Class of 2013: Your future awaits you

Times Contributor    

 

Celebrations happened all across Wheatland County in the Golden Hills School District and all across the nation as students with their families and friends came to honour graduates in their achievement and culmination of 13 years of school. 

Storefront School and Virtual School kicked off graduation ceremonies on May 23 at the Days Inn. On May 24 the gymnasium at Standard School was decked out in style for their graduates, and on May 25 Strathmore High School graduates joined in their own celebration. 

The high school diploma is the symbol of having successfully completed the basic education required for youths. Because of this, the presentation of the high-school diploma has become an adulthood rite that is steeped in ritual. Students who have passed their courses will have their names called out, walk across a stage, and be handed their diplomas. Sometimes, students receive blank pieces of paper wrapped with a ribbon or empty leather binders during the graduation ceremony, with the actual diploma received later.

Most of us would agree that the days we spent in high school were certainly the best days of our lives. It was in school that we made our first friends, competed to excel, hoped for places in the sports teams, and learned our first lessons about life. 

The evening ended with the Grand March and family dance before the graduates continued with their party at another location.