Pine Trail celebrates its fifth grade graduates with a car parade

Celebrating fifth graders' accomplishments, 'quarantine style'

By Jarleene Almenas
| 3:00 p.m. June 1, 2020

Ryan Burley and Katherine Reynolds take part in Pine Trail Elementary's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Pine Trail Elementary Kimberly Schandel gives a thumbs up during the fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Students and their families take part in Pine Trail Elementary's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Meghan Coltharp and her son Stephen greet teachers during Pine Trail Elementary's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Pine Trail Elementary fifth grader Rocco Kaney-Olivari takes part in Pine Trail Elementary's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Pine Trail Elementary Jimmy Ravede waves during Pine Trail Elementary's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Pine Trail Elementary Janis Lane says goodbye to students during Pine Trail Elementary's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

Pine Trail Elementary fifth grade teacher Joseph Gray was all smiles during the school's fifth grade parade on Thursday, May 28. Courtesy photo

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Pine Trail Elementary fifth graders celebrated their commencement to sixth grade with a graduation car parade on Thursday, May 28.

Fifth grade teachers presented students with a certificate and a bag of swag during the parade. The bag — made possible by the Fifth Grade Graduation Committee, sponsors and Pine Trail parents who supported fundraisers — included a 2020 class T-shirt, gift certificates to local bowling, ice cream and pizza shops, and other gifts, said Committee Secretary Marianne Burley in an email.

"We hope this graduation car parade lets these kids know how proud we are of them, while giving them a chance to say goodbye to their school one last time, quarantine style," she said.