Breaking with tradition, the all-girls prep school moved graduation from their campus to the Concord Pavilion this year for an outdoor, socially distanced celebration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One hundred and eighty graduates participated in the school’s 53rd commencement and were allowed to invite up to eight guests per graduate. This was the first graduation held in more than a year at the Concord Pavilion and also the first event since the pandemic.
CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduate Kayla Zuno puts her mask back on after walking across the stage and posing for a photograph during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduates line up spaced apart for their turn to walk across the stage during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduate Niala Cole, 18, poses for a photograph on stage during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduates attend their commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduate Trinity Ellis, 17, celebrates during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduates attend their commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduates attend their commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Attendees sit socially distanced at the Carondelet High School Class of 2021 commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: A Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduate attends a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduates attend their commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 Valedictorian Lauren Rivera addresses her classmates during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduate Olivia Short, 17, wears a decorated mortarboard during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Attendees applaud during the Carondelet High School Class of 2021 commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: Guests of Carondelet High School Class of 2021 graduates look on during a commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) CONCORD, CA – MAY 22: An attendee scans a code for a digital program at the Carondelet High School Class of 2021 commencement ceremony held at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)
