<p>Don’t know why I’ve been dragging my feet so much on this. We have to put out a high school graduation announcement for D1. Most seem so vacuous - just their pic and the fact of their graduation. I’d like to personalize it a bit, give an update of her plans without seeming to be sending a resume. Anyone do these themselves on the computer?</p>
<p>My son typed up a paragraph or two and we included this in each announcement along with his photo. He personalized it by handwriting “Dear Mr & Mrs, or Aunt & Uncle” and Love, Sincerely, etc at the end.</p>
<p>We didn’t send out a lot of announcements, just to family members and to very close friends -</p>
<p>I wasn’t going to send announcements but we did get invitations that I haven’t even sent yet- cause I am still a little not sure if she is graduating.</p>
<p>I did want to send an update , partly so people don’t bombard her with questions and partly perhaps to get more support for her service trip to Ghana, but she would never write anything about herself ( I don’t know how she did essays), although she did make up a brochure and poster for Ghana.</p>
<p>( I will have her sign the invitations though)</p>
<p>emeraldkity, I must have missed that … why are you not sure about your D graduating?</p>
<p>We’ve recieved everything from the boilerplate printed announcement without a photo, to Printshop created photo/written update pieces. Good compromise I’ve seen is the standard school-issue announcement, a photo, but not necessarily the expensive senior picture wallet size, and a card the size of the envelope, made on the computer with a brief update: “Ziggy is thrilled to tell you that he will be attending Zigfit University in the fall. He will be volunteering at the local Zoo this summer.” The picture can also be printed on the card for more economizing and personalization. </p>
<p>My D was not too interested in sending these out, but did do a lot of the addressing and licking. She would not have had time to write anything personal, given that they went out during AP prep time. We hosted a very casual get-together for family and friends, and included this invite in the announcements that went to those who might want to come.</p>
<p>It’s never too late, mammall, and I enjoy receiving every one, no matter how impersonal.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/412975-who-gets-graduation-announcement.html?highlight=graduation+announcements[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/412975-who-gets-graduation-announcement.html?highlight=graduation+announcements</a></p>
<p>If that works, it’s the link to last year’s discussion about this. Kind of interesting how different the experiences and opinions were.</p>
<p>I scanned DS’s senior portrait into the computer, then put that on the front of a Snapfish card. Wrote the graduation announcement (pretty boilerplate) on the inside. But the picture personalized it, IMHO.</p>
<p>emeraldkity, I must have missed that … why are you not sure about your D graduating?
well … she has been missing school, when she is ill she doesn’t turn her notes in & tells me she does- so she gets unexcused absences & she has assignments for several classes that were due a month ago- not to mention all the assignments that she only got partial credit on because she doesn’t know how to elaborate. ( and having subs for several of her classes, who don’t mark her down, or are able to help her hasn’t helped either- of course I don’t know that she hasn’t been marked present until several days have gone by & it is too late to correct it)
I have been keeping in touch somewhat with her teachers all year- but I feel like I couldn’t fight any more fires & while I have been telling her counselor when I find things out, because I think she needs more structure in her 504-but I also feel like at this point- what can I do?</p>
<p>But re announcements- not many kids send elaborate ones here- my nephew didn’t send any for graduating college last week & while he and his sister did send them for high school, none of my other nieces or nephews have.
And classmates dont send them but they will maybe make flyers on the computer for graduation picnics.</p>
<p>We sent out five announcements – two to grandparents, one to H’s sib, two to family friends whose kids also sent us announcements. DH and S both held their noses at the idea – they think it’s gift-grubbing.</p>
<p>Grandparents and H’s sib would have been insulted if we didn’t send one. I told DH that I wasn’t sending announcements to my sibs precisely so they <em>didn’t</em> feel the need to send a gift, esp. since no one is in a position to do so. </p>
<p>Maybe we’ll put together an email later in the summer with his picture or something. We’ll see. Success in my family is viewed strangely, so we try not to make too many waves.</p>
<p>I have a sister in law who had a money tree at an open house many years ago ( it was for their first brand new house- they were landlords of a 2nd house as well as a duplex)</p>
<p>I had never even heard of one before & thought it was in amazingly bad taste.
But I felt more amused than horrified.
Still I don’t think we recieved graduation announcements from their daughter although i did send a present. </p>
<p>I did want to send updates to family members ( for instance my brothers exwife= the mom of his two college age kids-who BTW paid for their education as my brother thought it would mean more if he didn’t contribute :rolleyes:) because I am not great about attending functions & his ex is the only one of relatives in my generation ( including sibs) that I share values with. ( I mean more political opinions)</p>
<p>While D does have a picture that a friend took, that she submitted to the yearbook- I don’t have a copy, she hates for me to have pictures because then I show people ( I had a pic that she had given me, but then I put it on my class notebook)</p>
<p>Its hard being torn between wanting to show her off & respecting that it makes her uncomfortable- :o</p>
<p>But I don’t think sending an announcement is necessarily asking for money- it can be hard though- I always think cash is more appreciated , but then embarrased about how little I can afford to give- so I try and think of something more meaningful but cheap! ;)</p>