Graduation Parties

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June 20, 2016 at 1:48 pm #46686

snowman
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My oldest daughter just graduated from high school, and like most Simley HS parents, we threw a graduation party for her last Saturday. My wife and I attended three in our neighborhood this month and will attend a few more this coming weekend. The graduates travel in small groups, carpooling to each others parties, staying for an hour or so, then moving on to the next one. This is a common thing each year. We live in Minnesota, and more than one person told me this is a “Minnesota thing”. So I am curious and asking my Rams brothers and sisters across the country and Canada, graduation party for your son or daughter where you live?

June 20, 2016 at 1:56 pm #46689

zn
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snowman wrote:

So I am curious and asking my Rams brothers and sisters across the country and Canada, graduation party for your son or daughter where you live?

Didn;t host one for the kids (ie. one involving other kids), and the kids if I recall didn’t seem to go to any. So it doesn’t seem to be a Maine thing, anyway.

June 20, 2016 at 1:59 pm #46690

NewMexicoRam
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New Mexico has tons of graduation parties.
We home school and all of our home school friends definitely host events.
And all of the kids graduating from public school in the neighborhood and at our church have parties, too.

June 20, 2016 at 8:07 pm #46727

bnw
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snowman wrote:

My oldest daughter just graduated from high school, and like most Simley HS parents, we threw a graduation party for her last Saturday. My wife and I attended three in our neighborhood this month and will attend a few more this coming weekend. The graduates travel in small groups, carpooling to each others parties, staying for an hour or so, then moving on to the next one. This is a common thing each year. We live in Minnesota, and more than one person told me this is a “Minnesota thing”. So I am curious and asking my Rams brothers and sisters across the country and Canada, graduation party for your son or daughter where you live?

It was common in St.Louis, MO in the ’70s and ’80s. No graduation party here as after graduation they leave for a camp out in the Smokies.

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June 20, 2016 at 9:34 pm #46737

Zooey
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We had a party after my son’s graduation this year, but it was mostly family. A few families have larger parties, but I think there aren’t that many, and most of them are “hubs” with friends all having one party together at one kid’s house. Not a big thing.

Our school also does a Grad Night party each year where we rent out a big Water Park with crazy slides, a wave pool, two mini-golf courses, full arcade, and laser tag. The party is fully catered, and starts at 8 or 9 at night, and goes until 4am. It’s a “keep the kids sober” deal, and it attracts close to half the graduating class, I think.

We are going to have a bigger party later when my son returns from Europe where he is spending about 7 weeks this summer, and before he leaves for USC.

June 21, 2016 at 11:01 am #46753

PA Ram
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We just took my son and daughter out to dinner with some family.

I do know some people who had parties though.

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June 21, 2016 at 12:51 pm #46756

snowman
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. We had about 75 guests at our party, combination of neighbors, parents close to our daughter, coaches and girls from her gymnastics program and classmates. Her school also hosts an all-night “lock down” party for the seniors at the high school gym; a no-alcohol event with music and whatnot. Maybe we overdo it here!

June 21, 2016 at 1:01 pm #46757

joemad
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yes, it is Grad party season…..

It’s been great to see these kids grow up to go off to school.

June 21, 2016 at 5:13 pm #46775

wv
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Grad…cho…ashun? I dont think we have that here,
in wv.

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