Next big event graduation practice and awards day May 22nd at 7 am. Remember if you did not attend the mandatory meeting we will not have a seat reserved for you that day. Speak to Mr. Rise for confirmation.
SECOND MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING
Tuesday April 7, 2008 7:50 AM
Speakers: Senior Advisors, Guidance Counselor, Vice Principal, Principal
Agenda:
o Call meeting to order
o Senior letters and Intent to Walk
o Credit Requirements
o ACT Testing Dates:
o Scholarships:
Seniors fees mailed to their homes
o Seniors with Josten’s products- see Mrs. Lovin for balance and to pick up, if cost is a concern inquire now, not later
o Community Service due Friday
All seniors who walk in graduation must be present for information.
Pick up blank community service forms from the LMC and turn in your completed forms (cardboard city, Lawson's games, etc) to Mrs. Lovin by April 10th.
All seniors need to turn in your baby pictures, senior pictures, and random pictures to Jessica Weisflock ASAP.
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LETTER TO SENIORS AND PARENTS: IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Seniors and parents are responsible for the following information.
March 25, 2009
Dear Senior and Parent,
The end of the school year is fast approaching and your high school preparation will soon conclude. Please take note of the following policy:
1. According to the Blanchester Board of Education only those students who have fulfilled all credit requirements will be permitted to take part in the graduation exercises if all other obligations have been met.
2. Any student who has earned all required credits but has not passed all parts of the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) may participate in the graduation exercises, but will not receive a diploma at that time.
GRADUATION INFORMATION
Between now and graduation, schedules will be busy. You will find the following information helpful as you plan your remaining days at Blanchester High School. More detailed information follows:
I. Dates of Importance
March Wednesday 25 Prom tickets on sale for ($50 through April 17)
April Saturday 4 ACT
Tuesday 7 MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING IF SENIORS FAIL TO
ATTEND THEY FORFEIT WALKING IN GRADUATION
Meeting begins at 7:50 a.m. in the auditeria
Monday 20 Prom tickets cost increases to $75
Wednesday 29 Scholarship Banquet (Invitations are mailed.)
May
Saturday 2 High School Prom
Wednesday 6 All senior library items due.
Wednesday 13 Senior deadline for information. Senior guidance surveys are due.
Attendance records and scholarship information for recognition must be given to Mrs. Rogers prior to this day.
Fugett’s picture orders due: Class Composite 8 ½ X 11 $10, Class Group Cap and Gowns 8 ½ X 11 $10, Graduate Receiving Diploma 2 4 X 5's $10. After this date contact Fugett Photography at 513.877.2287.
Thursday 14 Senior Nine Week Assessment Tests
Friday 15 Senior Nine Week Assessment Tests
All make up classes and VLA classes must be completed
Oaks caps and gowns may be picked up if balance is paid
Monday 18 Senior Nine Week Assessment Tests
Tuesday 19 Senior Nine Week Assessment Tests Make-ups All senior grades due.
All fees must be paid to receive a diploma at Commencement.
Thursday 21 Community Service day excused
Friday 22 Cap/Gown pick-up 6:45-7:15 a.m. auditeria Mandatory Graduation Practice will begin at 7:15 a.m. H.S. Gym Mandatory Senior Awards Program 9:00 a.m. High School Gym Class composite - 11:00 a.m. Gym Bleachers
Saturday 23 Alumni Dinner at 5:30pm and program at 6:30
Sunday 24 Graduation 2:00 p.m. at Blanchester High School
Seniors must be present by 1:15 p.m. to participate
II. Other Information
A. Blanchester High School Prom will be Saturday, May 2, at Coney Island’s Pavilion. Tickets are required for admission to the prom and are on sale now in the high school office. Tickets are non-transferable; guests must be approved. Make guests aware all school policies are in effect at all school-sponsored activities. Prom time is 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Students are to arrive by 7:30 p.m. and may not leave until 10:30 p.m. Students wishing to have prom pictures taken may do so beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tickets include soft drinks, chips, dinner and dessert.
