Question about planning a high school grad party - invite wording

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I’m helping to plan a high school grad party for someone and will be making the party invites. Is it appropriate to say on the invite:

“Grad Girl will be attending John Paul the Great University in the Fall”

Or how else can you think to word this? I think that for those who will not be able to attend the party and hear her news it would be nice to let them know.

This is a casual pool party open house, the invite is very bright and pretty with colored streamers around the edge, not a formal “wedding like” invite.

Thanks!! 😃

~Liza
 
I wouldn’t think it was appropriate to just baldly come out and say it. To me it sounds kind of prideful.

On the other hand, if you really want it in there, you could say something like:

“Please join us to celebrate Grad Girl’s graduation from High School and wish her well as she leaves to continue her education at University of JPTG in the fall”…

I still wouldn’t do it though.
 
I don’t think it’s prideful to say where she’s going to college. 🤷 You’re already celebrating her graduation from high school - I think that’s totally appropriate to have on there. 🙂

I like the wording BillP mentioned though:
“Please join us to celebrate Grad Girl’s graduation from High School and wish her well as she leaves to continue her education at University of JPTG in the fall”…
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Ok - I like the wording, but I’ll need to make it a bit more brief I think. The card stock I have is half sheet size and there is a significant border around the edge, and a lot of info to include.

Now - I do have insert cards that will have directions to the house, please bring your own towels, etc, so I could take some of the location detail off the invite and put it on the insert.

Just bought these last night and am sorta thinking out loud on how I want to put them together. 😃

~Liza
 
msugeotech said:
Just put: “Come, swim, bring lots of presents and money. See you there.”

Brief enough?:D:p
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No - I think that is obnoxious actually. Do you really think graduation parties are (always) money making events? This party is for a bunch of kids to come and celebrate with their friend before she goes away.

I really hope I’m misreading your intent. 😦

~Liza
 
Yes, you are, very much so. I am only kidding.😊
lizaanne said:
No - I think that is obnoxious actually. Do you really think graduation parties are (always) money making events? This party is for a bunch of kids to come and celebrate with their friend before she goes away.

I really hope I’m misreading your intent. 😦

~Liza
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msugeotech said:
Yes, you are, very much so. I am only kidding.😊
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Oh good!!! :o I was hoping so!!

I have to admit I’m a bit sensitive about this because some people think that it is the only reason for having a grad party and that is not the point to me.

~Liza
 
Didn’t mean to get you worked up in a lather!😃 I was only addressing the “being brief” portion of your post.
lizaanne said:
Oh good!!! :o I was hoping so!!

I have to admit I’m a bit sensitive about this because some people think that it is the only reason for having a grad party and that is not the point to me.

~Liza
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BillP said:
I wouldn’t think it was appropriate to just baldly come out and say it. To me it sounds kind of prideful.

On the other hand, if you really want it in there, you could say something like:

“Please join us to celebrate Grad Girl’s graduation from High School and wish her well as she leaves to continue her education at University of JPTG in the fall”…

I still wouldn’t do it though.
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Not prideful at all. She has completed her high school and is continuing somewhere. There is nothing wrong with stating where she will be going after this.

We have gotten half a dozen open house invites so far, and I think on about 4 or 5 of them it states where they are going. Most are a simple line along the lines of, “Sally will be attending the University of .”

Personally, I like it.
 
The question everyone has for high school grads is “Where are you going to school?” So, I think it’s great to give people that info up front. 🙂

Kathy
 
I think it’s a great idea to let people know where she’ll be attending college - nothing “prideful” about it at all.

I like your idea about putting most of the location info on the enclosure, which allows more space on the main invitation for the information about where she’ll go to school.

Down here, there are constant graduation parties the last few weeks of school; very social city! Pool parties are always really popular. Sounds like great fun.
 
Sure, put it in. Why not? If I were being invited, I would also be happy to see “Grad Girl will be leaving for the Marine Corps in August,” or “Grad Guy has been accepted as an apprentice for Carpenters Union ###” or “Grad has accepted a job with Joe’s Ice Cream Shop.”

Presumeably, you are inviting people who are interested in this young person. It is nice to know what young people you are interested in are planning to do.

Now, if everyone you are inviting already knows where the kid is headed, then it is probably not necessary.
 
The invitations that we have received over the years almost always mention the college or other plans, as well as the MAJOR. If she has declared a major, I
hope you will consider adding–D. will be attending JPII the Great, majoring in __.

I like seeing this information about the teenagers we know. A lot of us are not relatives (we often receive invitations from teenagers at the skating rink, or from teenagers that I play piano for), and so we don’t know all the “inside info” about the grad’s plans after high school.

IMO, it is entirely appropriate to "brag"about a graduate! Next year, God willing, my younger daughter will graduate from St. Louis University with a doctorate of physical therapy. You BET that will be on the invitations! And the year after that, my other daughter will graduate from UCSD with a Master’s in Stage Mgmt, and I’ll be bragging about that, too! You see, I’m bragging already!

Seriously, it is a wonderful achievement to graduate, and it’s a combined effort by the grad and their family. So go ahead and be proud as punch!

As for the specific university, I think that’s worth being proud about, too. ANY college or university is something to be proud of. And it gives people an idea of how much “money” to give the grad, if they are giving cash. A student who is attending a local community college and living at home will probably not need as much money as a student who is travelling to a far-away state for their matriculation.

One more thing–mentioning the college is a good plan all-around. Sometimes people coming to the party have information about travelling, lodging, potential roommates, job leads, church leads, social and volunteer activities, etc. This information can be very useful to the student and their family, especially roommate leads or travelling tips. Sometimes people even have inside info about FINANCING the education; e.g., in our state, there are many private scholarships available if the students fits certain criteria (e.g., Catholic, with Irish ancestry, majoring in English, and attending JPII the Great). It’s GOOD to find about these things!
 
Thank you so much everyone!! 😃 I’ve been away from the pc for a few days so it was so nice to come back and see all the great comments!

This girl has truly worked hard for this. She attended Catholic school all her life, then the last two years had to home school herself due to some circumstances she could not control. Instead of just dropping out she put herself on course to graduate on time and receive a great scholarship from John Paul the Great University. We are all pretty proud of her. 😃

I am so excited about this party, it’s going to be great fun! 😃 I’ll be praying for clear skies to be sure!!

~Liza
 
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