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Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?
Posted by yes on 5/09/08
Yes, we still have it.
Students get really dressed up even though we ask for them to just dress nicely. The
girls can look a little ridiculous in their too old for them formal wear.
We used to have problems with students blowing off school that day to get hair/nails
done for promotion but now if they aren't at school then they can't participate.
It's something they look forward to and it's a big deal to the students and their
parents. There's also a dance afterwards...
On 5/09/08, Me wrote:
> I'm in a small rural K-8 school and we do have a formal 8th
> grade graduation with the works. We have pledges, national
> anthem, invocation, salutatory address, guest speaker,
> valedictory address, historian's presentation, awards, etc. I
> have mixed feelings about it. Because we're K-8, it is a
> graduation from our school, and it's something they
> accomplished.
>
>
>
> On 5/08/08, sb wrote:
>> School opened last year. District has been around since the
>> 80s. We are in the 'burbs covering a wide range of
>> socioeconomic level.
>>
>> We do not have this. Back when I was in MS (my Ms was one of
>> the oldest in the district) we did not have one either. We
>> have a dance - set up by the PTO where we take away the
>> privilege from kids who get written up during the last
>> grading period. We have an awards ceremony for the kids who
>> get recognized for their work for the year. EX. outstanding
>> ELA girl for team 81, outstanding ELA boy for team 81,
>> outstanding for team 82, etc.
>>
>> Perhaps these promotion ceremonies are more regional?
>>
>> On 5/08/08, Outdated or Rural tradition? wrote:
>>> Does your school have 8th grade promotion? Is this a dying
>>> tradition, or is it still alive?
>>> Describe your school's promotion in detail, please.
>>> Is your school rural or urban? If yes, is the ceremony
>>> formal - evening dresses and suits; casual - jeans and
>>> flip-flops; traditional - caps and gowns?
>>> What awards are given at the promotion? Citizenship?
>>> Attendance? Honor Roll? Jr. Honor Society?
>>> Do you have a speech? Who gives it, students, faculty, or
>>> government official?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/08/08, by Outdated or Rural tradition?.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/08/08, by mrsd.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/08/08, by sb.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/09/08, by Me.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/09/08, by yes.
- Re: No, 5/09/08, by Mshope.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/10/08, by Zhel.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/10/08, by wig.
- Re: Does your school have 8th grade promotion?, 5/13/08, by kmsteacher.
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