slo’s WEDNESDAY 5/25 poll - Your High School Graduation (update post #34)

[slo]

Today’s the big day for my DD18 - how can she be graduating high school? Didn’t she just start kindergarten?! She is one of two students, out of a class of over 800, to deliver a graduation speech. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers to not be nervous, and to deliver her speech (that she wrote herself - I haven’t heard it yet) with the same confidence she has every day of her life.


How many students were in your graduating class?



For Me…..We had a little over 500 students.
My DD goes to the same high school as I did, so you can see how much our area has grown with her having over 800 students in her class. The school is larger now than when I went there - it’s huge. Many choose to not send their kids there due to size, they decide to send them to smaller private high schools. Both my girls had a great high school experience and would probably stay a fifth year if they could - LOL!

 

[Schneewittchen37]

I think there were about 500 in my class as well. Big high schools are good. Makes for an easy transition to a massive anonymous state university.

Good luck today!

 

[footballmouse]

I went to an all girl high school so we had a small class of 187 girls.

 

[ronandannette]

My high school had a little less than 400 kids in it and about 80-something were in my graduating class. DS went to private school with about the same number but with Grade 9 included (normally that would be jr. high here). His graduating class had 67 students.

 

[RedAngie]

802 graduates in 1979. 1980 was the highest at about 820, then the school population gradually started declining.

I hear that these days it’s about 600.

 

[mom2rtk]

I think there were about 500 in my class as well. Big high schools are good. Makes for an easy transition to a massive anonymous state university.

Good luck today!

Not everybody attends a massive anonymous state university.

Some kids thrive in a massive high school. Others feel lost there. My kids graduating classes had just over 300 each. I wouldn't have wanted something larger. If they wanted to participate in things, they stood a reasonable chance of making the team and participating.

@slo...... Congratulations to your daughter on this memorable day!

 

[soccerdad72]

175, I think. Catholic high school

 

[Kitty 34]

There were 90 some in my class.

Congrats to your daughter, Slo. Can hardly wait for the college polls.

 

[momz]

I graduated in a class of 93, but this was a school that consolidated two smaller high schools the year before I graduated. I started high school with a class of 40.

My kids each had 600-700 in their classes. My opinion: more kids = more problems.

I wish my kids could have attended a small school.

 

[Meriweather]

I don't remember.
several hundred

Congrats to your DD, slo.

 

[NAB]

I’m thing 100 but maybe less.

My kids classes were 200. There are 2 high schools in our town one public and one Catholic.

Hope you and your family have a great day! Congratulations to your daughter!

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I think it was close to 200. It was 42 years ago. My granddaughters go to a small private Catholic school. Right now our oldest granddaughter is in 5th grade and she has just 3 other boys in her class. When she gets to 9th grade she’ll have to go to the public school where they’ll be about 50 kids in her class.

 

[evilmommie]

Wow, so impressive @slo! Your daughter sounds like a wonderful person. Enjoy today!

My HS graduation from over 30+ years ago was a big class…probably 200+ seniors. It was an amazing day! It was held late afternoon in our football stadium in the CA sunshine and you could smell the orange blossoms.

 

[fly girl]

A little over 300 were in my class.

 

[DeeBee3]

Congratulations @slo and to all graduates and families! Exciting times for everyone although I am happy I am looooong done with high school and college.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I think about 225 or so.

Congratulations to Katie, Sandy, and to you and your hubby. I've seen a LOT of dedication, and pride, on all your parts over the past years.

 

[mumto3girls]

My class was 232.

My girls graduate have/will with over 300. Their high school is the same one DH graduated from and has decreased in size since he went there.

 

[nene0182]

About 55 and we were considered a “large” class for our school.

 

[AppleDumpling]

My class was over 600. Some may think that’s big, but honestly I knew about 85-90% of my classmates. And when you were in a classroom, there was only about 20-25, sometimes less, so you got to know everyone and the teacher well.

 

[Ginger R]

My class had 325. Congrats to your daughter!