After two years of covid restrictions, D.C.-area students head to prom
For Henderson, 18, and her family, her senior prom in late May was the last celebration before she left for college. She will be
Across the Washington region, many high school seniors were able to go to a school dance for the first time in roughly two years, after school systems prohibited mass gatherings to curb the spread of thehas been the most stringent system in Maryland with coronavirus protocols, lifted restrictions and let schools host prom events again this year.School leaders, parents and volunteers flew into action.
The high school tradition that had been taken from students by a pandemic was back, and so was the new normal of coronavirus precautions. Outside the doorway to the ballroom, volunteers set up goody bags and a coronavirus testing site. Students had to submit proof of a negative coronavirus test to attend the event, but for the few who did not file in time, the school provided rapid antigen test kits at a table near the front doors. A failed test meant students were turned away.
For Patterson, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School, the minute he placed the order for the corsage, the moment set in. “Oh, wow, I have a date to prom,” he said. “For the longest time, my mom was way more excited than me. But I think now I’m definitely caught up with her in the excitement.”students arrived roughly an hour before to take photos and pose in front of their families. One student was escorted by a motorbike motorcade into the front loop of the building.
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