Graduation Day for the students of Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School (DRCSS) is going to be a truly unique experience this year.
Jodie Romanow is part of the grad parade committee, and has been working to make sure grads still had a chance to celebrate their graduation on June 20th.
Romanow says the parade planning started with some parents discussing what they could do. "We thought this would be the safest event for our grads, so the city can still see them and celebrate their day with them.”
The parade is set to take place Saturday, June 20th at 5:30 p.m.
The procession will leave from Kelleher Ford and go all the way up Main Street to the Court House, up River Avenue to Mountain, and then ending at the DRCSS.
The grad parade is uncharted waters for the DRCSS, and Romanow says some parents and students had to warm up to the idea.
“Now there is definitely an excitement that is behind the event. Kids are getting excited and creative with the way they’re going to put together their floats. It’s going to be fun.”
The Kinsmen Club will have some volunteers putting up barricades along the parade route. An RCMP escort will accompany the procession, and grads will be met by a fire truck at the end of the parade route.
The entire city of Dauphin, and anyone else who wants to come out and support these grads are invited to park along the parade route on Main Street.
Romanow says it’s important everyone still respects physical distancing measures that are still in place. Anyone in attendance can stay in their cars or stand outside — “as long as they’re mindful of distance from the people next to them.”
The DRCSS is just one of many schools in the Parkland holding a parade, or some other special event to celebrate grads as they mark their special day.
For more information on what other schools are doing in the Parkland, and to see a list of graduates, click here.
