Graduation ceremony canceled? Grad Mobile lets students schedule their own

Late spring is usually time of year when high school seniors are getting ready to put on their cap and gown and start the next phase of their lives, but these days are far from normal.

YEAR WHEN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORSARE GETTING READY TO PUT ONTHEIR CAP AND GOWN AND STARTTHE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR LIVES.BUT THESE DAYS ARE FAR FROMNORMAL.

SENIORS HAVE HAD THEIRGRADUATION CEREMONIES CANCEL━ POSTPONE━ OR DRASTICALLYSCALED DOWN BECAUSE OFCOVI━19.

AS PART OF OURREBOUND MARYLAND SERIES━WMAR 2 NEWS' MARK ROPER TAKESA LOOK AT HOW SOME FAMILIARE MAKING THEIR OWNúTHIS IS A MOMENT 12 YEARS INTHE MAKING... it feels good,it's nice to finally get itover with POMP ANDCIRCUMSTANCE━ CHECK CAP ANDGOWN━ CHECK FOR THESE HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS━ FRIENDSSINCE SECOND GRADE━ IT LOOKSAND SOUNDS LIKE IT'SGRADUATION TIME BUT THIS IS NOORDINARY CEREMONY AND THIS HASNOT BEEN AN ORDINARY SCHOOLYEAR.

It was difficult, didn'treally get to say goodbye tolot of the teachers that Iwould have liked to probablywill be something that a lotof people will probably lookback on IT'S BEEN ACHALLENGING YEAR FOR STUDENTSWHO HAVEN'T BEEN TO CLASSSINCE THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKSPREAD AND ADMINISTRATORSCLOSED SCHOOLS.

BUT IT WASESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FORSENIORS WITH THEIR EYES ONGRADUATION━ WONDERING WHATTHE FUTURE HELD FOR THEM.

Thepast few months have been justas disappointing for theparents of the seniors asis for the seniors themselvesAND NOW━ AS SENIORS GREADY TO GRADUATE━ THEOFFICIAL CEREMONY FOR THESETWO WESTMINSTER HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS IS LIMITED TO ONESTUDENT AND FOUR FAMILYMEMBERS.

Kind of sad that Idon't get to laugh at all myother friends, walking acrossthe stage, but couldn't reallydo much SO BRADEN FLEMMINGDAD STEVEN DECIDED TO SURPRISEHIS SON WITH SOMETHING TO MAKEIT BETTER...HIS OWN A━HOMEGRADUATION CEREMONY.

I thoughtwell, I've got a kid who doespretty well in school and Inever have to get on his case,and everything, if anybodydeserves a little celebrationit would probably be him we'reall pretty surprised I kind ofwasn't expecting itI was tolthat I would just be getting afew pictures, and you knowhere we are ...AT THE GRADMOBILE.

THIS PORTABLE STAGE ITHE BRAI━CHILD OF MICHAELROSMAN━ WHO ALSO SERVES ASTHE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.

Ikinda thought when we firststarted it would be kind ofun and a little kitchy, andpeople are taking itcompletely serious, andthey're making them their owngraduations AND THAT'S JUWHAT THESE FRIENDS ANDFAMILIES DID... it was areally good feeling, reallygood feeling to see him get tohave a little celebration andto be able to graduate I thinkgraduation ceremony is just asmuch for the parentssometimes, as it is for thestudent, were celebratingthem, but it's something thatwe've watched them movetowards their whole lives INFINKSBURG━ MARK ROPER━WMAR 2 NEWS.WE'VE STARTED A NEW FAC