Promotional Ceremony

• When – Last day of school

• Time – 9:45 AM – Feel free to arrive early to get a more desirable seat (not earlier than 8:45).

• Where – MMS gymnasium

• Why –

  • To celebrate students’ promotion into high school (not a graduation)

  • To recognize accomplishments

• Attendance of MMS 6^th/7^th graders - MMS 6^th/7^th graders may not attend the 8^th-grade ceremony unless they are a sibling of an 8^th-grader.

• Limited Seating – Seating is very limited, so please consider this when inviting people to the ceremony.

• Graduation gowns.  If a student has a behavioral infraction that does not allow him/her to attend the promotional ceremony payment of the gown will NOT be refunded.

Parent Volunteers to help with Ceremony – please contact PTSA president.

Dress Code at Promotion Ceremony:

§         Students are required to wear a graduation gown (no cap or tassel).

§         School dress code underneath the graduation gown still applies.

§         There will be a minimal cost for the gown.  More details will be announced closer to the date of the ceremony (probably $15-20; significantly less than buying an expensive outfit for the occasion).

Certificates & Awards (in addition to the special awards listed earlier):

Students will receive (as they walk across the stage after having name announced) in/with a manila folder…

• Certificate of Promotion

• Report Card

• Certificates/awards from classroom teachers

• Trophies for Most Outstanding Athlete (boy/girl)

• Framed program cover for the student artist who designs the program

• FCAT scores or certificates if they’ve arrived

If a student has any outstanding books, unpaid fees, or unreturned uniforms, etc.; his/her report card and other documents will be held in the bookkeeping office until those obligations have been settled.  Please contact the bookkeeper to take care of this matter.

Summer School or Retained Students:

• Students who must attend summer school or are being retained will not attend the Promotion Ceremony.  They will remain in a classroom under the supervision of a teacher.

Check-out After the Promotion Ceremony:

If parents intend to check out students after the ceremony, a few things need to be done ahead of time to expedite the process:

§         The only adult who can check-out the student is a person named on the student data card in the front office.  That adult must show photo ID to verify identity. 

§         If the adult checking out a student is not on the student data card, the parent must come in ahead of time with a copy of that other adult’s photo ID to clear him/her as a person who has authority to check out the child.