Virtual graduation leaves lasting impact on seniors

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-- Graduation for Bibb County seniors looked very different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Very thankful.

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Graduation for bibb county high schools looked different this year due to covid-19 pandemic.

41nbc's peyton lewis explores how the virtual graduation ceremonies affected students.

0:36 1:02 "this is not the way that any of us when we started school back in august of 2019, we did not think that this, i mean we just didn't know" when most high school students picture graduation day, they picture something like this: *shows graduation with nat sound* but because of the pandemic, bibb county students experienced this instead: *computer with graduation soun* westside high graduate kaitlin reeves says although *her* graduation ceremony *was not* what she expected.

But she was thankful to have anything at all.

"even though we still didn't get the in person graduation it was still just being there and getting the illusion of it, to picture yourself walking across and your mom and dad seeing you.

It was a big transition but at the end of the day i'm still appreciative for it."

Director of student support, beverly stewart, says that planning the ceremony *was* difficult this year but the school district *did* their best *to honor* the class of 2020.

"traditional i think is the best way