<p>I thought that the whole point of having the separate “by invitation” ceremony was so that kids who did not receive awards would not be embarrassed and would not have to sit through it. Now people complain that they didn’t get an invite?
Our high school gives out all academic awards at a separate ceremony. Awards are listed in a program and kids’ names are called to receive an envelope containing all their certificates. No awards are announced, and about half the class is invited.
I suspect that those kids listing “college scholarship” with not one other, even minor (school honor roll, NHS, state curriculum completer, etc.) honor, are receiving need-based financial aid, but their parents signed them up for the ceremony because the kid “got a college scholarship.” This clogs up the “academic recognition” with kids that, imo, should not be there. Yet they are get as much recognition as the AP scholars, governor’s scholars, NMF’s, state and presidential scholars, etc. </p>