345.62 - GRADUATION CEREMONY
Recognizing that graduation ceremonies are a function of the School District of Auburndale, believing that graduation is a significant achievement in the lives of our students, and wanting to conscientiously represent the community as well as the students, the Board of Education directs that the following minimum criteria be observed at each graduation ceremony.1. Only those senior level students who have satisfactorily completed the graduation requirements established and approved by the School District of Auburndale shall be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies. (See the related policies listed at the bottom of the page for specific direction). Students who complete their graduation requirements as allowed by the State of Wisconsin in the 1997 Wisconsin Act, also known as the YOUTH OPTIONS PROGRAM, will also be granted a diploma as specified.
2. Those senior students who are passing classes needed/required for graduation at the end of the 3rd quarter (27th week), but who subsequently fail to earn sufficient credit to graduate at the end of the 4th quarter, will be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies. Their diploma, however, will be removed prior to the ceremony and an empty diploma cover substituted until such time all credits required are earned.
3. Seniors who have deficiencies of one credit or more at the end of the second semester of their senior year and upon the completion of the senior final exam period will not be able to participate in formal graduation exercises.
4. Seniors with detention obligations at the time of graduation will not be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony until the obligation is taken care of.
5. Participation in graduation ceremonies is also contingent upon student behavior. Should a student be suspended during the last week of school, participation in graduation ceremonies would be denied. Graduation is a school activity and student participation in school activities is denied during the period of suspension.
6. Students who exhibit rowdy behavior, symptoms of alcohol, or other controlled substance use will be immediately removed from participation in graduation ceremonies.
7. All graduation ceremony plans and activities, including the speaker(s), must receive prior approval from the Senior Class Advisors, Graduation Chairperson, and the High School Principal.
8. Ceremony stage participants shall include, but not be limited to, the School Board Clerk, who shall hand-out diplomas, the High School Principal, who shall give the welcome address, the Superintendent, who shall certify the class, the Senior Class President, and the Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the graduating class. The Board may elect to have additional School Board members hand out diplomas in lieu of or in conjunction with the School Board Clerk.
Related Policies: 345.6 High School Curriculum Standards
422.2 Admission of Non-Traditional Students
Adopted: March 18, 1998
Revised: December 19, 2007
Posted: 01/18/2008 12:50:21 pm