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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do not send announcements either but can you just not put a date changing the wording based on the current situation?  Or use the last day of school.

Congratulation to Larla on her graduation from Kennedy HS!![/quote]

This. And you can add 2020 if you like.

But think long and hard about why you are sending this. The people close to you know about the graduation. To most, it will seem like a request for a gift. Know your audience and if this has hit them financially. The people close to you, like grandparents and close aunts and uncles, will likely still send something. No one else should feel obligated and announcements are taken by most as a gift grab.  [/quote]

New poster. I disagree -- While announcements back when we were in HS might have been seen as requiring a gift, today, I don't see announcements as a gift grab and neither do most of our friends and family. Especially the kinds of announcements that are the colorful photo announcements people now make on Shutterfly and similar sites. I got scads of them from families of DC's friends including friends at different high schools and felt zero compulsion to give gifts, and those to whom we sent them didn't feel obliged to give gifts either. Don't let the "it's a gift grab!" posters deter you. Let your senior pick photos and text etc. if you're doing the fun type online (does anyone really do the black-engraving-on-white-cardstock types any more anyway?)

For the date, just say "June 2020" or whatever. Everyone knows the current circumstances, OP, and won't care if there is not a specific day of the month listed.  Or go with the above -- "congratulations to Larla on her graduation" etc. [/quote]

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