Pasco County High Schools Holding In-Person Graduations Amid Worsening Pandemic

They finished high school online, but on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., seniors from Fivay, Zephyrhills and Wesley Chapel High Schools will get to graduate alongside their families and friends.

The commencements are being held outdoors.

Each graduate is allowed to bring two guests, and each group of three will be seated together – safely separated from the other groups – on the schools’ football fields.

Back in June, the students were honored with virtual ceremonies, after the coronavirus pandemic forced Pasco County Schools to cancel all in-person events.

The remote graduations featured prerecorded speeches from school principals and classmates.

This time around, a rendition of Pomp and Circumstance – recorded individually and compiled by student musicians from around the school district – will be played before the seniors receive their diplomas.

Here are the scheduled dates and times for the rest of Pasco County’s high school graduations:

• Land O’Lakes High School (Saturday, July 18 at 8 p.m.)
• Pasco eSchool (Monday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m.)
• Sun Lake High School (Wednesday, July 22 at 8:30 a.m.)
• Wendell Krinn Technical High School (Wednesday, July 22 at 6:00 p.m.)
• Cypress Creek High School (Friday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.)
• JW Mitchell High School (Friday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.)
• Pasco High School (Wednesday, July 22 at 8:30 a.m.)
• Gulf High School (Saturday, July 25 at 9 a.m.)
• Marchman Technical College (Wednesday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m.)
• River Ridge High School (Friday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m.)
• Anclote High School (Friday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m.)
• Hudson High School (Friday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m.)
• Wiregrass Ranch High School (Friday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m.)

All of the county’s graduation ceremonies will take place outdoors under strict social distancing guidelines.