high school graduation

Senior year finale

High school graduation is the ceremony and milestone marking completion of secondary education, typically around age eighteen in the United States.

The event involves caps and gowns, diplomas, and speeches: Her parents flew in for the high school graduation.

The phrase also refers to the achievement itself: He never made it to high school graduation.

Related

tassel · commencement · valedictorian · prom · senior · yearbook · class ring · walk · stage · pomp · circumstance · class · senior year · alumni · speech · milestone · congratulations · transcript

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Opposites
educational completion vs. failure

high school graduationdropping out

Leaving before completion

high school dropout · expulsion · withdrawal · truancy · suspension

life stage transitions

high school graduationfreshman orientation

Introductory event for newcomers

kindergarten enrollment

educational level sequence

high school graduationuniversity enrollment

Registering for higher education

college admission · kindergarten graduation

Family

school, graduation, higher, highest, highly, height, heights, heighten, heightened

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