{"id":17919,"date":"2020-06-27T17:34:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=17919"},"modified":"2020-06-27T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:34:41","slug":"batavia-six-small-graduation-ceremonies-celebrate-the-resilient-class-of-2020-at-bhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/27\/batavia-six-small-graduation-ceremonies-celebrate-the-resilient-class-of-2020-at-bhs\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Six small graduation ceremonies celebrate the resilient Class of 2020 at BHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"17926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/27\/batavia-six-small-graduation-ceremonies-celebrate-the-resilient-class-of-2020-at-bhs\/still-3-3-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"still-3-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?fit=900%2C506\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-3-3.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 138th Annual Commencement at Batavia High School was held under the big willow tree in front of the High School on State street on Saturday afternoon. The last time a BHS graduating class met under the big willow tree, it was 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 166 graduates received their diplomas in person in six separate ceremonies of 25-30 people. Each student was allowed to invite 4 guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSzN1sKrY_U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>From Ceremony #1 at noon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The class was able to listen to Valedictorian Andrew Lin and Salutatorian Lydia M. Geiger in a pre-recorded message that was displayed on a video monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Superintendent Anibal Soler Jr. and High School Principal Paul Kesler spoke briefly before handing out diplomas. Each ceremony was about 30 minutes in length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"17925\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/27\/batavia-six-small-graduation-ceremonies-celebrate-the-resilient-class-of-2020-at-bhs\/still-15-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"still-15\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?fit=900%2C506\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/still-15.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each student was presented with a piece of the school gym floor that was just recently replaced. Their names were engraved on the old wood floor piece along with the Class of 2020.  Bob Mullen created these keepsakes for all of the students from the BHS Class of 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 138th Annual Commencement at Batavia High School was held under the big willow tree in front of the High School on State street on Saturday afternoon. The last time a BHS graduating class met under the big willow tree, it was 1999. The 166 graduates received their diplomas in \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/06\/27\/batavia-six-small-graduation-ceremonies-celebrate-the-resilient-class-of-2020-at-bhs\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[327,2215],"class_list":["post-17919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-bhs","tag-class-of-2020-commencement-ceremony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-4F1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58311,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/24\/batavia-arborist-to-work-on-historic-bhs-tree\/","url_meta":{"origin":17919,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Arborist to work on historic BHS tree","author":"aka","date":"October 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Starting the week of October 28, 2024, the Batavia City School District, in partnership with a certified arborist, will begin needed work on the beloved and historic willow tree on the front lawn of Batavia High School (260 State St.).According to the arborist, while the tree appears healthy,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BCSD-Willow-Tree-Photo_001-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BCSD-Willow-Tree-Photo_001-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BCSD-Willow-Tree-Photo_001-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BCSD-Willow-Tree-Photo_001-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BCSD-Willow-Tree-Photo_001-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9839,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/23\/batavia-batavia-high-school-137th-annual-commencement\/","url_meta":{"origin":17919,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/ Batavia High School 137th Annual Commencement","author":"aka","date":"June 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XC3w_zF4cqI Class of 2019 Graduation Ceremony June 23, 2019 at GCC\/Robert C. 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