Photo from Twitter @PanoramaPride

While the #LightUpIA movement may be over with, the sentiment stays the same.

Through the month of April schools across the state lit up their athletic fields for each minutes for every day school missed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. AC/GC Activities Director Ethan Lensch says it’s a nice way to stay connected with the community , “Right now you’re just trying to find anything positive or anything that’s a good showing of strength. It’s kind of fun to see a lot of schools buy into it. Any way you can tell the families or kids that you’re thinking of them, because right now with all this disconnect you don’t really get that contact you wish you had. It’s an interesting thing and a neat little activity and we’re going to do it moving forward.”

Schools across the state took part in the movement, including those in Guthrie County such as AC/GC, Panorama, and West Central Valley.