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Updated:
Revised as of May 10, 2021
GRADUATION PLANS
We are excited to announce the revised graduation plans for the Class of 2021. This revised information is based on the Executive Order issued by Governor Walz (three steps in removing Covid-19 restrictions) and the corresponding guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
Ceremony
The following are changes that are being made to the ceremony on June 6.
- Graduates will be seated together, up front, with no physical distancing between their chairs.
- Each graduate may have up to five (5) guests in attendance. Each pod of guests will be seated together, with no physical distancing; each pod of guests will be separated by approximately three (3) feet.
- For purposes of contact tracing, the graduate’s pod of guests must provide a single point of contact - a phone number.
- Everyone in attendance must wear a mask. We will make accommodations (mask removal) for speakers and graduates receiving their diplomas.
- We will incorporate other mitigation strategies, which will go largely unnoticed, as we proceed with the ceremony.
Important
The following are changes that are being made to the ceremony on June 6.
- COVID-19 Case in your household (other than your senior). If you inform us, or we determine via school attendance/activities participation of a positive Covid-19 case within your household, the graduating senior will need to quarantine for 24 days from the time of exposure – 10 days for the family member to clear quarantine + 14 day quarantine period related to the incubation period of the Covid-19 virus. If this notification is after May 13, your senior will not be able to attend graduation.
- Senior is a close contact of a non-household Covid-19 Case. For purposes of attending graduation, we will allow a shortened quarantine (7 day or 10 day).
- 10 day quarantine period. If you inform us, or we determine via school attendance/activities participation, that your senior is a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case before May 27, if your senior is symptom free by June 5, they may attend graduation. If this notification is on or after May 27, your senior may not attend graduation, however you may then choose to pursue the 7 day quarantine period as noted below.
- 7 day quarantine period. If you inform us, or we determine via school attendance/activities participation, that your senior is a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case before May 30, your senior may take a PCR Covid-19 test on June 3 and provide a copy of the negative Covid-19 test result to participate in graduation. If this notification is on or after May 30, your senior may not attend graduation.
IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL of this is subject to change based on guidance or mandate from Governor Walz, the Minnesota Department of Health, or the Minnesota Department of Education.