KCSD graduation ceremonies

Falcon Heights and Great Basin Homeschool seniors will receive their diplomas in a drive-through ceremony at 11 a.m., Friday, June 5, in the bus parking lot in the Henley Complex.

Mazama High School’s 132 seniors will participate in a drive-through graduation Friday, June 5. Vehicles during a two-hour timeframe will loop through the campus until they reach the stage. The graduate will exit the vehicle, cross the stage and pose for a formal graduation picture before leaving campus to celebrate with family and friends. At 7 p.m., the school will post online a virtual ceremony commemorating their graduates. That ceremony will include traditional graduation speeches and highlight each graduating senior.

Bonanza Junior/Senior High School will host its graduation at 10 a.m., June 6 in front of the school, allowing invited guests to park in the lot to watch the ceremony from their vehicles. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook. A limited number of family members will be able to come to the stage to watch as each of the 27 seniors receive their diplomas.

Gilchrist Junior/Senior High School’s nine seniors will receive their diplomas at an 11 a.m., June 6 ceremony on Bennett Field. The seniors will participate in a traditional ceremony but the audience will remain in their vehicles on the track or in the parking lot. The ceremony will air live on the local radio station. A videographer will film the graduation and create a commemorative video for seniors. “We have the luxury of having a small class so we can stay within the guidelines and have a more traditional ceremony,” said Principal Steve Prock. The senior slideshow usually shown at graduation will be viewed by small groups before the ceremony, and afterwards be posted on the school’s Facebook page.

Chiloquin Junior/Senior High School’s 12 seniors will graduate at 10 a.m., June 7 in a drive-up style ceremony at the high school’s north lawn. A limited number of family members will be allowed on the field as their senior receives a diploma. The ceremony will be livestreamed.

Henley High School’s 154 graduates will receive diplomas in a 3 p.m., June 7 drive-up celebration at the Klamath County Fairgrounds Event Center. Families will drive their senior into the event center, and stay in their vehicles while they watch their senior walk across the stage and receive their diploma. Families will leave and seniors will stay at the event center, following social distance gathering guidelines, for a ceremony. That ceremony will be streamed live at

www.playactionsportsmedia.com and also carried on the radio -- 102.5 FM/1450 AM KFLS -- so families can watch and listen from their vehicles.

Lost River Junior/Senior High School will host its graduation ceremony for its 40 seniors at 11 a.m., July 4 in front of the school. Families will be in cars for social distancing purposes, but plans are for seniors to sit in front of the stage, following social distancing, and participate in a traditional ceremony. Lost River has planned weekly celebrations leading up to the ceremony. At 11 a.m., June 6, the day of Lost River’s originally scheduled graduation, seniors will participate in the Merrill-Malin Graduation Sensation Parade, donning their caps and gowns and parading down the street in front of the elementary schools. A virtual senior awards and scholarship ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m., June 10 and a virtual signing day will be hosted on June 17. If guidelines allow, a small in-person celebration, such as a barbecue, will be the week before the July 4 ceremony.

“We want to make sure our seniors were still celebrated and still connected up to the graduation ceremony,” Ongman said. “Extending the timeframe is going to provide an opportunity to do things we would not otherwise be able to do.”