, and observed pandemic social distancing guidelines. Diplomas and other special commemorative items were also presented to students, including notices of bursaries, scholarships, or other special awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was not the graduation event they had imagined for themselves when they started classes last September, but the Class of 2020 for Saint Francis Xavier Catholic High School still got to celebrate the ultimate achievement of their lives as high-school students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"\n