Do you celebrate your child's graduation each school year? (pacifier, play, friends)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I had one from kindergarten and then one from high school.
For me it was simply passing the grade that caused for celebration. In those early years you fail one subject and they hold you back a whole grade. I struggled with math all my life.
Pretty much once I hit high school getting to run free in the summer was my gift for finishing a grade.
I just re-read the OP, and I realized she asked about first grade. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure we bought our oldest a goldfish at the completion of first grade. Go figure, the goldfish didn't make it to the end of summer , and we learned our lesson.
I don't remember doing it while I was in school but was wondering if it is the norm now. For instance if your kid just finished 1st grade, how do you celebrate? Party where you invite others? Maybe just a gift?
If they do well my husband and I take them out to dinner to celebrate and I usually put up an announcement on FB
We usually go out to eat as a way to celebrate a good year, but we don't throw parties and invite the grandparents or neighbors or anything...that is reserved for high school graduations. Actually, I take that back. My kids sometimes throw pool parties and have friends over on the last day of school or shortly after. There might even be cake and pizza, too. The horrors!
The kids around here make their own party once they're old enough (middle school) to walk to the pool from school. Word goes around school that everyone is heading to the pool afterwards on the last day It's more fun than having parents involved. Since they get out early, I'm sure there are a lot of working parents who don't even know their kids go.
Unless it's a very tough year for a child, I don't think I would celebrate them going from say, 2nd to 3rd grade. I really like the idea that they get a gift card to a local bookstore though. The only real celebrations I'd have is if they graduated from K, 5/6 (depending on when Elementary schools finish in our distrct) 8th and 12th grade. and even then, I'd probably just take them out for ice cream or to the movies.
LOL, the kid just finished 1st grade, the celebration is 2 months off from school.....LOL
party - no
gift - no
there's no party to after a kid graduates a school year.
there's no gift because a kid graduates a school year.
At the end of the school year we'd usually have a slumber party with rented videos and pizza at a friend's house, or maybe a pool party. But it was just me and my friends, no formal celebrations. No gifts. No ceremonies. Just...YAY, IT'S SUMMER!
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
, and we learned our lesson.
