MCMECHEN‚ W.Va. -- Bishop Donahue High School’s graduation ceremony Tuesday could mark the end of the school‚ at least for now. The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston announced in January to close the school because of declining student enrollment and resources being devoted to Bishop Donahue and Wheeling Central Catholic High School. Wheeling Central Catholic is more than five miles from the Bishop Donahue campus. "Hopefully it’s not the last graduating class‚" said Norm Stenger‚ president of the
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Graduation… The most awaited event of a student –academically excelling‚ happy-go-lucky and even I don’t care kind of students. One of my teacher said that it’s really fun and fulfilling to graduate. According to her‚ it is the happiest day you’ll ever experience. After all the hardships and perseverance‚ here comes your diploma‚ teary eyes from your parents‚ and a lot of congratulations from your friends‚ relatives and family. An average person can experience those feelings three times –elementary
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nervous as we were the first day of school. We were the freshmen‚ the low men on the totem pole. Now‚ those same four years later‚ we’re leaving the school behind to a whole new crop of people‚ most of whom were just as nervous as we were when we arrived. It has been a long four years and a short for years. Long because of all the drama and bad homework‚ the boring readings and early-morning extra credit projects‚ and all the other little pratfalls that hit us in high school. Short because of the lifelong
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Position Rough Draft High School Credits and Graduation Requirements “In 1997‚ Chicago raised its graduation standards to well above what Illinois then requires‚ asking all students to complete all of the courses necessary for entry to competitive state universities”(1). Many people believed that this may cause many students to drop out‚ but in reality‚ the graduation rates improved. Now‚ we are currently facing a nationwide dilemma. Many high schools are cutting graduation requirements and taking
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Thinking back to my freshman year at Crandall High School‚ the first thing that comes to my mind is my first day. I walked in the door‚ only to be breath taken of how big the school was. I remember thinking to myself I might as well make myself comfortable here. This is where I will be spending my next four years. I tried out for the Gold Dusters and I made the teams. I worked really hard on all of my school work and I hoped to make my parents proud. When I got into Drill Team I thought it
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Draft My First Day Fright Have you ever experience a moment where you have no idea where you are‚ and what you would have done in that particular moment? Well I have‚ and here is my story. It all started in late August of 2009‚ when millions of children across the country were looking forward to their first day of school. For me‚ I was not looking forward to start my first year of High School. I still had the middle school mentality. I was concerned that I was not ready for high school. I felt
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Hopes‚ Dreams‚ and Reality Graduation by Maya Angelou is an essay about discrimination. The beginning of this essay reminded me of my own high school graduation. How scared but excited I was to be taking the next step up in my life. I felt like the story paralleled my experiences at the beginning‚ but at the end I had a totally different outlook on this piece of writing. As I got further into the essay‚ I felt that there was nothing about Angelou’s life that I had ever experienced or could relate
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MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY I am Gene Geralde Gonzales‚ I was born on May 2‚ 1971 at Baguio City‚ Philippines. We are seven siblings in the family. I am the seventh child. My mother’s name is Fe Geralde Gonzales‚ she is from Cebu City and my father’s name is Mario Dy Gonzales‚ he is from Legaspi‚ Albay. I took my elementary education as well as my secondary education at Saint Louis School of Campo Filipino located at Naguilian Road Baguio City. I have a happy childhood living with my parents and with
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My name is --------- and first I would like to thank everyone in my life that has helped me to reach this very moment. Id likes to thank my family for being there every step of the way. To all of my teachers‚ thank you for pushing me to do my best and grading my papers hours on end. I’m grateful for all my friends‚ family‚ teachers‚ and peers‚ without you guys none of this would be possible. As the graduation class of 2014 id like to praise everyone for making it to this moment in our lives
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seventeen-years-old‚ ready to take on the world after you graduate high school. But‚ there is a slight dilemma‚ you have over four F’s on your transcript. This means that you will not graduate‚ won’t walk at graduation‚ and will have to repeat those classes to graduate. This is the reality for nine of the students of the graduating class of 2016 at Horseshoe Bend High School. This problem affects the students‚ the teachers‚ the school‚ and the community as a whole. Education is defined as the process
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