How to improve Graduations

PackMom
Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:27:33 +0000

Our school system’s grad. ceremonies are geared for speed and efficiency.

No guest speaker, Class President does welcome and greetings, school chorus sings, Val. and Sal. each do a short speech. Diplomas are handed out. S1’s class of 450, took about an hour and a half start to finish.

We are in a large system(18-20 high sch, I think). Graduations are scheduled back to back for three consecutive days in civic large auditoriums. They run like clockwork which is good ( no long speeches) and bad (the whole thing is pretty impersonal, no time for doing anything special like a slide show or anything nostalgic).

My main complaint is that the large auditorium setting makes some in the audience feel they are at a sporting event or concert so they talk (to their neighbors and on cell phones) and shout at their grad. through the whole ceremony.