Mira Costa High Class of 2020 forges new tradition from pandemic
Mira Costa Class of 2020 Throughout the school year, Mira Costa High School principal Ben Dale reminded the staff, parent and student graduation committees, “Graduation ceremonies are for the parents.” Then the pandemic forced Mira Costa to close its campus on March 16. Immediately, the principal understood a traditional commencement ceremony for the 687 seniors and their families inside Waller Stadium would not be possible. “That’s when Principal Dale told us the focus had changed. ‘This year’s graduation,’ he said, would be for the kids,’” Erin Condren recalled. Condren was a member of the parents graduation committee. Her daughter Kate was student body president. Her son Finn, Kate’s twin, was senior class president. Unforeseen by Dale was the degree to which the Class of 2020 would take his message to heart. “The one thing the students made clear when we surveyed them, was they wanted to be together for graduation. Even if that meant postponing the graduation,” Erin Condren said. “We even talked about putting hula hoops on the beach for each student, so if the authorities said it was an illegal gathering, they could start hula hooping and say it was an exercise class.” “In…
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