It starts to get real...

For seniors, it starts to get real that this is your final year of high school when you hit submit on your college applications.  It also seems more real when you get the information about ordering your cap and gown.  For many of our senior students, those two occurances have taken place today!

November 1st is a large "early" deadline for colleges and so I know many of my students have been working hard to get their applications finalized before they pressed submit and paid the application fees.

And then, today during Pack Period, seniors received the information about cap and gowns.  There are a few things to know regarding the cap and gown ordering process.

First, all seniors will now wear stoles.  Those students who are highest honors students, will receive a special stole at senior recognition night that they will wear instead.  But the cap and gown packace for all students will include the cap, gown, tassle, and stole.

For students who plan to wear the cap and gown of an older sibling, that is still fine and you can do that.  You will just need to order your updated tassle and stole and those are available separately for you to purchase rather than ordering the whole package.

Second, seniors are asked to fill out a google form in addition to their ordering information - that is to help make sure that the right size will be ordered.

And finally, there is "early bird" pricing offered right now through November 17th.  So, if you order your cap and gown in these next few weeks you'll get a better rate than if you wait.  All orders must be received by January 31, 2024 in order to make sure that your cap and gown will arrive before graduation.

I know that the costs of ordering a cap and gown can be a struggle for some families and so if you find yourself in that situation, please talk to me and I will see what I can do to help.

We are less than 7 months to graduation and the time will go fast, but it is definitely an exciting time to be a senior!