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Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:36 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
I got a letter in the mail staying that Maddie has been accepted into the Collegiate Scholars Program "the most prestigous honor awarded by the school district." She didn't apply for it, but has a 4.0 with a heavy load of honors classes, activities and volunteering. Only 36 students in each class are picked for the program.
Anyway, here's the best perk of the program. Graduates of the program get their names called first at graduation. It sucks to be an "Su" at graduations when you have to wait for 400+ names to be called. So, she will still be at the end of the alphabet for the program, but it will only be out of 36 people.
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:42 am
by Tocqueville3
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I got a letter in the mail staying that Maddie has been accepted into the Collegiate Scholars Program "the most prestigous honor awarded by the school district." She didn't apply for it, but has a 4.0 with a heavy load of honors classes, activities and volunteering. Only 36 students in each class are picked for the program.
Anyway, here's the best perk of the program. Graduates of the program get their names called first at graduation. It sucks to be an "Su" at graduations when you have to wait for 400+ names to be called. So, she will still be at the end of the alphabet at for the program, but it will only be out of 36 people.
That is cool.
Congratulations, Maddie!!
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:43 am
by MarleysGh0st
Congratulations, Maddie!
So does this program offer even more prestigious honors classes than are offered to the rest of the student body?
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:57 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
MarleysGh0st wrote:Congratulations, Maddie!
So does this program offer even more prestigious honors classes than are offered to the rest of the student body?
As far as I can tell, it's a resume stuffer.
She has to take a certain number of honors classes and maintain a 3.5 GPA, but she would do that anyway.
If she fufills the requirements she gets to march first at graduation, she receives a medal and hood upon graduation, a fancy seal on her diploma and the right to say that she was a "Collegiate Scholar."
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:59 am
by MarleysGh0st
Ooooh, is it one of those HK medals?
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:06 pm
by Rafferbee
Medals are the best! I think I like them even more than trophies. Congratulations to Maddie.
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:08 pm
by TheConfessor
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Anyway, here's the best perk of the program. Graduates of the program get their names called first at graduation.
Not if Jesus lets the Homework Club kids cut in line.
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:01 pm
by ulysses5019
TheConfessor wrote:PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Anyway, here's the best perk of the program. Graduates of the program get their names called first at graduation.
Not if Jesus lets the Homework Club kids cut in line.
I thought this was a public school?
Re: Coolness
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:32 pm
by WheresFanny
TheConfessor wrote:PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Anyway, here's the best perk of the program. Graduates of the program get their names called first at graduation.
Not if Jesus lets the Homework Club kids cut in line.
Confessor made me actually laugh out loud. Which doesn't happen nearly as often as one might think.