B. Senior Final Exams
Seniors at vocational school will take exams as scheduled by their respective career development centers. Seniors at Blanchester are scheduled for exams Thursday May 14-Tuesday May 19. These are regular school days and your exams are scheduled during regular class time. Your teachers will announce specific information concerning your exams in their classes. You must still park in student parking. Thursday May 21 is a board-approved day of absence for seniors who have completed their community service hours.
Seniors must request final transcripts to be sent to the colleges or universities they plan to attend. There are forms in the Guidance Office to fill out in order for us to know where to send transcripts.
C.Graduation Practice and Senior Awards Assembly
Graduation practice and Senior Awards Assembly are required for all seniors participating in Commencement. Cap and gowns can be picked up between 6:45 and 7:15 am. Practice will begin at 7:15 a.m. SHARP at Blanchester High School on Friday, May 22. Caps and gowns must be paid for by the time they are distributed. At 7:15am any student not in attendance will forfeit participating in the graduation ceremony. Students must park in student parking to allow parking for guests. The Senior Awards Assembly will begin following the graduation practice. These two activities serve as our last practice for Commencement. All seniors are expected to arrange their schedules so that they will be at both practice and the Senior Awards Assembly. SENIORS NOT IN ATTENDANCE AND APPROPRIATELY DRESSED BY 7:15 WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM COMMENCEMENT ON MAY 24. Your parents are welcome to attend the Senior Awards Assembly. For both graduation practice and the Senior Awards Assembly, your clothing must meet the following requirements. If you are in doubt, have questions, or need financial assistance, consult Mr. Rise, Principal, before May 18. You must park in student parking. Students are responsible for FFA, Oaks, or National Honor Society ropes worn at graduation.
D. Alumni Banquet
The annual Alumni Banquet is Saturday, May 23 at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. Seniors are not required to attend the Alumni Banquet but are encouraged to attend. Cost is $10. Seniors must make reservations with Mrs. Lovin by Friday, May 15.
E. Commencement Exercises
NOTE TO PARENTS: We would appreciate your cooperation by not standing in the aisles to take pictures of your son or daughter at any time during the ceremony. If the need arises to exit the ceremony to keep from disturbing others (coughing, crying children, etc.), please note the ceremony will be broadcast on the televisions in the auditeria. The doors to the gymnasium will be closed at 1:55. Please refrain from entering after this time. Please silence all cell phones during the ceremony.
Students must park in student parking.
Seating For Commencement
Seating for Commencement will be unlimited bleacher seats and limited chairs on the floor. At this time, each senior is to receive two chair tickets but may have unlimited guests seated in the bleachers. The number of graduates and space will determine if graduates receive more or fewer chair tickets. If handicapped seating is needed, please use your floor tickets or the recessed seating on the bottom of the bleacher seats. The tickets will be distributed at graduation practice.
Dress for Commencement
Piercings must follow school dress code. National Honor Society stoles are ordered through the National Honor Society Sponsor ahead of time. Lightweight clothing is encouraged for the Commencement Exercises.
GIRLS: White dress shoes, light dresses, or blouse and skirt, NO slacks or flip flops. Dresses must meet school dress code requirements. You will be wearing a traditional mortar board with tassel so you will need to style your hair accordingly. Please avoid heavy make-up.
BOYS: You need to wear dark trousers (no jeans), dark socks, dark dress shoes (no sneakers), a white dress shirt and tie. NO OPEN COLLAR SHIRTS ARE PERMITTED. It will be much cooler without your suit coat under the gown.
If there is a financial problem concerning Commencement dress requirements, please contact Mr. Rise personally by May 19. The dress requirement is intended to enhance Commencement, not to exclude people. We will be more than happy to make arrangements for anyone needing financial assistance and will do so confidentially.
F. Graduation Announcements and Other Senior Items
Anyone who does not pay for and pick up his or her senior items when Jostens returns will need to see Mrs. Lovin promptly. Announcements should be sent out by the first week of May.
