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Graduates find alternative ways to celebrate amid COVID-19 cancellations

April 29, 2020

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Neiko Pollard wears gloves as she tries on his graduation cap at cap and gown pick up at Page High School in Greensboro, N.C., April 28.
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Drake University spring 2020 graduate Sydney Walther takes a selfie of herself in front of Texas wildflowers in Richardson, Texas, April 28. Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, Drake University and many other schools will hold graduation ceremonies online.
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John Barbe checkS his list as John Tyler High School senior Fernando Ocampo waits in line for his graduation cap and gown during a curbside pick-up event at the Tyler ISD Career and Technology Center, April 24, in Tyler, Texas.
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Senior Jackson Bailey picks up a yard sign from the parking lot of Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 29. The school's Parent Teachers Organization created the signs for seniors to place in their yards to show the students how proud they are of them.
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A woman wearing graduation attire is photographed in the middle of an empty street on the University of Kansas campus, April 26, in Lawrence, Kan. The campus has canceled in-person classes and is instead offering remote learning, as part of attempt to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
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University of Idaho senior Natalie Fischer, right, takes graduation photos of classmate Rebecca Buratto, April 24, outside the university's administration building in Moscow, Idaho. The university rescheduled its spring commencement for Aug. 1 because of the coronavirus. Fischer and Buratto both played on the university's soccer team.
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Debbie Ziebart, holding sign, a Tavares High science teacher, cheers with other faculty as graduating seniors receive their cap and gowns during a parking lot pep rally at Tavares High School, April 20. While practicing social distancing, seniors came to campus to drive through to pick up their caps and gowns from their cars. With proms canceled and graduation ceremonies postponed, parents, teachers and others are looking for opportunities to celebrate the Class of 2020 despite the global pandemic that has the state under a stay-at-home order. So, what could have been a routine distribution of caps and gowns to Lake County high school seniors, became a parking lot pep rally.
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak, cadets wear face masks after the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, April 18, at Air Force Academy, Colo. Other schools have either canceled or postponed their ceremonies.
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Cadets are seated to match social distancing norms due to the coronavirus outbreak during the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, April 18, at Air Force Academy, Colo.
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Cadets toss their hats in the air after being sworn in as officers as the Thunderbirds fly over during the graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, April 18, at Air Force Academy, Colo.
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