RIVEREAST News Bulletin Serving Amston, Andover, Cobalt, Colchester, East Hampton, Hebron, Marlborough, Middle Haddam and Portland
US. POSTAGE PAID GLASTONBURY CITIZEN, INC. P.O. BOX 373, GLASTONBURY, CT, 06033 POSTAL CUSTOMER PRESORTED STANDARD LOCAL ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A RIVEREAST News Bulletin Serving Amston, Andover, Cobalt, Colchester, East Hampton, Hebron, Marlborough, Middle Haddam and Portland Volume 44, Number 29 Published by The Glastonbury Citizen June 19, 2020 RHAM Class of 2020 ‘Anything But Ordinary’ by Sloan Brewster With lines of cars instead of rows of seated at the car and then offer congratulations for a attendees, members of the RHAM Class of job well done. 2020 celebrated a different graduation than Michelle Corliss of Hebron stood beside the those before them. family car with a bouquet of flowers while her The ceremony, which took place Tuesday at husband Peter Corliss filmed their daughter the Lions Fairgrounds due to road construction Katelyn Corliss making the sacred walk across on the RHAM campus, was the end to a year the stage. that was also marked with change as COVID- After, Corliss and her parents spoke to the 19 led to the closure of schools in the state and Rivereast about the experience. an unexpected transition to home and virtual While circumstances leading up to gradua- schooling. tion were not ideal, administrators “did a re- Throughout the day, cars parked along a road ally good job of adapting, so I appreciate that,” inside the fairgrounds with the front of the line she said. stopped beside a tent where a stage was set up. “I think the administration clearly demon- In a touchless ceremony, Principal Scott strated that they were personally invested in Leslie would place a graduate’s diploma on a creating as good an experience for the students Jessica Delton of Hebron was ushered to her graduation on a trailer filled with podium and then Assistant Principal Penny under the circumstances,” her father said.
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