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Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts
Sunday, August 20, 2017

The End is Near, Maybe

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I've been dreaming about this for months. As my youngest child was getting ready to graduate from high school, all spring I would think ...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

WCC GED Celebration & Graduation

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I walked into the Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building to see a sea of caps and gowns and the palpable feeling of joy. ...
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Joel's Ann Arbor Open Graduation Speech: Video and Text

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A fortnight ago, Ann Arbor Open held its eighth grade graduation. I alluded to it in this post . My son Joel was one of the speakers. I was ...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Graduation: Goodbye Ann Arbor Open!

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Ann Arbor Open graduation was tonight. We've put 16 years into this school, and we're going to miss it. In the great Ann Arbo...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Showing Real Promise

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There's an excellent story in the New York Times about the Kalamazoo Promise. It's a nice overview, and it raises some interesting ...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Skyline High School and the Shortest Poem in the English Language

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At the end of this school year I went to the Skyline "Pinning" Ceremony. The "pinning" ceremony is where honors students...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

Graduation Photo Links and More

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Top Scholars AnnArbor.Com Top Scholars : I think this is the top 5% (or top 2, for the smallest schools) of every school in the county. ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Skyline Graduates Its First Class! Happiness!

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Tonight was Skyline graduation. For those of us with children who graduated--and that includes the Deputy Superintendent, Robert Allen, as w...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Poem for a Graduating Senior

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Be safe. Have fun. Call me. I love you. Note: I wrote this last year. I wonder why it took me a year to publish it?
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Six Things I Learned about the College Application Process Last Year

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Note: The audience here is presumed to be the parent, although the information is good for students too... 1. There is a college for every...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Community High School Graduation: May You Have Many Such Joyous Occasions

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Written on 6/2/2010 Last night, my son graduated high school. Many people have asked me, "What was the Community High School graduatio...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

It's Work!

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It sometimes amazes me how well my graduating senior can characterize settings, situations, and people. Take this example: When my oldest...
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Exodus, aka Graduation

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Who thought it would come to this, so soon ? When I heard people say that the hours would drag by but the years would fly by, I didn't k...