Pre-recorded Blaine graduation ceremony to air Friday

Blaine High School seniors will graduate this year in a pre-recorded ceremony of students receiving their diploma on Friday, June 12 at 5 p.m.

A socially distant recording of students walking across the stage, which took place on Wednesday, June 10, will air on the “Blaine School District, WA” YouTube channel at the scheduled graduation time. 

“We are all excited to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of these amazing Borderites in the class of 2020,” said district superintendent Christopher Granger in a video message to the district on June 5. 

Graduation had been tentatively scheduled as a slideshow presentation before the county moved to phase 2. 

Whatcom County entered phase 2 of governor Jay Inslee’s four-phase Safe Start re-opening plan for Washington state on June 5. The new phase allows small gatherings as long as people don’t see more than five people in a week outside of people living in the same home.