Graduation Ceremony

All Graduation Ceremony's will take place at St. Laurent School in the Gymnasium. Our school staff will ensure everything is ready to go beforehand, including the Graduation Program and the Graduation Ceremony Slideshow that highlights awards, scholarships, and future plans. All awards are determined in advanced, usually via a committee or teacher meetings and announced during the ceremony. We would like to thank all of the local businesses who donate to help our school and community celebrate this important milestone. 

Our graduation ceremony will begin with a Land Acknowledgement followed by the grad processional. The graduates will then be introduced prior to O'Canada. Our local trustee member, currently Jean Gurr, will share Greetings from the Board then the Valedictorian(s) will share their remarks. The Vice-Principal, Shane Buck, will make a speech about the graduates then the Principal, Bobby Ellis, will conclude the speeches with closing remarks. Lastly, the awards and diplomas will be distributed before the gradates exit. 

Please note the Valedictorian(s) are determined by the class whom normally vote or pick a representative. 

First Meeting & Future Meetings

The school will invite all grade 12 parents to attend a graduation meeting in late September or early October. This meeting will take place in the school where we will discuss all items you will find on this page.  After the first meeting, it will be up to the parents/guardians and graduates to facilitate future meeting dates and locations. You are more than welcome to continue using the school for meetings, however, one of the parents will need to complete a "Community Use Form". We will not charge any fees but the form needs to be completed prior to using our school after hours. 

Graduation Ceremony Date

Prairie Rose School Division determines the graduation dates for the division. For the 2023-2024 school year, all schools will have their graduation ceremonies on either Wednesday, June 26 or Thursday,  June 27.  We will bring this up at the first meeting set up by the school and will ask what date you prefer. 

Nominating Roles

It is advised that parents elect members to establish a graduation committee with the following members:

President (sometimes call Chair)

Vice-President (sometimes called Co-Chair)

Treasurer 

Secretary 

Establishing these roles early on will help improve communication and help make fund raising easier. Once you have these roles established, you can reach out to the previous parent group regarding starting funds. Each year, the previous graduation committee usually leaves a float fund account to help kick-start fundraising and projects.