I saw some nice prom dresses at TJMaxx online, Nordstrom and Lord and Taylor also online. Happy shopping!!!
GC said only the overall grade is on the mid year report. The mid term exam grades are not listed .
Yay! My D just received her first acceptance, finally! Acting BFA at Cal State Long Beach!
Congrats @MommaCat on the acceptance.
Its prom shopping time for us too. Prom is in April and the Macyās near us is closing so we are hoping to get a nice suit deal. ?
Has anyone bought grad invitations yet? I think I am going to use an online service like vistaprint.
I used Zazzle for invites before and they are great. They also have lots of coordinating products.
Noone but us wants to sit through h.s. graduation.
I mean, we donāt even really want to! But we will.
I donāt think our school even allows anyone else there but immediate family. Not enough room.
We have plenty of room in the football stadium, but it is often 80+ degrees, no shade, the other parents/families are obnoxiously loud, the speeches are forgettable, and they read 800 names, and you are lucky if you can even id your kid from the stands.
He-he, nicely said. Same here.
@VickiSoCal Thanks for the refreshing honesty! Do people bring grandparents as guests or is it not worth it?
Whether itās worth it or not is so very school- and child- dependent! Does your child have some role (speaking, singing, etc) that extended family would enjoy? Is the class size either small enough that the extended family will actually not, say, fall asleep waiting for your childās turn to walk OR so big that itās a mob scene, and your extended fam appreciates that? Are there interesting people giving the various speeches? Will it be weather-protected, or subject to . . . whatever goes on in your neck of the woods at that time of year? Do the extended family members live in easy driving distance, or would this be a Big Trip?
S (like his older brother) will graduate outdoors (if weāre lucky), in a beautiful setting, in a small enough class that the roll call / waiting for the kids to go up for their diplomas is reasonable. We donāt know who the speakers are yet but we DO know that the time of day means that if itās outside, chances are really good that it will be borderline unbearably hot, with little to no shade for where the families sit. So despite all the positives, weāre not going to be flying any extended family in. If they didnāt have to fly, it might be a different story.
D20 is in to all three of the schools she applied to, and got the tuition exchange scholarship at all three!
Now she has to pick one. She did a revisit at school A the other day. Liked it quite a bit and could see herself there. Headed to school B this weekend for an overnight + accepted student event. Planning to go to accepted student day at school C next month.
She joined the FB groups for each and is starting to have second thoughts about school C, based on the kids in that group (āI think Iād have to work harder to find my peopleā). While part of me thinks it is ridiculous to base a big decision on a pretty superficial thing (how ppl appear in a FB group), i guess all things being equal, itās as good as an eliminator as any? ??āāļø
Anyone elseās kid doing this?
@DeeCee36 My DS is doing accepted students rounds at his top few. The FB part is not his thing, though. At his top choices, itās mostly girls posting.
My daughter was just invited to first round of interview for a scholarship for her ED school - Iām shocked! I know how competitive these are and am thrilled that she made it this far.
@DeeCee36 - I think itās important for your DD to remember that the people in the facebook group represent a small amount of the student body as a matter of fact they are not yet a part of the student body. Many of them have not yet committed, may go elsewhere, and many of the admitted students may not have even joined the facebook group.
My DD20 has had several acceptances as well, all with merit but in the past has found it difficult to fit in and is concerned with finding her peers (hard working intellectuals) as well but I really believe that a diverse student body is so important and that there is nothing wrong with having several different peer groups (dance, theater, cultural, academic etc) instead of one group that limits them. I believe that she can benefit from an environment where she can let her hair down. I
n our case we cast a wide net which has itās benefits and draw backs. Here on CC we see the most competitive students ārejectedā so it adds that element of fear that your child could possibly end up with little to no options despite the hard work that they have put in. So, then you cast the wide net and end up with so many options that it is difficult to make a decision. Still waiting for RD but so far she has been admitted to all 5 of her EA schools so we have narrowed it down to 1 and will be attending admitted students day next month. She has been invited to another of her RD schools as a scholarship finalist program which I believe makes it likely that she will be admitted. Itās a process that requires nerves of steel.
Hmm. I guess its a culture thing. The invites will be to announce the graduation and the invite to party. I suppose I should have said announcement?
Here, most schools graduate in large places, and extended family is expected. My sons school is small, but they graduate in a coliseum. Tons of space for whoever wants to come.
Weāve bought the prom dress and will wait on grad announcements. D20 has not made a decision on a school yet as she is waiting to see what Ivy Day may bring. Sheās into 4 other schools already (including my favorite), at very good price tags with merit. And so we waitā¦
Yes, I agree and have reminded her of that. Iām really trying to let this be her decision entirely, since my list of prequalifications significantly narrowed down the list of schools she applied to in the first place. At the end of the day, it is going to come down to that elusive āfitā variable and, for better or worse, some of that is going to be influenced by the social media groups.
Our graduation is in a large indoor arena so we get 12 tickets per family. Will likely just be us, both sets of grandparents, and my sister who is local.
Weāll do announcements (vs invites) but will have to wait till we get her senior pictures done in the spring.
PromGirl Try At home program for the win for prom dresses! Box arrived tonight. All three were great but one is the keeper!
Currently in limbo for college decisions until honors and financial aid info comes out. Have return visits to the top 2 contenders on the 28th and 7th so hopefully D20 can make a decision after that!
Thankfully I feel like weāre in the home stretch!!