Graduation Day

Every year we celebrate graduation day for Kindergarten 2, 6, 9 and 12 Graders. For this year it was celebrated on June 8, 2016. It was held 3 times; first batch, 9 until 11 o’clock in the morning for the graduation of Kindergarten 2, second batch, 1 until 3 o’clock in the afternoon for the graduation of grade 6. Third batch, 5 until 7 in the evening for the graduation of grade 9 and 12.

One week after our exams, we students help the teachers making props for the decoration of the hall and some souvenirs for the upcoming graduation day in 1-week times.  Not everyone come to school and help the teachers with the decorations because they have their early vacation.

Before the actual day of graduation, I volunteer to be usherette from 8 in the morning that I should already be in school to prepare everything for the first batch until 8 in the evening.  Aside from being the usherette, we also help the teachers to stick the name of the parents’ graduate’s name. At the end of the graduation, we need to remove the name of the parents that stick on the back of the chair and stick the next graduates’ parents’ name.

During the actual day, we are all stay at the side of the sits in case they need help or something. Usherettes and we ushers mainly assist their sits, giving the booklet that contains the pictures of the graduates and also helping in collecting the candles of the graduates after they light it up.

To be one of the usherettes is a pleasure because it is a challenge for us to be confident and brave in asking the parents, their child’s name. It was a very tiring day and yet we enjoy serving the parents.

So far, we did a great job because we help each other and collaborate with one another. We could not do it without our teachers help who taught us how we should serve the parents and lead us how to be a good ushers and usherettes. In this activity, we are train to build our confidence and our skills to communicate with the elders in good manners. I believe, if we keep up the good work, we are ready to face the reality in the future. For now, we are train for the future so that we can become a good communicator, a risk taker and an open-minded person.