With a virtual graduation taking the place of an in person one, seniors of Kearney High School and Kearney Catholic High School said they felt lost and without a formal goodbye.
"We never really got our last day of high school, we never really got to say goodbye to a lot of these people so it's good to be able to see everyone again and be able to talk to them" said senior, Ben Homan.
But a parade created by two mothers of graduates helped take a formal graduation's place.
"I thought of the idea and Tonya's a doer and we have been on a lot of committees together in different organizations around town and I just called her up and said, will you help me plan this?" said Heidi Narber Richter.
Seniors gathered in their cars to celebrate after not seeing each other for nearly 3 months.
"It's a lot of fun to get to see everybody since we didn't get to finish our senior year and graduate with all of them anyway and we had to separate from each other" said senior, Madyson Malloey.
Although they said nothing can take a real graduation's place, a parade celebrating together felt fitting.