Glendale High Cluster PTA: Graduation ceremonies are on the horizon
The school year is coming to a close for students in the Glendale Unified School District and with the sunset of lessons and homework comes graduation ceremonies and promotion events celebrating educational milestones.
Among these, the annual baccalaureate service for graduating seniors from Glendale and Hoover high schools that will take place on May 31, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1020 N. Brand Blvd.
Glendale and Hoover PTSAs will honor their graduating seniors at the following times: Glendale High’s ceremony will be at 2 p.m., while Hoover High students will gather at 4:30 p.m.
Receptions in the church’s garden will follow each service.
A baccalaureate ceremony is a graduation tradition with roots going back centuries to England. In the United States, the event is a nondenominational service held prior to a school’s graduation date. This is an opportunity to congratulate graduates in a less hectic setting than the actual graduation day.
For more information, contact Kathleen Powers, baccalaureate coordinator with St. Mark’s Church, at (818) 247-2067.
Glendale High School
The annual “Senior Awards Night” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center.
The senior prom will be creating lasting memories for many on Sunday.
High school graduation will be held at 6 p.m. on June 3 in Moyse Stadium. Seniors must be in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center by 5 p.m.
Then on June 4, seniors can celebrate and have fun during Grad Nite at Disneyland.
Wilson Middle School
Students needing extra promotion tickets may purchase them in their math classes through Friday for $5. Each eighth-grader will receive two promotion tickets free of charge on June 2 after rehearsal.
Yearbooks will be distributed in homerooms on Friday. Promotion gowns will be distributed next Wednesday to students during their physical-education classes.
On May 28, students will go to Magic Mountain. Students must ride the bus to and from the park. The bus will leave from Wilson at 9 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.
The promotion ceremony will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. on June 3. Guests must arrive between 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. to secure their ticketed seating. Students must arrive at 8:30 a.m. Wilson’s promotion dance will be from 6 to 8:45 p.m. on June 3 in the school’s gym. Only promoted students will be allowed. Jeans or T-shirts are not permitted.
Marshall Elementary School
The fifth-grade promotion is scheduled for the last day of school at 11:15 a.m. on June 3, in the auditorium. This is a ticketed event, so attendees should make sure to bring their tickets to the promotion.
Dismissal times are noon for transitional kindergarten/kindergarten and first-grade students; 12:10 p.m. for second- and third-graders; and 12:20 p.m. for students in the fourth and fifth grades.
Student Council Spirit Day will have a patriotic theme on Friday. Everyone is encouraged to wear red, white and blue. At 8:20 a.m., the classes of Jennifer Wick and Nahara Zazueta will present an assembly about Memorial Day in the school’s amphitheater.
Later that day, the Kona Ice Truck will serve cool treats after school. Proceeds go toward updating the school’s library with new books. The Kona Ice Truck will be back again on May 29.
The May “Students of the Month” will be recognized during reward assemblies on May 28. Parents of students being recognized may attend at the following times: 9 a.m. for students in transitional kindergarten/kindergarten and first grade; 9:30 a.m. for second- and third-graders; and 10:10 a.m. for fourth- and fifth-graders. The lucky winners from the Terrific Tiger drawings will enjoy a “Tiger Pizza Lunch” with Principal Carla Walker.
Marshall’s final PTA meeting of the school year will be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 28 in the PTA Room.
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EDNA KARINSKI covers the Glendale High cluster PTA. Email her at Ekarinski@aol.com.