Girls' High grad speaks out after being denied diploma on stage after dancing during ceremony

A recent graduate from The Philadelphia High School for Girls is calling for change after she didn't receive her high school diploma on stage.

"She stole that moment from me," said Hafsah Abdur-Rahman. "I will never get that again."The 17-year-old from Philadelphia's Olney section said the principal warned students their families could not cheer or clap when they walked on stage.

"If they thought that I shouldn't do 'The Griddy' across the stage and do the Girls' High traditions, nobody should have been able to wave or blow kisses or do period signs because I feel like that's the same thing. I feel like that's unfair," said Abdur-Rahman. Abdur-Rahman said three other girls did not get their diplomas on stage, but all of them did after the ceremony.

Abdur-Rahman said the assistant superintendent of the school also reached out to her and her mother apologizing for their experience and to talk further.

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