Campbell Collegiate
Graduation
2015
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Campbell Collegiate Graduation 2015
High school graduation is an important and exciting time for our Grade 12 students and their
families. The purpose of this booklet is to keep everyone informed about upcoming graduation
events. Here you will find information about the Cap and Gown Ceremony, and the Banquet
and Dance.
It is our goal as a staff at Campbell to have an enjoyable and memorable graduation for our
students and you, their families. The information contained in the following pages should
ensure that you understand the procedures and timelines concerning graduation so that you can
plan accordingly.
If you have further questions, please contact the school at (306) 523-3250 and your call will be
directed to someone who can help you. As well, this information can be found online on the
Campbell website – the link is: http://campbellcollegiate.rbe.sk.ca/grad
On behalf of the Staff Graduation Committee,
Cynthia Hock
Principal
Important Dates
Banquet and Dance Ticket Payment – Due by Wednesday, May 13th
Selection of Valedictorian and Banquet Speakers – By Monday, May 4th
Pick-up of Cap and Gown – Wednesday, June 24th – 9:30 A.M.
Graduation Cap and Gown Ceremony - Wednesday, June 24th – 1:00 P.M.
Graduation Banquet and Dance – Wednesday, June 24th - 6:30 P.M.
Role
Financial
Staff member
Nancy Janke
Email
nancy.janke@rbe.sk.ca
Banquet and Dance
Lacey Ingenthron
lacey.ingenthron@rbe.sk.ca
Cap and Gown
Debbie Le Dressay
deborah.tempelledressay@rbe.sk.ca
Information
Cynthia Hock
cynthia.hock@rbe.sk.ca
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Event 1: Cap and Gown Ceremony
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 -1:00 PM AT THE CONEXUS ARTS CENTRE
200 Lakeshore Drive
**Students must complete all requirements of the Ministry of Education
for Grade 12 graduation in order to participate in the Cap & Gown Ceremony.**
PROCEDURES FOR CLOSING EXERCISES (CAP & GOWN)
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There are no tickets needed to attend the Cap & Gown Graduation Ceremony.
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Students may have as many people as they would like attend the ceremony.
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The doors open ½ hour prior to the ceremony (12:30).
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There is no reserved seating. Accommodations will be made for wheelchairs; please contact Debbie Le
Dressay at deborah.tempelledressay@rbe.sk.ca.
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You are welcome to sit anywhere you choose. However, the third floor balcony will be closed.
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Ushers are available to help with seating if necessary.
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The ceremony will begin promptly at 1:00 P.M.
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The first row of seating has been reserved for people to come to the front to take pictures and then move
back to their original seating.
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Student Information
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY.
1. PICK UP YOUR GOWN on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 AT CAMPBELL
COLLEGIATE from 9:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
In the gymnasium you will find the rack with the caps and gowns for your homeroom. Your cap and
gown will have your name attached to it. Your homeroom teacher will be there to assist you if you
have any difficulties. Please save the plastic bag and hanger for when you return the gown.
2. Arrive at the Conexus Arts Centre by 12:15 P.M. BRING YOUR CAP & GOWN,
plastic bag and hanger which you picked up from Campbell Collegiate.
Use the Southwest Entrance and go directly to the Shumiatcher Room. Please do not bring any
valuables with you as the Shumiatcher Room will not be locked during the ceremony.
3. In the Shumiatcher Room find your homeroom teacher and hang the plastic from your gown on the rack
designated for your homeroom. Your homeroom teacher will be there to assist you if you have any
difficulties.
4. Wear a white blouse or shirt and dark pants or skirt. Black shoes look best with the gown. (Gentlemen,
please do not wear shorts, white gym socks, sandals or sneakers)
5. Wear the cap with the tassel on the right side. If necessary, use bobby pins to hold the cap in place.
Supply your own pins.
6. Once you have put on your gown and cap, line up alphabetically in the area designated for your
homeroom. Your homeroom teacher will have the class list. If you are to receive an award, your
homeroom teacher will notify you at this time.
