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  2. Baccalaureate service - Wikipedia

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    Weisman (1992) regarding the separation of church and state at public school graduation ceremonies, baccalaureate services are usually unofficial, school-sponsored events at American public schools. [7] However, many have student-initiated services at private facilities not paid for with government funds, and as such are fully permitted by law.

  3. History and traditions of Harvard commencements - Wikipedia

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    After a benediction is said, the Middlesex Sheriff declares the ceremony closed and the Presi­dent's Procession departs. Once the dais is clear the Harvard Band strikes up and the Memorial Church bell commences to peal, [35] joined by bells throughout Cambridge for most of the following hour. [note 7]

  4. PS 9 Sarah Anderson School - Wikipedia

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    Designed to blend with the neighborhood, the ecclesiastical English gothic structure was a style prevalent in schools built by Trinity Church. On January 26, 1916, during a graduation ceremony, P.S. 9 was named after the late John Jasper. [6] Jasper was an educator who had served at P.S. 9 as a teacher in 1857 and as its principal from 1867 to ...

  5. Graduation - Wikipedia

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    A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution. [1] [2] It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. Graduates can be referred to by their year of graduation.

  6. Students Celebrate at ‘The People’s Graduation’ - AOL

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    Dunnia, a 23-year-old Palestinian graduate student, is among a small group of Palestinian Americans who attended ‘The People’s Graduation.’ “This ceremony…gives me hope,” she says.

  7. Convocation - Wikipedia

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    The Convocations of Canterbury and York were the synodical assemblies of the two Provinces of the Church of England until the Church Assembly was established in 1920. [2] Their origins date back to the end of the seventh century when Theodore of Tarsus (Archbishop of Canterbury, 668-690) reorganized the structures of the English Church and established a national synod of bishops.

  8. Kindergarten teacher's touching speech and song at graduation

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    Kindergarten teacher Jeff Berry gave a touching speech at the Lawrence High School graduation on June 18, recognizing that many of the grads had been part of his kindergarten class when he began ...

  9. Commencement at Central Connecticut State University

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    The graduation ceremony for the first class (numbering five graduates) took place on October 1, 1851, in the old South Congregational Church. [4] Commencements continued to be held off-campus until 1885. No ceremonies were held in 1868 or 1869, as the school's operations had been suspended by state officials.