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Cheers rang out in the auditorium at Severna Park High School Thursday evening as more than 100 students graduated from Anne Arundel Evening High School.

Cheers rang out in the auditorium at Severna Park High School Thursday evening as more than 100 students graduated from Anne Arundel Evening High School.

More than 80 students graduated Thursday from seven different Evening High School campuses around the county. Principal Nelson Horine II said Thursday’s class was the 54th graduating class of Evening High, which more than 3,000 students have graduated from in its history.

Wicked Local Weymouth Evening High School Principal Michele Prendergast said although in-person classes had not been held for a year because of the  COVID-19 pandemic, graduates will have an in-person ceremony. Prendergast said the decrease in coronavirus cases and increased vaccinations against the disease would allow for an in-person graduation ceremony to be held, 7:30 p.m. May 24 in Weymouth High School’s auditorium. "A graduate will be allowed to have a maximum of two guests," she said....

Commencement season has nearly arrived as thousands of Delmarva high school students prepare to earn their diplomas.  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to traditional graduation ceremonies, which include countless family members, packed gymnasiums and auditoriums and guest speakers.  Many school districts still plan to hold some type of in-person ceremony, but will scale back the capacity or move graduation locations to areas that allow proper social distancing.  Check out how e...