Article: A wise old owl knows graduation parties can be a hoot

Article: Bigger graduation parties cast rays of sun on local tent firms.
Blade (Toledo, OH);  June 13, 2006 ;     584 words ......of the hundreds of graduation parties held around the area...graduations, mostly from high school, and Ms. Fairchild...week, mostly for high school graduation parties. They report that customers...what we see is high school seems to be the big...as elaborate as high ...

Article: Students asked not to hold school graduation parties.
Times of Central Asia;  April 13, 2009 ;     77 words ......students are not encouraged to pursue the final school graduation parties. As explained in the message of Education Department...of students were asked not to hold the final graduation parties in connection with the economic crisis, but...

Article: COLUMN: Should college graduates have or attend graduation parties? No
University Wire;  June 26, 2007 ;     266 words ......be realistic. I can understand having high school graduation parties because it's a long time to be in school, especially...reward oneself for all that studying, so aren't graduation parties just another excuse to have a party, even though...

Article: DOLLARS & SENSE; Graduation parties: pomp without extravagance; A memorable event doesn't have to break the bank.(SOURCE)(DOLLARS & SENSE)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 25, 2008 ;     628 words ......considering hiring an event planner for her daughter's high school graduation. For about $500, she could have handed over the hassle...including $700 on food, said Ginger Venable, who co-wrote Graduation Parties! Everything You Need to Know from Start to Finish. So...

Article: TASSELS & HASSLES Graduation parties come only one time a year. Sometimes parents need to step in to set the family's schedule.
Dayton Daily News;  May 19, 2006 ;     607 words ......the next several weeks, high-school graduation parties are on the calendar -- in many cases, graduation parties are the calendar, because, unlike...things about giving and going to graduation parties. First, she said, "When we teamed...

Article: Graduation parties don't have to mean a lot of bother
Sun, The: Plainfield (IL);  May 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......University. "There were just so many graduation parties right around graduation, and it seemed...because there were probably four graduation parties a day in May," said Kara, 20, who...it with ribbons," Kara said. Many graduation parties feature age progressions of the honoree...

Article: SCHOOL-SPONSORED GRADUATION PARTIES BECOMING POPULAR.(NEWS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  June 7, 2002 ;     373 words ......and a priest. There's nothing new about school-sponsored graduation parties, which parents and educators organize to steer seniors...great.' Parents and teachers have tried to give chaperoned graduation parties a major makeover. Yearbook signing sessions have been...

Article: COLUMN: Should college graduates have or attend graduation parties? Yes
University Wire;  June 26, 2007 ;     295 words ......of warm weather, no classes and most of all, a time of graduation parties. One of the time-honored traditions in the summer after...of a full-time job and full-time responsibilities. Are graduation parties necessarily essential to our completion of school? Of...

Article: School-sponsored graduation parties gain popularity; Trend: Students are actually showing up
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 5, 2002 ;     535 words ......and a priest. There's nothing new about school-sponsored graduation parties, which parents and educators organize to steer seniors...great." Parents and teachers have tried to give chaperoned graduation parties a major makeover. Yearbook signing sessions have been...

Article: VOLUNTEER WEARS MANY HATS WHEN RAISING FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS OCEANFRONT WOMAN ALSO PLANS PROJECT GRADUATION PARTIES.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
The Virginian Pilot;  November 7, 1999 ;     467 words ......fund-raising, she spends much of her time helping plan all-night graduation parties for public high schools. When she wears her fund-raising...Known as the Weepul Woman, Strader also plans Project Graduation parties for high school graduates and works for Reader's Digest...

Article: GOV. PERDUE SPEAKS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION COACH TRAINING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 27, 2007 ;     337 words ......at the first ever Middle School Graduation Coach Training at the Macon...He spoke to 450 Middle School Graduation Coaches. "Can you imagine...of Education. The Middle School Graduation Coach program was developed...

Article: GOV. PERDUE ANNOUNCES MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION COACHES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2006 ;     375 words ......the highly acclaimed High School Graduation Coach Initiative introduced...The purpose of the Middle School Graduation Coach Initiative is to: * Complement the work of the high school graduation coaches; * Begin career exploration...

Article: As graduation parties near, adults' role as hosts questioned Bill would penalize those who are present when teens drink
The Boston Globe;  March 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ......a drunken car crash after a high school graduation party. But the adults who host such...parents from scheduling alcohol-stocked graduation parties for their children and friends. Indeed...fear they will relapse at upcoming graduation parties where the adults "are hell-bent...

Article: Keeping graduation parties substance-free: High-school students
Cleveland Jewish News;  May 30, 1997 ;     562 words ...Cleveland Jewish News 05-30-1997 Keeping graduation parties substance-free: High-school students explore a...students and their families have found ways to keep graduation parties substance-free. The key to this kind of party is...