Photos: Graduating seniors at Amphitheater HS get a personal greeting
Staff and teachers at Amphitheater High School in Tucson visited the homes of nearly all graduating seniors to deliver their personal congratulations to the students who have been learning from home since the Governor's stay-at-home order was enacted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each student can participate in a individual, private graduation ceremony at the school, May 18-21. Each ceremony will be recorded and included in a 90-minute long commemorative video that also features traditional speeches by leaders of the graduating senior class.
Amphi HS students, graduation greeting
Amphitheater High School student body present and graduating senior Emily Mejia Lopez accepts a senior graduation sign from principal Jon Lansa at the Lopez home near Prince Road and Stone Ave. in Tucson on May 1, 2020.
Amphi HS students, graduation greeting
Isaac-John Onwuamaegbu and salutatorian of the graduating senior class at Amphitheater High School, is greeted by principal Jon Lansa in Tucson on May 1, 2020. Onwuamaegbu will speak during a video ceremony.
Amphi HS students, graduation greeting
A happy Augstin Willem, a graduating senior at Amphitheater High School, is greeted by principal Jon Lansa near Oracle Road and Stone Ave. in Tucson on May 1, 2020.
Amphi HS students, graduation greeting
Ralph Acosta, valedictorian of the Amphitheater High School senior class, is greeted at his home near 22nd Street and 12th Avenue by principal Jon Lansa in Tucson on May 1, 2020. Acosta will speak during Amphi's video graduation ceremony.
Amphi HS students, graduation greeting
Amphitheater High School Principal Jon Lansa knocks on a door seeking a graduating senior student in an apartment near Oracle Road and Glenn Street in Tucson on May 1, 2020. She was at work, so he left the sign with a relative.
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