Waukegan, McHenry high schools celebrate graduation in-person High schools in Waukegan, McHenry celebrate graduation in-person It is the moment high school students have been waiting for - the chance to walk across the stage at graduation and mark the beginning of a new chapter. WAUKEGAN, Ill. - It is the moment high school students have been waiting for - the chance to walk across the stage at graduation and mark the beginning of a new chapter. " COVID-19 came into our life. We lost the end of our junior year, and we lost the entirety of our senior year," said Daniel Contreras, senior class president at