South Jersey Student in Rehab Gets Mobile Graduation Ceremony

A group of high school students and staff banded together to bring a small part of graduation on the road to a recovering student.

Kareem Rutledge is a high school senior at Kingsway High School who suffered a traumatic brain injury and had to be hospitalized, which led him to miss his graduation two days before.

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He is currently getting help at Magee Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia and that is where the group of students and staff traveled to from Woolwich, NJ to give Kareem a small taste of walking down the aisle.

Needless to say Kareem's father was over the moon by the actions of the school community.

"This day is amazing I thank God for it, it's a huge accomplishment for our son. It means so much to our family to have the support of so many people."

Rutledge is an excellent student. He is a great writer and a member of the National Honor Society.

He was able to have a graduation ceremony just like everyone else, partaking in the changing of the tassel and of course throwing his graduation cap into the air.