G. Obligations
All obligations must be completed before a diploma will be issued. Examples include: All course work completed, books returned, detentions and Saturday School time served, library and other financial fees paid, tuition paid, equipment and uniforms returned, announcements, pictures paid. To insure that your diploma will be in your diploma cover at Commencement, all obligations must be fulfilled by 3 p.m. on Friday, May 22.
Senior lockers need to be cleaned out before the seniors’ last day.
Vocational School seniors will need to complete all required hours, etc. at your career development campus before you will receive your vocational certificate.
H. Senior Pictures Available for Purchase
The day of graduation practice Dan Oliver of Fugetts Photography will take a group class color photo of graduates in their caps and gowns. This picture will be available for purchase that day for $l0 (8 x l0). He will mail your copy to you during early summer.
A class composite color photo (8x10) is available for $10. This picture is a copy of the permanent composite of individual senior pictures, which is on display in the hallway. See Mrs. Lovin for purchase - deadline is Wednesday May 13.
Two 4X5 pictures of the graduate receiving his or her diploma are available for $10.
See Mrs. Lovin to purchase. The deadline is Wednesday, May 13. After this time, contact Fugett Photography at 513.877.2287.
As this year comes to a close, each of you will have special memories of your high school days. This has been a tremendous growth year for you as individuals and collectively as the Class of 2009. For some, you will be entering the world of work; others, the Armed Forces and for some, furthering your education. These last few weeks will be busy ones. The actions you exhibit will leave a lasting memory to your families, the community and your school. I know each of you will leave with a good memory of the Class of 2009. On behalf of the staff and administration, good luck, congratulations and best wishes to all of you.
Your results for Senior committees:
Flower Girls- Sam Feazell and Kayla Edwards
Flower- Orange and white roses
Color- Orange
Motto- Our lives are before us...
Our pasts behind us...
But our memories are forever with us.
Song- Wish you were here- Pink Floyd
Poem- by Dylan Swormstdt, We've been together
FIRST MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING
Tuesday September 23, 2008
7:50 AM
Speakers: Senior Advisors, Class Officers, Yearbook, Guidance Counselor, Jostens
Agenda:
v (Kellum) Class Picture
v (Lovin)
o Call meeting to order
o Introduction of class advisors and officers: President- Jessica Weisflock, VP- Kaitlyn McClanahan, Treasurer- Alan Reeder, Secretary- Kristi Smith
o Diploma names are coming around the tables. There are 4 copies only use one. You must print legibly any changes for how you want your name to appear on your diploma. First, middle and last is suggested with any extras such as Jr. III. This serves as attendance. If what is printed is correct sign under OK. It is up to you to verify in January and what we have then is what you get.
v (Kellum) Yearbook and Senior shirt Sales: October 10th Senior Shirt orders due. Yearbooks are ordered in November. See flyer
v (Rogers) Be sure you have the proper credit Requirements to be eligible for graduation including government and physical education: PSEO students should keep Mrs. Rogers updated with your current schedule.
College Visitations:
College Recruiters and Fairs:
FAFSA, Scholarships:
Final Exams:
Attendance:
v (Lovin)
§ PSEO’s and Early grads need to see Lovin immediately following with contact information
§ Flower girl nominations
§ Committees for Flower and Color, Song, Poem, Motto= see a class officer for information
§ Community Service: due by Spring Break, requirements, copies available in LMC student resource area, Mr. Cliff Lawson in junior high to help with middle school soccer/ football/ volleyball games, Blood Drive only if it happens before Spring Break, Cardboard City
§ Senior Notes on website, or in the LMC
§ FFA, Honor Society, Drama, see your advisor to order graduation cords, etc.
§ School fees
§ David Johnston memorial- seniors need to get a baby picture and senior picture to class president Jessica Weisflock
§ Float building is at Tanner Bolin’s house
§ Go over Senior Dates
v (Jostens) Senior product presentation
First mandatory senior meeting Tuesday September 23, 2008 Senior Picture at 7:50am
To: Seniors and the parents of senior students
From: Blanchester High School administrators
Re: Important senior information and dates
Senior Dates
There are two mandatory senior meetings during the school year held in September and April and one optional meeting in January. Pay special attention to these dates; all students including campus, PSEO, and Oaks students are required to attend mandatory meetings. Seniors are welcome to attend the SADD prom assembly the Friday of prom and pep rallies held for Football Homecoming and Basketball Homecoming. Remember campus dress codes apply.
