The entire Senior Class is excited for graduation of June 1, 2018, however as told by our guidance counselor(Michele Garris), we can not decorate our caps for graduation. The Senior Class will not place anything vulgar on the cap, so we decided it would be a great idea to place our destination after high school such as college, military, or etc.
The Vice President and I are attempting to be representatives for the entire class because we all would love to decorate our caps. The cap and gown are bought by every Senior(personal property), so we should have the rights to decorate our caps, but the school is infringing on that right.
The Student Government Association of Burke High School has drafted a possible selection process for administrator to determine which decoration can be presented at graduation and which can not. We have drafted that every Senior who would like to decorate their caps must submit the design by May 25, 2018 of which designs may be approved or denied by the administration team. If any Senior fails to submit their design by the deadline or design was denied, their caps will not be decorated and must abide to the original, packaged cap they received from Jostens.
We, The Students of Burke High School in Downtown Charleston, South Carolina would love for our rights to not be infringed by Burke High School's unwritten policy of "No Cap Decorations." Will you join us in our push to decorate our caps for the June 1, 2018 graduation at the North Charleston Performing Art Center?
Updates
May 15, 2018
I never imagined so many people would care about our graduation caps. Please know that I am reading the stories you are leaving here and they remind me why this matters so much.
May 15, 2018
I am honestly stunned by how many of you stepped up to back this. This momentum belongs entirely to the seniors who refused to stay quiet about our caps.
15 Comments
This whole entire thing is unprofessional of the school to restrict cap decoration. We need to have our freedoms back.
Seniors rarely did anything in Burke this year . Why not let them express themselves by designing their caps ? Cap and gowns are one of the things that signify your completion of high school and your intelligence . Many students of Burke have very Unique styles let them show it they’re about to leave .
Having creativity right being taken away from us is infringing on rights to our personal property, the class of 2018 and beyond should have the right to decorate our caps for graduation. We would like to look our personality/destination, thank you and you have my vote. GO BULLDOGS!
I would say something derogatory but I’m gone let 2018 be great, but NONE of the classes did it? Why y’all special but wooaahh graduation
I don't care either way, but it would make me feel a bit better to be able to be a bit more creative.
I agree. They earned it!
Individuality is Key.
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The entire Senior Class is excited for graduation of June 1, 2018, however as told by our guidance counselor(Michele Garris), we can not decorate our caps for graduation. The Senior Class will not place anything vulgar on the cap, so we decided it would be a great idea to place our destination after high school such as college, military, or etc.
The Vice President and I are attempting to be representatives for the entire class because we all would love to decorate our caps. The cap and gown are bought by every Senior(personal property), so we should have the rights to decorate our caps, but the school is infringing on that right.
The Student Government Association of Burke High School has drafted a possible selection process for administrator to determine which decoration can be presented at graduation and which can not. We have drafted that every Senior who would like to decorate their caps must submit the design by May 25, 2018 of which designs may be approved or denied by the administration team. If any Senior fails to submit their design by the deadline or design was denied, their caps will not be decorated and must abide to the original, packaged cap they received from Jostens.
We, The Students of Burke High School in Downtown Charleston, South Carolina would love for our rights to not be infringed by Burke High School's unwritten policy of "No Cap Decorations." Will you join us in our push to decorate our caps for the June 1, 2018 graduation at the North Charleston Performing Art Center?
Updates
May 15, 2018
I never imagined so many people would care about our graduation caps. Please know that I am reading the stories you are leaving here and they remind me why this matters so much.
May 15, 2018
I am honestly stunned by how many of you stepped up to back this. This momentum belongs entirely to the seniors who refused to stay quiet about our caps.
15 Comments
let us decorate the caps its not hurting nobody. we worked hard for 4 years let us show where we headed next
This whole entire thing is unprofessional of the school to restrict cap decoration. We need to have our freedoms back.
Seniors rarely did anything in Burke this year . Why not let them express themselves by designing their caps ? Cap and gowns are one of the things that signify your completion of high school and your intelligence . Many students of Burke have very Unique styles let them show it they’re about to leave .
Having creativity right being taken away from us is infringing on rights to our personal property, the class of 2018 and beyond should have the right to decorate our caps for graduation. We would like to look our personality/destination, thank you and you have my vote. GO BULLDOGS!
I would say something derogatory but I’m gone let 2018 be great, but NONE of the classes did it? Why y’all special but wooaahh graduation
I don't care either way, but it would make me feel a bit better to be able to be a bit more creative.
I agree. They earned it!
Individuality is Key.
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let us decorate the caps its not hurting nobody. we worked hard for 4 years let us show where we headed next