7. At 12:30 PM, Mr. Toffan will ask you to follow him to the auditorium. You will line up by
homeroom beginning with 12A. Your homeroom teacher will accompany you. You will be
guided backstage. Walk quietly to your seats on stage. The curtain will be down so that the
audience does not see you. Stand quietly once you reach your seat.
8. Seating will be as follows: The first graduate will go to the far end of the first row. Each row
must be filled completely before the next row is begun. Be sure that you stand directly in front
of your seat. When a row has been filled, start filling the next row from the far end. There must
be no empty seats within a row, but be sure that each person in your row has a seat.
9. Remain standing in front of your seat until the entire graduating class is in place and “O Canada”
has been sung. Wait for Mr. Ransom, the chairperson, to ask you to be seated.
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10. Presentation of Awards: After opening remarks, Mr. Ransom will ask award recipients to go to the
right side of the back stage area (stage right = the area to your right when on stage facing the audience).
Once you are backstage you will see chairs with letters on them. Sit on a chair with a letter that
corresponds to the first letter of your last name. Remain seated until you are asked to come on stage to
receive your award, and return to your seat on stage unless you are to receive another award. (A
reminder: take the award with your left hand and shake hands with your right.) Teachers will be
backstage to help you find a seat and to help you line up for you awards.
If you are to receive another award, exit on stage left, go around the curtains and back to stage right. Sit
down and wait until you are called again.
11. Presentation of diplomas: At this point, a stage curtain will be drawn in front of the graduates.
You will be ushered down from your seats, backstage right, and lined up by homeroom from
backstage right into the area outside the auditorium. Your homeroom teacher will be with you.
Mr. Stevens/Mr. Neithercut will announce your name when it is your turn to receive your diploma.
Your homeroom teacher will be on stage to hand your diploma to you. Continue across the stage and
then shake hands with Mrs. Ibbott Neiszner, Mr. Panko and Ms. Hock.
(Remember: receive with the left hand and shake with the right.)
Cross the stage, exit on stage left, and go directly back to your own seat. Remain seated (and quiet)
until all graduates have received their diploma and returned to their own seats. You should be seated as
you were before the presentation of the diploma.
The curtain will open.
Mr. Ransom will ask you to stand.
Once all of you are standing, he will present you “Campbell Collegiate’s 2014 - 2015 Graduating
Class", to the audience.
12. When music begins, you will march off stage in alphabetical order, by homeroom. The first
student in 12A will lead you.
13. After the ceremonies are over, you have 15 minutes to return the gowns to the Shumiatcher
Room. Remember that when gowns are returned, they must be put on hangers with the plastic
bag over them. (Please do not tear the bags or throw them into a pile.) You may keep your cap
and tassel. When you have returned your gown, your homeroom teacher will give your report
card to you.
Remember: You represent our school and your class. Your conduct on this very special
occasion should be exemplary.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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Valedictorian
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In May, Grade 12 students will nominate a student to give the Class of 2015 Valedictorian address.
Students will be asked to consider the academic, extra-curricular, and leadership efforts that individual
students have made to Campbell Collegiate before they make their choices for Valedictorian.
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Valedictorian voting is done through grade 12 C.A.P. classes.
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The Valedictorian Speech is delivered at the Cap and Gown Ceremony.
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Event 2: Banquet and Dance
All students currently enrolled in Grade 12 classes at Campbell Collegiate are eligible to attend and purchase
tickets for the Banquet and Dance. There are a number of important pieces of information here, so please read
carefully, and review important timelines. Please note that all school fees must be paid before you can
submit your seating request.
Banquet and Dance Ticket Purchase
Until Wednesday, May 13th
Date: Wednesday June 24th, 2015
Location: Credit Union Event Plex at Evraz Place
Time: Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. and Supper Begins at 7:00 p.m.
Menu:
Café Rosemary Rolls & Butter
Spinach Salad with Candied Pecans, Cranberries, Shaved Red onion & Sherry Vinaigrette
Asian Noodle Salad
Mixed Field Greens with Assorted Dressings
Fresh Crudités with Cucumber Dip
Assorted Domestic Cheese Platter
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Perogies, Fried Onions, Sour Cream
Carved Baron of Beef with Red Wine Au Jus
Citrus Thyme Roasted Chicken
Chef’s Dessert Table – Assortment of Tortes, Decadent Cakes & pastries
Iced Tea Station, Fresh Brewed Regular & Decaf Coffee, Specialty Teas
Purchasing Tickets:
Tickets are available online under each of the Grade 12 student’s school fees for purchase until May 13th.
