PARTICIPATION IN GRADUATION EXERCISES
The Board of Education believes that completion of requirements for a high school
diploma is an achievement that merits honor and recognition. This comes in part through
participation in commencement graduation exercises when the District according to the
tradition of pomp and circumstance especially recognizes graduating seniors.
Participation in these exercises, therefore, is not to be taken lightly and while graduation
is a joyous occasion, it is also a time of solemnity.
Only those students who have completed the requirements of the State of Wisconsin and
the Johnson Creek School District should be allowed to participate in graduation
exercises. However, it is recognized that there may be extenuating circumstances,
whereby completion of the course and credit requirements may be in doubt. To provide
for planning by the student and his/her parent(s) the following shall be the policy on
participation in graduation exercises:
1)
Any student not meeting graduation requirements at the end of the first
semester of
the senior year with little or no opportunity to complete those requirements by the
end of the second semester of the senior year will be notified in writing that he/she
may not participate in graduation exercises unless the requirements have been
met. A copy of this notice will be sent to the student parent(s) or guardian by
registered or certified mail.
2)
Any student who had not met graduation requirements by the end of
his/her senior
year and who has not been notified of defici