Good Senior Info, Said Better

This went out to Elizabeth's advising and repeats most of the information found elsewhere on this blog, only it says it better:

Hello Parents of Seniors:

What a pleasure it was to see you at Senior Project Night supporting your students in one of several culminating moments happening. The combined emotions of stress, accomplishment, pride, worry, and excitement will be with use for two more weeks as we near Graduation on June 12th.

This Friday, June 4th, is the last official day of school for Seniors. By the end of this school day teachers will have reported to HS Advisors whether Seniors are PASSING or NOT PASSING classes. With this information I will be evaluating transcripts and credits once last time to officially declare students' graduation status. As we have discussed, this falls into three categories: graduating with a signed diploma, walking in the graduation ceremony with an unsigned diploma (no more than 1 credit outstanding and a plan for completion), or not graduating this year (more than one outstanding credit). I will be mailing you out official letters that afternoon and welcome all needed phone (503-287-0740 H) and email conversations.

An essential part of being eligible for a diploma this year is successful completion of the Senior Project. Some of your students have met this expectation and been approved by their PRCs in a final meeting. Others are still working on writing and need to schedule that final PRC. Again, passing the Senior Project is a graduation requirement.

Whether or not your student continues to attend school after June 4th will vary from individual to individual. It is my hope that Seniors will continue to be engaged with the community up until the last day of school on June 17th. I have advised Seniors to be sure they have clear expectations from each teacher... some teachers may say they are done and others may need them to continue to attend. Please support your student in this important comunication about expectations.

In Senior Inquiry class students will be finishing up the last parts of their projects and preparing for graduation, which includes writing and rehearsing their short graduation speech.

PLease send all questions and needs my way. Let's continue to work together in supporting these amazing people through these last days of their high school experience (WOW!)

Best,
Elizabeth