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General Information
Graduation is scheduled at the University of North Texas in Denton
Super Pit Coliseum. The ceremony will be held on June 3 at 7 p.m. Graduating seniors will need to arrive at the Coliseum no later than
90 minutes before the ceremony with their cap & gown in hand. There
will be plenty of seats available but we recommend guests to arrive
at least 30 minutes early. UNT officials will not allow anyone to save seats – first come,
first served. Seniors will be checked upon entering the staging area for AHS
policy violations. Students will be required to pass through metal
detectors. Traffic
patterns are difficult to predict so plan to arrive early to avoid
getting caught in traffic. Maps with alternative directions will be
provided to seniors and available at the AHS offices the week of
graduation. Plan for at least an hour’s drive from Allen.
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Grades & Attendance
Each House
Counselor and House Principal will be verifying senior grades and
attendance during the 5th Six Weeks to ascertain
that
seniors are passing the requisite courses for graduation and to ensure
that the seniors are in compliance with Texas state law that requires a student to attend each class at least
90% of the semester in order to get credit.
Parents of seniors who
are not passing or who have too many absences will receive a
certified letter stating how the student is in jeopardy of not
graduating.
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Dress Code
AHS dress
code will be enforced, meaning students not within the dress code
will not be included in the ceremony.
Boys should
wear slacks and a collared shirt - nice shoes (no sandals or tennis
shoes - wear socks). Girls
should wear a dress or skirt/top with a neckline that isn’t visible
under the robe collar with nice shoes. use a safety pin to secure
keys to your robe if you don't have pockets.
Following are general graduation ceremony guidelines:
1) Platform shoes, flip flops and sandals are not
permitted for safety reasons.
2) Graduates with a
cord and stole, please place the cord on top of the stole.
3) Mortarboards are
to be worn on the front of the head, (not the back) parallel to the
floor. Secure with hairpins if necessary. No written messages or
graphics are allowed on the mortarboard.
4) Textbooks and fines are to be paid in full before graduation.
5) No gum, candy, food or drinks
are allowed at the rehearsal or ceremony.
6) Graduates are not to
bring any personal items to graduation (i.e. purses, cell phones). We cannot guarantee security backstage for personal items.
7)
Graduation will be recorded in official photos. Order forms will be
mailed by the photographer to each graduate after graduation.
8)
Parent photography will be allowed from the parents’ or family
members’ seats only. No tripods or photography will be allowed in
front of the stage.
9) After the ceremony, the graduates will exit
from the building. Anything
that distracts from the ceremony will be confiscated (beach balls,
air horns, etc.) and the person responsible for the distraction will
be removed from the premises.
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Walking Order
The top ten students by rank order will walk across the
stage first followed by the remainder of the senior class in
alphabetical order. At the awards ceremony, students that have
finished in the top ten percent will receive a medallion
commemorating their accomplishment. They will wear that medallion at
graduation. They will also be verbally recognized as finishing in
the top-ten percent as they cross the stage to receive their
diplomas. Students finishing in the top twenty-five percent may
purchase a gold stole to wear at graduation.
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Caps & Gowns
Caps and gowns should
already have been ordered through Balfour.
If you have not yet done so,
contact Balfour at 972-495-2440 or
www.dallasbalfour.com for information about ordering
these items.
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Graduation Practice
Graduation practice will be held on June 2
at 9:00 a.m. in the AHS Gymnasium.
Seniors
must participate in the practice to be eligible to walk across the
stage at graduation. School
dress code will be enforced at the practice and at graduation; i.e.
Boys- clean-shaven, proper attire, etc. Girls-no spaghetti straps
and proper attire.
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Senior Awards
The Senior
Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 22 at
6:30 p.m. in the AHS Gymnasium. Seniors will be recognized
for departmental honors, class rank and scholarship offers. Recipients
should arrive at 6:15 p.m. to be assigned seating in the gymnasium.
Proper
dress attire is required, meaning school dress code will be observed
and students are encouraged to dress nicely. Awards night for
underclassmen will be held on May 8 at 6:30 p.m.
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Senior Exams
Senior exams will be on
May 27-28-29-30.
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Parent Letter For Class of 2008
Click here for
the 2008 parent letter for graduating seniors.
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