After polling Mid-Prairie High School seniors and their parents, Mid-Prairie High School is moving forward with a traditional graduation ceremony.
In a May 4 letter to seniors and parents, …
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After polling Mid-Prairie High School seniors and their parents, Mid-Prairie High School is moving forward with a traditional graduation ceremony.
In a May 4 letter to seniors and parents, Principal Jay Strickland said that the school selected June 28 for graduation, with the ceremony beginning at 2:30 p.m. Graduation was originally scheduled for May 24.
“Our plan is to have our traditional ceremony in the gym,” Strickland said. “If we are unable to have the ceremony in the gym, we will move our traditional ceremony to the football field. Of course, this will all depend on what health and safety guidelines are in place in our state and county.”
He said that the school will share its plans with Washington County Public Health “to ensure that we are being safe and following social distancing guidelines and regulations.”
The school received 111 responses to its survey.
Of those, 83 indicated they preferred a traditional ceremony in June or July; 20 preferred an outdoor drive-in ceremony in May; and eight wanted a virtual ceremony in May.
“We will provide additional details regarding the ceremony and graduation practice in the next several weeks,” Strickland said. “As things tend to change quickly and frequently during this time, we want to make sure we have the latest guidance and information before we send out specific details.”
The poll also addressed plans for prom, which was originally supposed to take place on April 25. The school decided to host prom on June 20.
According to the survey, 50 of the 111 responses indicated the Grand March as the most important part of prom; 43 said post-prom was the most important; and 18 said the dance was most important.
“We are looking at possibly doing Grand March and post-prom based on the feedback from the survey,” Strickland said. “We will release specific details over the next several weeks.”
He cautioned that prom plans could still change.
“Depending on how things develop over the next several weeks and early June, there is a possibility we would not have prom this year,” he said.
