High school and college commencements have become a mobile rite of passage amid COVID-19 restrictions.
Rowland High graduate Kloei Amper, 18, puts on her mask before receiving her diploma in a drive-through ceremony in Rowland Heights.At high school and college processions, the annual rite is now done by car in the time of the coronavirus.
COVID versions of commencements were on display recently from Mira Costa High in Manhattan Beach to San Gabriel Valley’s Rowland High to charter schools and historic Fairfax High.Parents are foregoing the scramble for tickets and fighting long lines, and instead they are celebrating with drive-through graduations and distanced gift-giving.
Mira Costa High graduates Sophia Strauss, left, and Sarah Hoffmeister, both 17, celebrate on the beach.From left, Rowland High grad Nastasya Billesbach, 18, celebrates with grandmother Mimi Yang, aunt Wendy Wu and mother Stacy Wu after receiving her diploma in a drive-through ceremony.Fairfax High SchoolFairfax High grad Jordan Reed, 18, gets a congratulatory fist bump.Addam Saavedra, 19, left, and Jordan Reed, 18, pose for a graduation photo.
Grads James Jarvoe, in passenger’s seat, and Emily Van Riel receive their “grad bags” from faculty member Myra Andrade at the Chaffey College commencement.Emily Rose McCorkle cheers for a fellow graduate during the ceremony at Poly High School in Riverside.Poly High grad Jacob McBride’s godmother, Rosann Rozzi, and father, Chris McBride, ride along during the drive-through ceremony.
A balloon-carrying family member waits in line during the Compton Early College High School graduation ceremony.New West Charter School grad Kate Zamos receives her diploma from Vice Principal Mark Herrera at a drive-through commencement in Los Angeles.Naomi Shacham receives her diploma from Principal Sharon Weir.Venice High graduate Joseph Silva, 18, rides in his family’s Cadillac for his drive-through commencement.
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