Each student is guaranteed 4 tickets and one of these tickets must be for him/herself.
If students know of another graduate that is not using any or all of their 4 originally allotted tickets, they are
welcome to make their own arrangements to buy them off each other. However, when it is time to collect
seating requests we ask that this information is specified on the request form and both students involved in the
transaction are present when the form is handed in.
Extra Tickets:
On May 19th – 22nd a draw box will be placed in the office. During these dates students can enter their name
ONCE to request up to 4 extra tickets for the banquet and dance. Students are not guaranteed all or any of the
requested extra tickets. A list of those students receiving extra tickets and how many will be posted on May
26th outside of the office and room 208.
Note: Even if you have indicated the number of extra tickets you wish to receive on the IGO document with
your homeroom teacher you still need to follow the above procedure and enter the draw box.
Students will purchase any extra tickets that they have been drawn to receive with CASH in the office from
Mrs. Ingenthron during the lunch hours of May 28th – June 3rd. During these days only exact cash will be
accepted.
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Seating Requests:
If a group of students and their guests would like to be seated together the attached Banquet and Dance Seating
Request Form can be filled out. The form has space for each student to indicate their name, CAP class, phone
number and how many tickets total that they have purchased for themselves and their guests. If any of these
tickets were purchased through another student in the given blanks on the form they are to indicate how many
of their total ticket count was bought from another student, who that student is and what their phone number is.
At the bottom of the form there is a space to indicate if anyone from the entire group has any special dietary
requests or seating concerns that need to be taken into consideration. If so please give a contact number for
someone who can address these concerns in case further clarification is needed.
The seating request forms will be collected by Mrs. Ingenthron in room 208 during the lunch hours of
June 8th – 10th. Forms will only be collected during these dates and times and no late forms will be accepted.
ALL students that are listed on the form must be present when the form is being handed in. If anyone on the
form has outstanding school fees the form will not be accepted until they have been paid in full.
Ticket Pick Up:
All banquet tickets will be picked up at Campbell Collegiate on the morning of June 24th. A table in the front
entry will be set up with the tickets grouped together by the graduate’s last name. Please note that all school
fees must be paid in full before you can receive your banquet and dance tickets.
Banquet and Dance
Wed., June 24th, 2015 - Credit Union Event Plex at Evraz Place
6:30 pm
 Doors open at Credit Union Event Plex (Evraz Place). Free parking is available at the facility.
 Please bring your tickets with you to the Banquet and Dance. Ushers will be available to assist you to
your assigned seats.
 We ask that upon your arrival that everyone heads immediately inside the facility to help things stay on
time.
7:00 p.m.
 Opening remarks followed by the buffet dinner. The dinner will be served under the direction of the
facility staff.
8:15 p.m. (approximate)
 Speeches begin. Guests will be asked to take their seats at this time.
 Following the speeches all of the graduates (just Campbell Grade 12 students, not any escorts) will be
asked to line up in pairs just outside of the dining room. Teaching staff will direct the students in a
Grand March through the aisles of the dining room.
 Please do not stand in the Grand March aisles. By doing so you are blocking the path of the graduates
and the view of everyone else.
9:30 p.m. (approximate) – 11:30 p.m.
 The dance begins.
 The first dance is reserved for graduates and a parent or guardian.
 The second dance is reserved for graduates and escorts.
 Everyone is invited to enjoy the music and dancing for the rest of the evening.
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Banquet Speeches
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There are a number of speeches delivered during the program at the Banquet and Dance. Grade 12
students are encouraged to apply for one of the following speaking parts. Information and applications
will be available through homeroom.
 Masters of Ceremony
 Grace
 Toast to the Gentlemen
 Toast to the Parents
 Toast to the Ladies
 Toast to the Teachers
Members of graduating class will nominate parents and teachers to deliver the Toast to the Students and
the Speech to the Graduates.
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