{"id":48466,"date":"2020-05-22T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383810"},"modified":"2020-05-22T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T22:15:00","slug":"summit-county-seniors-cope-with-canceled-graduation-find-new-ways-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/summit-county-seniors-cope-with-canceled-graduation-find-new-ways-to-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County seniors cope with canceled graduation, find new ways to celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Summit High School class of 2020 is given the most unique graduation celebration in the form of a motorcade procession down Main Street in Breckenridge on Thursday, May 21.<\/strong>
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For Summit County\u2019s high school seniors, this spring has been anything but ideal. What should have been a semester full of senior nights, prom dances, graduation parties and final goodbyes was quickly overshadowed by a century-defining pandemic.<\/p>\n

Losing these last months to strict public health orders, face covering mandates, a crumbling economy and series of cancellations is an experience that warrants emotions of grief and sadness, said Dr. George Brandt, a psychiatrist at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are these rituals observed in life that add a certain meaning,\u201d Brandt said. \u201cHow do you get hold of this piece that\u2019s missing? What do you fill it up with?\u201d<\/p>\n

Brandt said he has noticed many of his teenage clients struggling with anxiety and depression since the pandemic began. For some, the switch to online learning and the sudden separation from friends and teachers hasn\u2019t been easy.  <\/p>\n

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