{"id":6369,"date":"2020-08-12T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2020-08-13T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:39:51","slug":"north-star-academy-seniors-celebrate-drive-thru-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/ht\/news\/north-star-academy-seniors-celebrate-drive-thru-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"North Star Academy Seniors Celebrate with Drive-Thru Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are no limits to the creative ways we celebrate our students&#8217; successes. In Newark, NJ, more than 200 seniors graduated from North Star Academy Washington Park and Lincoln Park high schools. While we couldn&#8217;t hold a traditional graduation ceremony, staff, families, and students got together to celebrate how they could: a drive-through graduation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapinto.net\/towns\/newark\/sections\/education\/articles\/north-star-academy-seniors-accelerate-into-the-future-at-njpac-graduation-ceremony\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As reported by TapInto Newark<\/a>, North Star Academy turned the parking lot of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center into a makeshift graduation stage. But it wasn&#8217;t just a regular high school milestone that was being celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Park High School graduated its first group of students who started at North Star as kindergarteners; and Lincoln Park High School graduated its first founding class. We&#8217;re so proud of our students and all they&#8217;ve accomplished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapinto.net\/towns\/newark\/sections\/education\/articles\/north-star-academy-seniors-accelerate-into-the-future-at-njpac-graduation-ceremony\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full story here.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are no limits to the creative ways we celebrate our students&#8217; successes. In Newark, NJ, more than 200 seniors graduated from North Star Academy Washington Park and Lincoln Park high schools. While we couldn&#8217;t hold a traditional graduation ceremony, staff, families, and students got together to celebrate how they could: a drive-through graduation. 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