From left, Agoura High School seniors Daniella Poura, Zachariah Wirz, Elijah Whitman, Gabriel Kaufman, Bebe Toy, Mia Olen and Tyler Humphries attend prom at Moorpark Country Club.
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Life is never fair. Many high school seniors this year had to attend class virtually. Some schools had their proms, others canceled.
So when Agoura High School announced it would have prom this year, L.A. Times photographer Mel Melcon set up a photo booth to capture this rite of passage.
Seniors Will Galer, left, and Damian Vassilieu.
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From left, seniors Jacquelyn Grock, Hannah Stanford, Madison Ferdman, Faith Moon and Jennifer Suarez-Tan.
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From left, seniors Sebastian Roger, Kylie Herring, Linus Eberich and Look Zaki.
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Campus parking lots and athletic courts become venues in a scramble to put on last-minute proms for high schoolers grown accustomed to isolation and distance learning.
Seniors Grace Hathaway, left, and Maddy Setser.
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Clockwise from top left: Jaden Wishengrad; Ethan Pavlone and Sydney Burns; Josephine Higgins; Max Lopez and Sasha Luczy.
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Josephine Higgins, from left, Jacquelyn Grock, Hannah Stanford, Madison Ferdman, Faith Moon and Jennifer Suarez-Tan.
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Max Kirkhope, from left, Zuzu Ingram, John Elder, Joel Paik, Connor Schuda, Ben Vais, Lola Fregoso and Sasha Kotler.
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