<p>As June is rapidly approaching and along with it a majority of HS graduations, I'm curious as to what other schools do for their "Senior Week", if they have one.</p>
<p>If they don't: Senior Week (at least around here) is the week leading up to graduation, during which Seniors are exempt form Uniform Policy and attend special "seniors only" events rather than actual classes.</p>
<p>SO.</p>
<p>Location-California
Senior Week-June 9th through 11th
Graduation-June 12th</p>
<p>Description of Events:</p>
<p>June 9th-Senior Assembly. This is where we go over what is expected of us at graduation (from what to wear to how to "walk" to how GradNite works)
June 10th-Senior Distribution. This is when we receive our Caps and Gowns, various tassels and stoles, all our awards, etc.
June 11th-Senior Picnic. A catered (normally either by In-N-Out Burger or Chic-Fil-A) picnic outside on our football field...sort of the last ta-da before graduation. Attendance is not mandatory, but almost everyone goes.
June 12th-GRADUATION!!! :) In addition to the actual ceremony, I will be in a choir that sings my school's alma mater every year (I have a feeling this is when the tears will come, as I'll be with my closest friends during this time).
After graduation-GradNite. I will not be attending, but it consists of driving to Disneyland, upon which they lock every school in our district in until 6 AM the following day. Only the rides and a few dance clubs open...no characters running around, no fireworks, etc. And they expect us to pay $80 for this. Pssssh.</p>
<p>I'll probably just hang out with my family after graduation. :)</p>
<p>Around here, we have "senior project" and now that the AP tests are over, seniors who
1) submitted a plan for a senior project last fall
2) went throuh a few phases of project descriptions and approvals over the course of the year, and
3) didn't miss too much school and were doing well in their classes
are on "senior project".</p>
<p>Some schools have easier requirements, and some harder. Some common rules are that you can't go on senior project "working for" or shadowing a relative. You can't get paid. You can't take the place of someone who would be getting paid. </p>
<p>During senior project weeks, kids generally either do something that is like community service or something that is like job shadowing. After 3.5 weeks of senior project, everyone who did it does a presentation of his or her senior project and what they learned from it.</p>
<p>This is so good for senioritis. Those last few weeks of school can be tough. Although since you have to be well-organized to arrange your senior project, not everyone manages to do it.</p>
<p>My D has two speeches to write, one for an awards ceremony where she's getting an award of some sort and one for graduation, so now that studying for AP's is over and she's not in class anymore, she needs to write those speeches...</p>
<p>26th - no classes, bowling and pizza that night
27th - Six Flags
28th - practice song for Vespers, meetings, laser tag in the afternoon, Vespers at night
29th - awards ceremony, grad rehearsal, senior family reception and dinner, dance performance, Farewell to Seniors
30th - GRADUATION</p>
<p>Dude...I have some reservations about some of that stuff. XD</p>
<p>My mom refused to allow me to participate in Senior Skip day (ours was supposed to be April 8th).</p>
<p>However, because we have such a large class (~700 people), they never get it very coordinated, so there ends up being about 5 skip days scattered throughout the year.</p>