Salute the Class of 2020 in their graduation parade!

Although there won’t be traditional commencement exercises for the Class of 2020, there is a celebration.

Because of the restrictions on large gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of a high school gym packed with more than a thousand people, the Class of 2020 will walk through an open gym and through the school building for one last time.

Lining the halls are congratulatory signs made by school staff and throughout the school there are 2,020 luminary bags created by the community to share well wishes with the graduates.

After the walk to receive their diploma, students will then take part in a parade of cars from the high school to The Point in downtown Grand Marais.

The public is invited to watch the parade and cheer for the graduates. The parade, bearing members of the Class of 2020 and their families, will take off from Cook County High School at around 5:15 p.m. once all the graduates have taken their last stroll through the school hallways.

The parade will start at the school, down 1^st Avenue, turning west on 3^rd Street and then down to Highway 61 on 8^th Avenue. The convoy of cars will turn east on Highway 61 to Wisconsin Street, heading to The Point, for a final salute to the graduates. See a map of the Class of 2020 graduation parade route here.