Senior information is shared here, on announcements at all campuses, on the school’s web page (www.blanchester.k12.oh.us under District Information/ Senior Webpage) and on the phone system (Senior Information voice mail.) We do everything possible to keep you informed but you are responsible for getting the information from the web page every Monday.
The senior class composite picture is sold by Fugett Photography. Since Fugett Photography is our official school photographer, the senior picture for the yearbook and the composite ONLY must be taken through Fugett. This is to ensure all deadlines and picture criteria are met. If students decide to have senior portraits taken at another studio (their choice to do so), Fugett will visit the high school in November or December in the auditeria to take a $5.00 photograph for the yearbook and composite. Fugett Photography can be reached at 513.877.2287.
Mrs. DaShannon Lovin and Mrs. Debby Dunn are the senior advisors and may be contacted at the high school with questions.
Tuesday September 23
1st MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING: includes introduction of class advisors and officers, yearbook information, forming of committees, credit and attendance requirements, college information, filling out diploma names, Jostens presentation.
See Mrs. Rogers about the following: FastWeb scholarship information, signing up for the ACT (the Blanchester location fills up fast), scheduling college visits, scholarships asking for money to apply, filling out the FAFSA.
Students are reminded to watch grades closely this year especially Government and those subjects required to graduate.
October 10th senior shirt orders are due.
Saturday October 25
ACT
Thursday November 6
Committees meet during 3rd period activity period.
November 18-21
Yearbooks sold $55. base price- contact Mrs. Kellum
December
Deadline for Jostens orders
Jostens Senior keys are delivered during government class.
Saturday December 6
Christmas Formal
Thursday December 4
Committees’ ballot information due
Friday December 5
Deadline for pictures for the yearbook, picture must be at least
an individual sitting picture by Fugett.
Saturday December 13
ACT
Tuesday January 13
7:50 am Senior Class Meeting: checking diploma names, voting on committee ballots, voting on flower girls and senior gift, senior deficiencies, class picture
Jan 26-29
Yearbooks $66.
Saturday February 7
ACT
Monday February 9
FAFSA Workshop in the high school computer lab
Thursday February 19
FAFSA Workshop in the high school computer lab
February 25
Parents of seniors!! Deadline for purchasing yearbook ads.
March/ April
Jostens bills are mailed to students’ homes.
Jostens items are delivered to clear accounts.
Senior letter mailed to students’ homes with final senior information and dates.
Senior campus student community service due before Spring Break.
March 3-6
Yearbooks are $65. March 6th is the last day to purchase a yearbook.
Saturday April 4
ACT
Tuesday April 7
2nd MANDATORY SENIOR MEETING: All seniors who walk in graduation must be present for information. Senior letter information and questions
Prom tickets on sale
Saturday May 2
Prom
Wed May 6
All senior library items due.
Friday May 8
Fugett picture orders due: Class Composite 8 X 10 $10., Class Group Picture in Cap and Gowns 8 X 10 $10.,
Graduate Receiving Diploma 2 4 X 5’s $10.
Thursday May 14- Tuesday May 19
Senior Assessments
Thursday May 21
Community Service day excused
Friday May 22
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE GRADUATION PRACTICE AND AWARDS DAY: Cap and Gown pick up from 6:45-7:00 a.m. Graduation Practice follows with Awards Day program at 9:00a.m. You must be present for the whole day.
Senior guidance surveys are due. Attendance records and scholarship information for recognition must be given to Mrs. Rogers prior to this day.
Sunday May 24
Graduation- 2:00 p.m. at Blanchester High School
Seniors must be present and dressed appropriately at 1:15 p.m. or they will be removed from the program.
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