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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55, Number 122
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Plans in place for Navarro High School graduation By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera (Geronimo) – One way or another, Navarro High School graduates tonight will get a diploma in their hands. Navarro High School Principal Gary Haas says the campus has not only faced the impact of COVID-19 but now also faces the threat of some wet weather. Nonetheless, Haas says the school’s 138 students have proven great strength and adversity through all of this and says tonight is the night to be recognized. The delayed graduation ceremony is scheduled today at 8 p.m. on the high school’s Erwin Lee Field. In the event that we have to cancel the outside event, we will have a live streamed drive by diploma presentation Friday evening at 8 o’clock in place of that event and it will include myself and the supertindent with the statements that we make and it will also include a live announcing of all of the student’s accomplishments that would have been done there on the field. The only thing that would be missing would be some of the speeches so that is going to happen if we have to go to Plan B because of weather. So in one way or another Friday night, they are going to graduate, said Haas.
Haas says of course hosting a live ceremony means that all safety measures and restrictions due to COVID-19 will be in full force during tonight’s ceremony. Haas says the school will work hard to make sure that students and their families are kept safe during this memorable occasion.
We are holding our graduation in our stadium as we have for the last few years and we will virtually do everything that we would typically do. We’ve actually added a little bit to our ceremony this year to do a little more recognition. When we scroll through our names of graduates, typically, we just call their name and this year, we are going to add a little to that because of the fact that so many of the events were missed this spring and it will be a little longer. We expect our graduation to be two, two and a half hours this year compared to our normal hour and 15 minutes but that’s good because we are just excited that we are able to do that instead of some type of virtual event and we are hopeful that the weather cooperates with us so that happens Friday evening, said Haas.
Haas with social distancing possible in the outdoor venue, families will be encouraged to choose their option in wearing a mask. We are certainly understanding of any student or adult that come in and want to wear a mask through this event and we are also understanding of those who don’t. There’s not going to be much personal contact so it’s an outside event without much of it so we understand,î Haas.
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But until the school is forced to make any sudden changes, Haas says the high school is prepping all plans to be live and outside.
– the whole family is going to come in together. They are going to be seated together. They are going to be ushered into the stadium and we are going to ask that we don’t have a lot of movement during the event trying to avoid all the close contact with other families,î said Haas.
Haas says these last several months and especially these last few days have no doubt been challenging for everyone. However, he says the district is grateful to still have this opportunity to give the graduates what they deserve.
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I think it just exemplifies what has happened here and in the community. They know the right thing to do. They try to do the right thing. They try to encourage their kids to do the right thing and I feel very strongly that over a month and a half ago, our school board made a decision that the right thing to do was try to wait this out a little bit so that we could have a live event and that’s what is going to happen. That’s just their mentality. It’s been like that way for a very very long time. They try to find a way to get it done and I think the successes at Navarro ISD demonstrate that. I know there have been a lot of bumps this spring but that’s life,î said Haas.
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You do have to have a ticket and there were a limited number of tickets. The tickets only went to students and their families and to those who were having to work the event and everybody that walks Haas says perhaps this experience and even in the stadium tonight will have a ticket and they will have to have completed the COVID self-assessment on the back and tonight’s graduation ceremony itself will help the signed it and if they are not okay on every part, they won’t be students gain one more lesson – a lesson of appreciation and makallowed into the stadium. That’s pretty restrictive but that is what ing the best of what is in front of them,î said Haas. TEA has required of this and something else that will be different See, GRADUATION, page 2
B.J. Jeffers 830-560-0057