Senior Events

On Wednesday, April 26th,  all Seniors will be going to the Library with their English class, as a one-stop shop for many of their senior activities and to celebrate.  We would appreciate your help in making sure all Seniors are able to make it. They should be coming home with their cap and gown, graduation announcements, and anything else you ordered.  They could also wear or bring  something connected to their further plans. Activities include:

• Senior Video Recording
• Cap and Gown Pick Up
• Senior Exit Survey
• Window Signing and Social Media Photo Booth

Please stay tuned for more information including ways that you can help us celebrate the Class of 2023.

The Honors Convocation is an event that serves two main purposes. The first is to celebrate our seniors receiving scholarships awarded through Memorial High School. Memorial is fortunate that a variety of state and local organizations give annual financial scholarship awards to graduating seniors. Each agency or organization sets the criteria to be met. The criteria varies widely but most often relates to grade point average, service to school or community, leadership, character, participation in extracurricular activities, or some combination of the above. The Memorial Scholarship Committee uses the set criteria to determine which students will receive each scholarship.

The other main purpose is to award honor cords to those seniors graduating with Honors or High Honors. Graduating seniors can attain this status if their seventh semester cumulative grade point average is 3.5-3.79 for Honors or 3.8-4.0 for High Honors. Transfer students are eligible only if letter grades (A-B-C-D-F scale) were posted in each year of high school, grade nine through semester one of grade twelve. Seniors graduating with Honor or High Honors will wear gold cords during the graduation ceremony. Distinctions between Honors and High Honors will be listed in the graduation program and at the Honors Convocation.

Seniors earning scholarships or honor cords will receive invitations to the Honors Convocation in May.

SAVE THE DATE! The Senior Class Party is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 9pm-12am in the Fieldhouse. This is a completely community/family funded party for all members of the Senior Class. The Senior Class Party Organizing Committee is kicking off its first meeting next week and would love your help planning this memorable event to make it truly special and inclusive for all students. To get involved, please send an email to vpmseniorparty@gmail.com or darsee.vanderloo@gmail.com.

We will also need many volunteers the night of the event to help make it a success! Stay tuned for a volunteer sign-up as we get closer to the event.

Thank you in advance for your support of the Senior Party for the Class of 2023!

Graduation Rehearsal is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7th (time TBD) in the Main Gym. Seniors should arrive on time, as we will begin immediately with a group picture of the entire class. Following the class picture, we will walk through everything that happens on Saturday at the Kohl Center. Rehearsal should take no more than 30 minutes.

The 7th Annual Senior Walk will take place on Wednesday, June 7th.  Do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to return to your elementary school and inspire future Spartans.  Buses are scheduled to pick students up at Memorial immediately following our REQUIRED graduation rehearsal.