While many proms across Canada have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new event is giving graduating teens a chance to celebrate.
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Pocrnich, a Grade 12 student at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, is one of 36 kids on the virtual promB次元官网网址檚 national organizing committee.
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Pocrnich said sheB次元官网网址檚 been looking forward to prom for as long as she can remember. When she heard the news that TweedsmuirB次元官网网址檚 prom was cancelled, she was heartbroken. B次元官网网址淥ur dinner and dance was cancelled and wonB次元官网网址檛 be rescheduled.B次元官网网址�
She said the commencement will be an in-person/virtual hybrid ceremony June 24. B次元官网网址淲e are going to go into the gym in small, socially-distanced groups, but no parents will be there. Everything will be livestreamed.B次元官网网址�
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Pocrnich said she has mixed feelings about Prom Is On.
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