A time to celebrate… Local schools doing their best to give kids end-of-year sendoff
Published 12:23 pm Friday, May 22, 2020
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Keenburg faculty had tons of fun celebrating their 2019-2020 students and their accomplishments.
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A Keenburg student awaits his turn in line.
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There were a lot of smiles at Keenburg Elementary during their student celebration.
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A Keenburg student is all smiles after receiving his gift from his teacher.
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A young man gives a big smile as he waves to his teachers at Keenburg Elementary.
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Keenburg faculty holds signs and shakes pom poms as they close out the school year saying goodbye to their students in a parade at the school.
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A sign says it all at West Side Elementary.
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Crystal and Bailee VanHuss having fun during the West Side student parade to celebrate the end of the school year.
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West Side Elementary faculty line the street to wave to students who come through to receive their promotion to the next grade level.
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Jancey Bennett holds a sign at Westside Elementary reminding students that its summer time and a reason to celebrate.
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Miss Vera Peters, a retired teacher from West Side Elementary, returns to celebrate the students.
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Even the brief but heavy rain shower near the beginning of East Side’s graduation ceremony didn’t dampen the spirits of MC’s Kristy Malone (on left) and April Pearson as they celebrated the graduating fifth grade Class of 2020 at the State Line Drive-In Theater.
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Eastside fifth grade teacher Phil Ledford hands out graduation diplomas and awards to students as their names are called during this years graduation being held at the Stateline Drive-in.
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Eastside fifth grade teacher Phil Ledford hands out graduation diplomas and awards to students as their names are called during this years graduation being held at the Stateline Drive-in.
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A pair of Keenburg Elementary students anxiously await their turn during the school-ending parade.
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A Keenburg student can't help but show his enthusiasm at seeing all the Keenburg faculty celebrating the students during a parade at the school.
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Several students and their parents went all out celebrating the year-end at Keenburg Elementary like this vehicle decked out in balloons and ribbons.
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A Keenburg eighth grader shoots silly string at faculty members during a parade at the school.
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A Keenburg eighth grader waves to faculty as she passes by after receiving her diploma and award.
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A pair of Keenburg eighth graders go out in style riding atop a decked out vehicle.
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A Keenburg Elementary kindergarten student dons her cap and gown for the Keenburg parade.
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The faculty at Keenburg Elementary made each student feel like a super star as they celebrated the completion of another school year.
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Some of West Side Elementary's finest teachers both past and present were on hand to help celebrate another completed school year.
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A West Side Elementary fifth grader prepares to receive her diploma promoting her to T.A. Dugger Jr. High for the next school year.
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A Keenburg Elementary student shows his surprise as the faculty cheers for him during the Keenburg parade.
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West Side faculty was prepared and ready to celebrate the end of the school year with their students during a parade at the school.
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A young lady waves to her teachers during the Keenburg Elementary parade.
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A Keenburg kindergarten student waves to teachers as she proceeds through the Keenburg Elementary parade.
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A West Side Elementary fifth grader poses with fifth grade teachers during a parade at the school.
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East Side Pirates graduating fifth graders were greeted by (from L-R) music teacher Erin Keene, art teacher Kesha Miller and gym teacher Nicole Horne as they arrived at the State Line Drive-In Theater for their graduation ceremony.
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East Side Elementary Principal Travis Hurley gives the thumbs-up to students as fifth grade teacher Phil Ledford hands out graduation diplomas and awards to students during this years graduation being held at the Stateline Drive-in.
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The East Side Elementary Class of 2020.
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The Keenburg Elementary faculty came ready to celebrate their students as the 2019-2020 school year came to an end.
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Westside Elementary faculty and administration came together to celebrate their kindergarten and fifth grade students being promoted to the next grade.
BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR STAFF
ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com
For many, the 2019-2020 school year will be one for the history books in regard to a pandemic, but local schools and their faculty members are also trying to do their best to make sure that their kids have a fun ending to another school year, especially the kindergarten, fifth-grade, and eighth-grade students who will be advancing on to another level starting in the fall of 2020.
While students finished out the school year at home doing packets of work to complete their studies, administrators and their faculty spent time pulling together gift packs, school awards and diplomas and a plan to make it a little more personal with social distancing still in play.
Recently, West Side Elementary, East Side Elementary, and Keenburg Elementary celebrated their students with West Side and Keenburg hosting a parade at their school and East Side took advantage of the State Line Drive-in for their ceremony.
And while raindrops fell on the East Side celebration, it couldn’t dampen the smiles from the students as they received their diplomas and awards.
There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words and in today’s Lifestyle section, many words will be spoken through the photos being shared from the three celebrations.
No one knows what the next school year holds, but the final memories instilled in these children will be long remembered thanks to the hard work and dedication of their school’s administrators and faculty members making each student feel like a king or a queen on the day set aside to celebrate them.