Redondo Union High Class of 2020 celebrates with car parade, time capsule video
Redondo Union High seniors return to campus for a “smaller than 50 people” group photo. Photo by Kaya Mentesoglu Three and a half weeks before the graduation date that had been set the previous year, Redondo Union High School Principal Jens Brandt and his team faced the daunting reality: for the first time in 113 years, the graduating class of the oldest high school in the South Bay would not be walking at Seahawk Stadium. Members of the planning team held out for as long as they could, hopeful there would be a loosening of countywide and statewide bans on large gatherings, intended to flatten the Covid-19 curve. But each day, the risk of not having any kind of graduation at all grew higher. The team began researching production companies that could deliver a virtual graduation. They interviewed three and finally settled on GradPro, which offered the most student-centered package. They offered not only a ceremony but also footage commemorating an entire high school experience. Students were asked to submit multiple video clips: walking, holding their diplomas, offering personal messages of thanks, throwing their caps into the sky. Superintendent Dr. Steven Keller, and school board…
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