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2008 HIGHLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION
SENIOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Graduation Ceremony: Idaho State University Holt Arena 3:00 P.M. on May 29, 2008.
Purchase your Breakfast ($10.00) and All Night Party ($40.00) tickets from the senior class officers in the Bursar’s Office. Tickets for the breakfast must be purchased in advance, so a count can be attained. We recommend that All Night Party tickets also be purchased in advance, but they may also be purchased at the door for $50.00. Breakfast is at the Idaho State University Union Ballroom starting at 9:00 a.m. on May 29, 2008. The All Night Party is at the Idaho State University Student Union Building starting at 10:30 p.m. No alcoholic beverages allowed. Tickets will go on sale May 2, 2008 in the Bursar’s Office
Tuesdays and Thursdays during break and lunch.
Graduation rehearsal practice is on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 7:00 a.m. at Holt Arena. You must attend practice or you will not go through the line. Practice will last approximately two hours, so plan your schedule with this in mind. You must be there for the entire practice.
Pictures will be taken by a professional photographer as you receive your diploma. The proof will be sent to you with an order blank in the mail one week after graduation. The photo proofs will also be on line at pickmyprints.com by June 1, 2008. All photo orders must be turned in by July 1, 2008. Take all other pictures prior to leaving for the ceremony because immediately after the ceremony you will have to return your gown. You may keep your cap and tassel.
Only those students who have met all of their graduation requirements are allowed to go through graduation. Remember that all fines must be paid in order to receive a diploma that afternoon. If your fines are not paid, you may go through the line but will not be able to pick up your diploma. The Bursar’s Office will accept fine money until 12:00 p.m. the day of graduation. You may come on the next day to pay fines and pick up your diploma.
Dear Parent of 2008 Graduating Highland Senior,
The following information is in reference to graduation and the activities
surrounding it.
1. Breakfast ($10) and All Night Party ($40) tickets may be purchased
from the senior student government officers in the Bursar’s office Tuesdays
and Thursdays starting May 2, 2008. Tickets for the breakfast must be purchased
in advance so a count can be attained. We recommend that All Night Party tickets
also be purchased in advance. They may be purchased at the door for $50. Breakfast
is in the ISU Student Union Ballroom at 9:00 a.m. on May 29, 2008. The All Night
Party is in the Idaho State University Pond Student Union Building. No alcoholic
beverages are allowed.
2. Once again, Stuart’s Photographic Services
will be taking pictures as the students receive their diploma. The proof
will be sent to you, along with an order form, within a few days following
graduation, or you may select and order your pictures on June 2 , 2008,
at www.pickmyprints.com. All photos need to be selected by July 1, 2008.
Please take all your family pictures prior to leaving for the ceremony,
because immediately after the ceremony all students return their gowns.
They keep their cap and tassel.
3. Graduation rehearsal is on Thursday, May 29, at 7:00 a.m.
(all students are required to be in their assigned seat at 7:00 AM) at
Holt Arena. STUDENTS MUST BE AT REHEARSAL OR THEY WILL NOT GO
THROUGH THE LINE. Practice will last until approximately 8:55
AM. Students must be there for the entire practice. STUDENTS
WILL LINE UP AT 2:30 THAT AFTERNOON ON THE SOUTHEAST RAMP OF HOLT ARENA.
All parents and guests will enter the Arena on the North side.
4. ONLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE MET ALL THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH GRADUATION. All fines must be paid for a student to receive a diploma that evening. If the student’s fines are not paid, they may go through the line, but they will not be allowed to pick up their diploma that day. The Bursar’s Office will accept fine money until 12:00 p.m. the day of graduation. The students may pay fines and pick up their diplomas the day after graduation. Transcripts will not be sent to colleges if fines are not cleared.
5. Take the student’s graduation gown out of the box as soon as you receive it. We recommend you steam it or iron it inside out with a towel over the gown. The student will be shown how to wear the cap and gown properly at rehearsal. STUDENTS ARE NOT TO BRING THEIR CAP AND GOWN TO REHEARSAL.
6. The recommended attire for graduation is
as follows:
Boys : dress shirt, tie, slacks, shoes, and socks Girls: dress with
nylons and dress shoes
Shorts, cutoffs, and bathing suits are not allowed. We also
do not allow flowers (corsages, leis, etc.) or other external items to
be worn and no writing or external items on caps!! We want everyone to
look the same. (Please see enclosed School District Policy #25 8160.)
7. Last day information: Senior testing will take place on May 21 & 22 during their regular class periods. Seniors are expected to attend the senior assembly on Friday, May 23, at 10:45 a.m. in the big gym. This is the only responsibility they have for that day. May 27 & 28, 2008, can be used to make up homework or class time, as prescribed by their teachers.
8. We ask that you help us make the class of 2008 graduation ceremony an event to remember by treating it with the dignity and respect that it deserves. Students have worked for many years to accomplish this goal and for some of them, it will be their last graduation. We have reminded students that School District #25's policy governs them through the ceremony. We have asked them not to do anything to embarrass themselves or their families. We ask that you talk with your student about conduct because any act by a student, in the judgement of the administration, that is deemed inappropriate will result in the student being removed from the ceremony and/or the student’s diploma being held. Due to past graduation pranks there will be high security at the 2008 graduation ceremony.
9. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CHEERING AND
APPLAUDING UNTIL ALL STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMAS.
All seniors deserve to hear their name announced as they receive their
diploma.
We would appreciate your help as we try to make this 2008 graduation ceremony
one that will be remembered for years to come.
Respectfully,
David D. Ross, Principal
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