But for students in Utah’s virtual schools, who connect and learn online during the school year, prom might mean seeing dates, classmates and teachers for the first time u2015 ever.
Three virtual charter schools, Utah Virtual Academy, Utah Connections Academy and Mountain Heights Academy, co-hosted a prom Friday for their students to get a shot at the teenage tradition usually associated with brick-and-mortar schools.
Still, some students traveled from remote, rural corners of Utah, sometimes four to five hours away from Salt Lake City, to finally pair faces with the voices only heard during weekly class conference calls or with names seen in a chat window.