Photos: Trumbull grads get a memorable, unconventional sendoff
Cars pass under one of several balloon archways before students reached the staging areas to make their Trumbull High School graduation official.
TRUMBULL — It wasn’t the traditional ceremony, but school officials made it a memorable one when Trumbull High School’s class of 2020 was graduated on Saturday.
Scheduled at 90-minute intervals beginning at 9:15 a.m., groups of 30 or so vehicles — each containing a senior and their family — were directed to one of three staging areas around the school.
Julia Huzi stands at the front of a short line of safe-distance graduates waiting to turn their tassels at the Trumbull High School Class of 2020 graduation ceremony.
Stepping out in groups of three or four, the 509 graduating seniors were then allowed to receive their diploma envelopes, turn their tassels and have a photo taken.
And while seniors seemed resigned to the unusual and, to some extent, disappointing circumstances, most of them appeared to enjoy the occasion and focus their attention on the bright side.
Trumbull High School Class of 2020 graduate Mackenize Minor arrives in style for the graduation.
“It feels a lot better than nothing,” said senior Mackenzie Minor. “I’m just happy to be graduating at all.”
Timothy McCrae is now a graduates of Trumbull High School, along with 508 classmates.
“I get to graduate from high school,” agreed senior Timothy McCrae. “I wish things were back to normal, but at the same time I know they’re doing their best.”
Graduate George Manesiotis arrives for Trumbull High School’s Class of 2020 graduation.