SENIOR TRIP

The senior trip to the Green Lake Conference Center will take place on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.  Students should report to the concourse between 7:25 AM and 8:05 AM. Breakfast will be provided. We plan to leave at 8:25 AM.  We want the senior trip to be an enjoyable day for everyone. Students are reminded of the following:

• All students’ bags will be searched prior to getting on the bus.
• All detentions must be served and all LMC materials returned to the LMC in order to participate.
• The senior trip is a school-sponsored event. Therefore, students may not possess or use drugs, alcohol, and tobacco while on the trip. All students (including those who are 18) may NOT use or possess tobacco on the trip. Tobacco products found during bag searches will be confiscated.
• Students are expected to behave appropriately. Poor behavior may result in being restricted from participating in graduation ceremonies.
• Students not attending the senior trip MUST be in school that day. Not following this policy could mean not participating in the graduation ceremony.
• Everyone is to bring a bag lunch. Students may order a lunch from Lunch Express prior to the trip.  The lunch should be picked up from Lunch Express in the varsity gym on the day of the trip.
• Dinner will be provided as part of the trip. 
• If you have not already paid for the senior trip through registration and billing, please see the Business Office Secretary to pay your $30.00 senior trip fee.
• There will be soda and water available all day. NO bottled beverages of any type may be brought. Students with unopened and/or opened bottles will be required to turn the bottles over to a chaperone or return them to their lockers. Beverages must be in unopened cans only.
• Buses will return to MHS at approximately 9:00 pm.
• Students are expected to be in school on May 30 or have a written doctor’s excuse.

SENIOR TRIP BUS SIGN UP – DATES TO BE DETERMINED
Any senior planning on participating in the Senior Trip must have paid the $30.00 senior trip fee before signing up for a bus. Seniors who have not paid may do so with the Business Secretary, located near the North Ave. entrance and four corners. Please take care of this matter as soon as possible. If you have questions regarding the senior trip, please see Ms. Maurice in the Student Services Office.

Bus sign-up dates and times will be announced as soon as they are set. Students must show their school ID card or driver’s license to sign up for the bus and will not be allowed to sign up for their friends. Permission forms need to be turned in in order to attend.

SENIOR SKIP DAY AND SENIOR PRANKS
The MHS staff wants the seniors to have an enjoyable and memorable end to their high school careers. Therefore, safety is a major concern for all students. The MHS Administration does not condone a Senior Skip Day or any end-of-the-year pranks which disrupt the educational process. Seniors involved in a skip day, pranks, or other disruptive behaviors may lose their privilege of participation in the class trip and the graduation ceremony. Parents and guardians should have a dialogue with their graduating seniors regarding these issues.

LEAVING MHS
Senior Responsibilities: Students are to have all LMC books and materials returned.  All textbooks are to be returned to teachers, all fines paid, and all detentions served.   All of these responsibilities need to be completed. Not doing so may mean not participating in the trip and/or the graduation ceremony.

• Future plans: It is important to let Ms. Middleton (located in Student Services) know your plans for next year.  There is a “yellow form” that needs to be completed by all graduates. On this form, please indicate which school you are attending, or if you will be entering the military or workforce. The form will be handed out during senior trip bus sign-up and after that, in Student Services.
  
• Transcripts:  Final transcripts must be sent to the school you plan on attending. Please make sure Ms. Middleton has the name of the school on file.  When you request transcripts after graduation, the request must be made in writing by the student and signed.  Transcripts will be mailed out once a week. We do not offer same day turn around. If you are playing sports in college, please let Ms. Middleton know if you need a final transcript sent to the NCAA Clearinghouse. 
  
• Immunization records may be requested through the health office. The records may be necessary for entrance into colleges or other educational institutions.

GRADUATION PRACTICE / PICTURES:

Sunday, June 10, 2012, at 11:30 AM in the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Please report to the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum promptly at 11:30 AM with your cap and gown.  Directly after practice, students should plan to have their pictures taken for the class composite. There will be an alternative photo session available from 10:00 AM to 11:20 AM if you want to avoid long lines and have your picture taken early.

To encourage graduates to stay at the Coliseum between practice and the ceremony, the Senior class is providing refreshments catered to the staging area. Please plan to mingle with classmates and say good-bye to staff members during this time.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

Sunday, June 10, 2012, at 2:00 PM in the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum  

Graduating students are expected to meet in the lower level promptly at 1:30 with cap and gown. Proper clothing attire is expected (dress clothes/shoes). Students may not adorn their caps and gowns with special messages to friends and/or relatives. (Parents/Guardians: Please do not provide your graduates with flowers for commencement.)

The ceremony will be approximately 90 minutes in length and no tickets will be distributed for seating, as no limitations apply. Parking is included and currently no other events are planned at the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum for that day. However, the graduation invitation may be used as a parking permit if any questions should arise. 

DIPLOMA PICK UP –

Immediately following the graduation ceremony

The actual diploma insert is not in the case received at the ceremony. Graduates need to stop and pick up the diploma immediately following the ceremony. School counselors and teachers will be in the staging area (the same place the graduates line up) to distribute the diplomas. The lines are alphabetical. For students who do not attend the ceremony or who forget to pick them up, diplomas will be available in the MHS Administrative Office beginning Monday, June 11, 2012.  We cannot mail diplomas; graduates must pick them up at MHS.