Do High School Students Still Get Class Rings?

[Anonymous]

I was thinking about getting DD a class ring, but I don't see other kids wearing them and none of her other friends are talking about getting one. There are new styles and I like the customization options, but they seem expensive. They were pricey even when I was in school and yet most people got one. Are your kids or the kids you know getting one?

[Anonymous]

No one does this in the DMV area high schools anymore. Jostens and others would like you to think otherwise, tho.

[Anonymous]

Waste of money, HS is small potatoes once you're off at college. It would be like wearing a letter jacket on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Waste of money, HS is small potatoes once you're off at college. It would be like wearing a letter jacket on campus.

I’m so glad my parents wasted the money. They were a big deal back in the day. OP, I’d follow you child’s lead.

[Anonymous]

I've never seen the point. Is it a Southern thing?

[Anonymous]

I always thought they were tacky and a waste of money even back in the day. I wouldn’t buy one unless your child specifically asks for one.

[Anonymous]

I had kids graduate high school in ‘18, ‘20, ‘22 and will graduate in ‘24
None got rings or expressed any interest in getting one.

I graduate high school in ‘93 and did not get a ring. I only knew a couple people who did.

[Anonymous]

I can’t imagine these still being a thing, but I’m from NY graduated in ‘99 and I didn’t want one though my parents offered. When I was a sophomore dating a senior he “gave” me his ring to wear on a necklace, and I gave it back when we broke up.

I’d sooner encourage a nice piece of forever jewelry if you wanted them to have something to commemorate the time.

[Anonymous]

Lame AF. Get a nice piece of jewelry that can be worn beyond high school.

[Anonymous]

Our private girls school still does and has a ceremony. We got a cheap customized one on Amazon because she said she’d barely wear it. The official ones are Jostens.

None of my other kids did.
So, nope. Not unless they ask for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our private girls school still does and has a ceremony. We got a cheap customized one on Amazon because she said she’d barely wear it. The official ones are Jostens.

None of my other kids did.
So, nope. Not unless they ask for it.

What actually happens at a “ceremony?”

[Anonymous]

I went to a Midwestern public HS and we all got them. They were stupidly expensive and ugly (like Super Bowl rings) but anyone who was a varsity athlete, theater, orchestra or band kid got them sophomore year. We spent weeks obsessing over the special panels on the sides of the rings. It was a big thing and I wore it daily for 3 years. I’ve spent way more per wear on fine jewelry.

Once I got to my fancy college and saw the very understated signet-style class rings my private school classmates wore, I immediately hid my HS ring and never wore it again.

[Anonymous]

our private does but they're ridiculously expensive (like $1200 and up) because everyone gets gold and gold is super expensive these days. we've passed and my kid thankfully doesn't really care. I think she's the only one of her friend group that didn't get one.

[Anonymous]

I have a freshman but yes I noticed that ring day is a big thing in private school for juniors. And yes the rings can be expensive! I am pleased to hear other people are going for less expensive options, because I too think this is a waste of money!

[Anonymous]

I didn’t get one. I was gifted my own strand of pearls instead.