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This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many spring graduation ceremonies are either being held online or are invitation-only. Here is where you can view online videos and livestreams of various local graduation ceremonies:
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As students and teachers prepare to finish an unprecedented semester and start to look forward to an uncertain fall semester, in the meantime Elgin ISD issued some information about the district’s summer operations.
Read moreThe Bastrop County Elections Department released an action plan last Wednesday detailing the steps they are planning to take to make the July 14 special election safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreOn Monday, the Elgin Recreation Center re-opened with a few changes to ensure the safety of everyone in the facility.
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After schools have been shut down for over two months, Elgin’s elementary teachers got to give their students a proper send-off before the summer break with a series of “reverse parades” at the three campuses last week. At these parades, teachers stood on the sidewalk in front of their schools as the families of their students drove by, giving the teachers and students a chance to say goodbye and celebrate the end of the school year. Elgin Elementary School held their reverse parade on Thursday afternoon, while Neidig Elementary School held theirs on Thursday evening. Booker T. Washington Elementary School held a series of reverse parades throughout the past couple of weeks celebrating each grade level.
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On Friday, the Bastrop County Health Authority announced the third confirmed death in Bastrop County as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Read moreThe Bastrop County Health Authority has confirmed the third local death from the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The individual was a 62-year old male from Elgin, in northern Bastrop County.
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This year, you can visit the Elgin Arts Association’s annual Pearls of Youth Art Show with just the click of a mouse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this art show, which is open to students and young artists from Elgin, McDade and Coupland, is being hosted online at the Elgin Arts Association website, www.elginartsassociation.com. The website has links to six different online galleries, sorted by school and grade groups, and viewers can either see a catalog of all of the art pieces or navigate an interactive virtual gallery where each art piece is displayed.
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