Summit High School senior Gray Wasson runs down the Roberts Tunnel trail in Dillon with his dog, Bentley, on April 2. Wasson ran 5 kilometers Friday as part of the Summit Parent Teacher Student Organization s fundraiser throughout the month of April to raise money for the 2021 graduating class.
Photo by Ashley Low / Ashley Low Photography
In her family’s home, Summit Parent Teacher Student Organization Vice President Alaina Brenner refers to this stretch of schooling as “the empty year.”
Brenner, the parent of a 2021 senior, has seen how the lack of normalcy in response to the novel coronavirus acutely affects soon-to-be graduates. For seniors like her child, that extends beyond the two days of in-person education seniors are able to attend.