Video: Tampa Student With Cerebral Palsy Walks Across Stage For Graduation

Author Mason Dixon

May 26th, 2021 6:03 PM

The student from Steinbrenner High School has spent his life in a wheelchair. He had a goal to achieve.

Christoffer Camacho has Cerebral palsy and despite being wheelchair-bound, his goal was to walk across the stage to be handed his high school diploma.

He kept that plan a secret from his classmates as he worked through therapy to be able to handle the feat. This took years for Christoffer to prepare.

[Source: News Channel 8]

Here are some of the strangest or craziest graduation ceremonies from the class of 2020

• Liberty High School in Henderson, Nevada

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  A pickup truck is decorated for a celebration to recognize seniors, who stayed in vehicles as they drove through the school parking lot to maintain social distancing in 2020.

• Liberty High School in Henderson, Nevada

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  Student council advisor Ashlee VanEss yells to students passing by in vehicles during a 2020 graduation ceremony.

• Brazilian graduation

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  A graduate from the medical and nursing school of Faseh University celebrates from a car after receiving her diploma during a drive-thru ceremony in Vespasiano, Brazil.
• Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School in Bradley, Illinois

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  A student picks up her diploma during a graduation ceremony at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School in Bradley, Illinois. Because of social distancing mandates instituted by the state, graduates received their diplomas in a nearly-empty auditorium with no friends, family or relatives allowed to attend.

• James Madison High School in the Brooklyn borough of New York City

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  Teachers, parents and administrators work to install an outdoor photographic tribute to the graduating seniors of James Madison high school.

• Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Aventura, Florida

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  Shamila Martin, graduating from Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, participates in a parade of vehicles celebrating the graduating 2020 High School seniors
• Parade Of Graduating High School Seniors Cheered By Community In Florida

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  Students participate in a parade of vehicles celebrating the area's graduating 2020 High School seniors in Aventura, Florida.

• Philippines

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  The face of a graduating student is displayed on a tablet attached to a robot during a "cyber graduation" ceremony at a school in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.

• Little Elm High School graduation in Texas

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  Francis Macauley is seen on "Big Hoss TV" before Little Elm High School graduation ceremonies at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Faith Lutheran High School held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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  Was this the fastest graduation ceremony in the nation? Graduating students and their families line up on a racetrack in vehicles during a commencement ceremony for Faith Lutheran High School held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Students received their diplomas as they drove across the start-finish line of the racetrack and then took about a one-mile victory lap before exiting the speedway. The students and their families could listen to the commencement address and other remarks from the valedictorian on their vehicle radios via the speedway's FM transmitter.

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