Lakeland Honors 2020 High School Graduates

LAKELAND, FL —With Florida schools canceled for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year due to the coronavirus, high school seniors are missing out on once-in-a-lifetime memories.

Proms, grad bashes, spring concerts and graduation commencement ceremonies have been postponed or canceled, leaving high school seniors with no opportunity to take part in these traditional milestones.
Florida Patch wants to help families share the achievements of their high school graduates. We're asking families to fill out a short form for their graduates, and Patch will compile the information and share it on an ongoing basis throughout the month of May.

We hope this will give the community a way to share its pride in the Class of 2020.

You can find the form here.

Congratulations to the following students:

Samantha Hogue, McKeel Academy of Technology

Will attend Florida State University to pursue a degree in clinical professions.

Message: Congrats, Samantha! We are so proud of you & your focus on your future! You’re making dreams a reality!

Nayeli Reyes, Lakeland High School

Will attend Southern State College.

Message: I want to congratulate our beautiful daughter and for the hard work and we are so proud of her love her to the moon and back.

Quintin R. Brown, Lakeland High School

Will attend a local community college while living his skateboard sponsorship dreams.

Message: Quintin, I am so very proud of the responsible young man you have become. Always continue to keep your chin up, and keep God in everything you do and you will never fail. You can be anything you put your mind to, the sky is the limit. Love Always, Mom

Bradley Foster, McKeel Academy of Technology

Will attend Florida Atlantic University and his major is engineering.

Message: We are so proud of you!

Amaya Anderson, Kathleen High School

Real estate school. She will take the real estate course soon after she graduates to pursue her dreams.

Message: Congratulations Amaya on your graduation. We are so proud of your accomplishments and can’t wait to see what the future holds for you. Reach for the stars! You will do big things baby girl. We love you Amaya Bayli!

Ryan Emanuel, Traviss Technical College

Culinary School in south Florida.

Message: We are so proud of you Ryan, you have overcome so much and hung in there through some hard times. You did it son, we love you.