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Collected Item: “High school proms go on, but with COVID-19 restrictions”

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High school proms go on, but with COVID-19 restrictions

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news video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Prom has been cancelled across the United States. While this is the case for most places, select locations are finding ways to make prom possible. For a school district in Pennsylvania, this meant having prom on the football field. This allowed them to enforce social distancing while still allowing the students to play games and have fun.

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prom, high school, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, school, social distancing, HSE

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https://www.wgal.com/article/high-school-proms-go-on-but-with-covid-19-restrictions-central-pennsylvania/36297787#

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Anne Shannon

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2021-04-30
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