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Originally Posted by AGDee
We had a similar banquet for the top 10 from ten area high schools (full meal though, not just desserts). Sadly, they didn't do the most influential teacher piece of that. I'm going to suggest it though  I think hypo would have a hard time picking just one! She's had some great supportive teachers. |
They used to do a full dinner, but you know how the economy is in Michigan. Cutbacks everywhere....
It was a very nice event. The students received a medallion to wear at graduation, and the guest speaker was the Executive Director of the College Access Network in Michigan, which helps students pursue post-secondary opportunities, fill out college applications and the FAFSA, etc. Their goal is to increase the percentage of college graduates in Michigan in the "can't count on a great lifelong union job at one of the Big 3 anymore" new economic reality in our state. This operation is like a steamroller...really taking off.
As far as inviting an educator, it tends to work itself out because each person can only be asked by one student...so all the AP teachers, really fantastic 5th or 6th grade teachers, etc. get invited by someone. A couple teachers were their coaches for a sport the student played. No one invited either of the band directors this year, though, which I thought was odd. Someone else invited the choir director, so my daughter didn't have to feel badly about that. She "reserved" her French teacher/also the NHS advisor last year, "just in case".