The Carnduff Education Complex (CEC) is getting ready to celebrate Grade 12 students and their achievements in an almost traditional manner.
The graduation ceremony is slated to take place at 6:30 p.m. on June 28 – the time of the year when previous generations of Carnduff students said goodbye to the school.
With restrictions being eased, the CEC is planning on providing an indoor graduation ceremony for 34 students and their parents with everything being as close to a usual graduation as possible this year.
"It will fall under the provincial guidelines that will be in effect. And we look forward to following very similar ceremonies that we used in the past to recognize and celebrate our graduates," said school principal Ryan Nichols.
The graduation day agenda isn't finalized yet, however, the main plans are already laid out.
"There'll be several messages, the principal's message, the valedictorian's message, the recognition of scholarship winners, and obviously, the recognition of all graduates and what their future plans are past Grade 12," Nichols said.
The past year has brought in a lot of changes and challenges for everybody, and the graduating class had a lot of adjustments along the way, but they successfully made it through.
"The last year for the graduates of 2021 has been a different year, I think. But it was a very successful year. And the group of students has been resilient throughout the process that we had to work through during the school year," Nichols said.
With all the restrictions the pandemic brought in, the school primarily focused on the academic courses, leaving aside all extracurricular activities graduates may have done during their last year in the past. However, when it comes to graduation day, Carnduff 2021 grads will have everything other graduates usually did.
Nichols said they are a great group of young individuals and wished them success further down the line.
"The graduating class is a great group to work with, from day one, from kindergarten to now. They are a very resilient group, very positive," Nichols said.
"And all our administration staff and all of our staff, from teachers to our educational systems, we wish them nothing but the best in the future, moving forward after the graduation."
