A History of Graduation Gowns
Another term for graduation is “rite of passage” which is a ritual or ceremony that marks moving from one life stage to another. The most common rite of passage today is marriage. Anthropologist Arnold van Gennep defined this term in 1909. All passage rituals fulfill selective universal functions. As if marriage is going from a single person to a couple, graduation is a rite of passage too, from being a student to becoming an adult and going on into the working world.
We have the gowns as a sign of graduation, in the early years they were protection from the weather as the ceremonies were mostly held outside. The valedictorian, the member with the highest honors of the class delivers a speech to all about what they as students have gone through to get to the point of graduation
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Graduation Day
This day is a milestone in your child’s life, whether it is a preschool to kindergarten, grade school to middle or High school graduation. They are all important and days you want to remember with pictures, mementos of the day and things like that. Of course, there has to be a small get together afterwards to celebrate the new graduate’s advancement.
The pictures of your graduate in his or her graduation gown will be cherished forever and will have a place of honor on your wall for years to come in their frames or display cases. There are numerous keepsakes you can purchase as well for appreciation gifts for people who helped out along the way.
While you are awaiting the big day there are numerous awards and things that your student can be awarded as signs of excellence in their learning on the way to High School Graduation. In the early years, it is simple to give a little get together for a job well done for your preschooler to kindergarten, or grade school milestones but as your child gets older, they might want a party, but not like they did as kids who are happy with a few friends and their favorite relatives!
Nevertheless, let us concentrate on the younger graduates now. Get your graduate to be in on the planning, make a guest list of friends and relatives they want to have as guests; after all, it isn’t fair if you invite them all since, it is his or her day right? Decide on games and a menu geared to the younger set.
Pizza, sandwich pockets, makes your own tacos simple fare that usually has appeal to everyone. Now, make the invitations. A little graduation hat is nice, so is a diploma style tied with a ribbon and do not forget the RSVP! Send these out in plenty of time for the guests to receive them and respond.
Then comes the graduation cake, this is always a hit at any party! This is usually served in between the games you have picked out to play like water balloon toss, maybe a piñata, pin the tail on the donkey simple yet fun for the kiddies. You can also get white t shirts and hand them out as the guests arrive along with a magic marker then the kids can go around and sign each other’s shirts for a memento of their graduation day.