Early Graduation from High School

A student who wishes permission to be graduated from high school prior to the normally expected graduation date of his class should use the following procedure in making his request.

 

  1. The student will discuss the matter with his parents or guardian.  Families are advised that there may be some implications for medical and automobile insurance policies with clauses referring to full-time students.
     

  2. The student and his parents or guardian will meet with the student's counselor to review the student's academic record, to discuss the reasons for the request, and to examine the advantages and disadvantages of such action.  The counselor will then make a recommendation to the student and his parents or guardian.
     

  3. The student will address a letter to the high school principal.  The letter will include the reasons for the request and the signature of the student's counselor.  (The counselor's signature will be viewed as verification that the first two steps have been completed.)
     

  4. The parents or guardian of the student will address a letter to the high school principal stating the student's request.  (Both letters, student and parent, should be included in the same envelope.)
     

  5. The counselor will file in the student's cumulative folder:

  1. The date of the student‑parent conference.

  2. The counselor's recommendation.

  3. Copies of both letters addressed to the principal.

  1. The request to be graduated early and the procedures to be followed in making the request shall be completed no later than the 15th meeting date of classes in the fall of the school year.  The principal may make exceptions for late transferring students and for extreme emergency cases.

The following policies pertain to students who have been granted permission to be graduated early:

  1. January graduates will be included in the June Commencement Program.
     

  2. Early graduates will be eligible for National Honor Society.
     

  3. Three‑year early graduates will be ranked at the same time as the members of the senior class.  Class rank of the early graduate shall be indicated as a co‑ranking on the records to ensure that a student remaining in high school for the normal four-year period is not "bumped" from his earned class rank.
     

  4. January graduates will be permitted to participate in all senior spring activities subject to the same rules as apply to spring graduates.

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Last Updated on July 29, 2004

Bloomington High School, Bloomington, Illinois  61701