Mount Vernon: 56 Graduate from Bryant alternative school at winter term ceremony.
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Mount Vernon: 56 Graduate from Bryant alternative school at winter term ceremony.

Bryant Principal Millard (left) congratulates Winter 2016 graduate Oscar Moya-Copa.

Bryant Principal Millard (left) congratulates Winter 2016 graduate Oscar Moya-Copa. Photo contributed

By Tim Peterson

Friday, March 11, 2016

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Runa (left) and Dina Afroza celebrate after receiving their diplomas from Bryant Alternative High School on Feb. 17.

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From left, Fairfax County School Board Student Representative Ben Press, Bryant Principal Tanganyika Millard, FCPS Deputy Superintendent Dr. Steven Lockard, Mount Vernon District School Board Member Karen Corbett-Sanders and At-Large School Board Members Ryan McElveen and Ilryong Moon stand during the Pledge of Allegiance at the the Bryant Alternative High School winter graduation.

Fifty-six students walked out of the William Cullen Bryant Auditorium on Feb. 17 as high school graduates. Bryant Alternative High School in Alexandria held its winter graduation exercises beginning at 4 p.m. that day.

With students working on a quarterly schedule, the next graduation ceremony is scheduled for June 16, also at 4 p.m.

Bryant Alternative High School is located at 2709 Popkins Lane in Alexandria. For more information, visit www.fcps.edu/BryantAltHS.