John A. Ferguson Senior High

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Graduation 2012

• John A. Ferguson Senior High
• June 1, 2012
• 200 pm

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• Please do not send students to the Activities
  Office or the Counselors unless they have a pass
  or appointment from these offices. No excuses!

Senior Clearance
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• Cap and Gown distribution will be after school
  from May 24, 25, 29, and the 30, in the
  auditorium. Only students who have been cleared
  for graduation and purchased their materials will
  be allowed to pick them up.
• Cap and gown distribution does not start till
  230 pm. Do not let the students out of class
  early or they will not be able to pick up their
  cap and gown packet that day.
• Students who havent purchased their cap and gown
  must pass by the Activities Office to get a
  clearance release letter after May 25. They will
  have to go to Herff Jones and pick it up there.

Cap and Gown
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Cap and Gown Distribution
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• Tickets are required for all guests. Children 6
  and older must have a ticket. Students will
  receive 4 tickets with their cap and gown packet.
  
• May 31st two extra tickets will be available on a
  first come first serve basis.
• Again do not dismiss students early on May 31st
  or they will not receive the opportunity to get
  the extra tickets. Distribution does not begin
  until 230 pm. Students must exit the building
  and then line up in the walkway between the
  drivers ed lot and the auditorium.

Tickets
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Extra Ticket Distribution
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• When you arrive to the BankUnited Center at 1200
  p.m., please report to the field house to
  complete your assignments.
• Once there, you will follow the Graduation When
  You Get to the Arena handout.
• If you are assisting with the line up of
  students, you will need to remain with them until
  it is time to line up in the Hurricane 100 Room.
  
• Each faculty member will have clearly defined
  roles (please refer to the Faculty Assignment
  handout.)

Upon Arrival
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Directions to UM
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• Parking is available in one of two parking
  garages the Ponce Garage and the Pavia
  Garage.
• Arrive early and allow at least 20 minutes for
  parking. Coral Gables traffic is unpredictable so
  please allot enough time to arrive safely.
• Because of the strict graduation schedule that
  day, we cannot delay the start of our ceremony
  beyond 200 p.m. Please dont be late.

Transportation and Parking
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• Line of March Coordinators these faculty are to
  help line up students within their academies
  (names will be bold faced and italicized with the
  LOM s in parenthesis)
• Team Leaders provide help to the LOM
  Coordinators
• Section Leaders help with anything their sides
  need
• Info. Table help with any student needs (LOM
  cards, medals)
• Floating helper help where needed
• Check-in table direct students to correct side
  of Field House
• Diploma covers responsible for diploma covers
  on stage during ceremony

Faculty Assignments
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• If a student has a problem with their cap or
  gown, please assist them.
• Two lines (Black and Silver) will be used again
  for this years processional. The order for the
  processional is as follows Principal,
  dignitaries and stage guests, faculty, then
  graduates by academy, led
• by their top ten percent (in
• alphabetical order) late
• additions will march last.

Field House
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Faculty Processional

• At 145 p.m. all participating faculty dressed in
  regalia will report to the Hurricane 100 Room to
  line up in their Faculty Line of March order.
• Leave your faculty folders backstage in the box
  provided.
• There will be someone to assist you find your
  place in the faculty line up and guide you to
  your rows (Shana Wexler Black and Jacqueline
  Milera - Silver)
• At 200 p.m. the processional will begin.
• Each row will be numbered. Please make sure you
  stop at the row of the number you were given.

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Faculty Processional Map
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• At 200 p.m. the processional will begin.
• There will be two ushers (Shana Wexler Black
  and Jacqueline Milera - Silver) to assist you to
  your row. There are exactly 15 student seats.
  Please listen to your ushers, they know what they
  are doing and will prevent any issues.
• There are two lines (Black and Silver) will be
  used again for this years processional. The
  order for the processional is as follows
  Principal, dignitaries and stage guests, faculty,
  then graduates by academy, led by their top ten
  percent (in alphabetical order) late additions
  will march last.

Student Processional
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Student Processional Map
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• When the ceremony ends all students and faculty
  will file out with the last two rows leading the
  way.
• Faculty members will remain at the inside of the
  aisle until all students have exited the arena.
  If you are working the diploma distribution,
  please quietly slip out before the recessional
  begins.
• Faculty will help direct students back to the
  Field House for diploma distribution.
• Counselors, Lead Teachers, and assigned faculty
  members will report to the Field House for
  Diploma Distribution (see map) after they have
  finished their duties at the arena.

Recessional
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• Instruct students to take off their gowns for
  collection while walking to the Field House.
• Students should line up by the first letter of
  their last name. Diplomas will be distributed
  alphabetically.
• In order for students to receive their diplomas
  they will need to
• 1. Deposit their gown in
• the boxes provided.
• 2. Show their name written
• inside their caps.

Diploma Distribution
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Diploma Distribution
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• Graduation is a CEREMONY not a party or pep
  rally. Please help us present it this way to the
  parents. Our priority is to make this day
  special for the graduates. It is their ceremony
  and we are working.
• Please bring your folders with you to the
  BankUnited Center. The folders and ids will be
  collected and reused next year!
• Please DO NOT enter the VIP (Hurricane 100) room
  until faculty line up time. This area has been
  reserved for dignitaries and stage guests only.

General Info. Reminders
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• Wear comfortable shoes. There is no seating
  available, you will be standing and walking
  around for approximately 2 hours.
• Please DO NOT bring any personal belongings as
  there will be no where to secure these items.
• Bring the John A. Ferguson ID badge found in your
  participant folder with you.

General Info. Reminders
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• The student information and video is found on the
  schools website. Please direct anyone with
  questions there or to Room 11.
• Most importantlyUnder no circumstance do you let
  students out early from class for cap gown pick
  up or extra ticket distribution. We appreciate
  your cooperation in order to be fair to all
  students and have an organized distribution
  process.

General Info. Reminders