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Old 06-25-2012, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Raleigh-Durham/Triangle
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My daughter is graduating from middle school this week and I wondered if there's anything traditional that I should have for her there... Like bouquet of flowers or something? Wasn't sure what the local traditions were. For example, in So. California schools it's traditional for graduating kids to wear Hawaiian leis. Thanks for any help!
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Old 06-25-2012, 11:35 AM
 
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Some people give their kids flowers but I don't remember anything I would consider a tradition. My parents brought me out to a dinner at my favorite restaurant after.
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Old 06-25-2012, 12:59 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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You'll see lots of kids that get flowers. Sometimes there will be someone at the school, selling them, if you forget. But, that may be more high school than middle school.

Vicki
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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You'll see lots of kids that get flowers. Sometimes there will be someone at the school, selling them, if you forget. But, that may be more high school than middle school.

Vicki
That's probably because you don't graduate from middle school, you graduate from high school.

Definition of GRADUATION

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: a mark on an instrument or vessel indicating degrees or quantity; also : these marks
2
a : the award or acceptance of an academic degree or diploma

You don't receive a degree for passing the 8th grade, so nobody "graduates" middle school.
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:24 PM
 
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You don't receive a degree for passing the 8th grade, so nobody "graduates" middle school.
That doesn't stop kindergartens from having graduations I've heard of private middle schools having graduations.
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:26 PM
 
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Really, we're going to bicker over word definitions now? Do need need to go back to the root meanings of "graduate" to determine whether a demarcation between one set of two points qualifies as and another doesn't?

Or can we just simply accept a common usage of the term, and recongize a simple, happy little event marking a child's passage from one stage to the next? Are schools and families not allowed to mark the occasion and celebrate, because the dictionary doesn't say they can?
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:29 PM
 
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Adsgrad·u·ate   /n., adj. ˈgrædʒuɪt, -ˌeɪt; v. ˈgrædʒuˌeɪt/ Show Spelled [n., adj. graj-oo-it, -eyt; v. graj-oo-eyt] Show IPA noun, adjective, verb, grad·u·at·ed, grad·u·at·ing.
noun
1. a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.

I know kids that have GRADUATED from kindergarten!!!

Vicki
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Adsgrad·u·ate   /n., adj. ˈgrædʒuɪt, -ˌeɪt; v. ˈgrædʒuˌeɪt/ Show Spelled [n., adj. graj-oo-it, -eyt; v. graj-oo-eyt] Show IPA noun, adjective, verb, grad·u·at·ed, grad·u·at·ing.
noun
1. a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.

I know kids that have GRADUATED from kindergarten!!!

Vicki


Yes, middle schoolers DO complete a course of study from a school!

Vicki
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:34 PM
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Location: Cary, NC
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That's probably because you don't graduate from middle school, you graduate from high school.

Definition of GRADUATION

1
: a mark on an instrument or vessel indicating degrees or quantity; also : these marks
2
a : the award or acceptance of an academic degree or diploma

You don't receive a degree for passing the 8th grade, so nobody "graduates" middle school.
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Some people give their kids flowers but I don't remember anything I would consider a tradition. My parents brought me out to a dinner at my favorite restaurant after.
I would never open a dictionary just to rationalize denying a 13 year (14?) old a special dinner with her parents at her favorite restaurant.
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Old 06-25-2012, 05:39 PM
 
Location: ITB Raleigh, NC
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My oldest graduated from middle school in Wake County two weeks ago. They had a big party, etc. etc. at school, but no "graduation". So, I sent in the donation asked for for pizza and ice cream, and bought her a year book, and that was about the extent of my recognition.

We did go out to dinner to mark the end of all three kids school, as always, but nothing special. Although I have not looked it up in the dictionary, I didn't see others making a big deal about it either...as there was no "ceremony" at which to give flowers or anything...only the party. Is her school having a ceremony...with certificates or something, at which flowers or something else would be appropriate?
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