It’s safe to say most of the Class of 2020 graduation ceremonies throughout New Jersey and across the United States will long be remembered, not necessarily for their lack of traditional elements, but more because they will be delivered in a whole new way.

St. Mary Academy’s eighth-grade class will have a similar experience in several weeks, after Principal Lizanne Coyne and Monsignor Ken Tuzeneu, the parish pastor, made the decision earlier in May to move forward with a virtual ceremony.