GPA tassels at graduation
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Anonymous
| Is this a thing? I saw photos of a neighbor’s graduation and saw that kids were wearing different Cole’s tassels. Apparently it’s reflective of their final GPA. Do all FCPS HSs do this? |
Anonymous
| *colored, nor Coles |
Anonymous
| Nope |
Anonymous
| Most schools do. Each one is an additional cost. For gpas, rankings, clubs and such. I only purchased one for my son. All would have been more than extra $50 |
Anonymous
| Cords and the drape can be different, but all tassels are the same, I thought? |
Anonymous
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Was this at a fcps school?
Back in the day, we had a special tassel for Honor Thespian. The kids who had that wore two tassels, the school tassel and the thespian tassel. At my kids fcps, thespians get a cord and everyone wears just one school tassel. My understanding is that there is only 1 tassel for fcps and the district rules are very strict about what cords and stoles can be worn. |
Anonymous
| What do all the cords represent? (foreign parent). |
Anonymous
| They're cords and each one represents a distinction. It's not mandated that kids wear a cord according to their GPA; they have the option to purchase one for things like latin honors (magna, summa, etc...), honors society membership, service hours, etc... We are a different county but I saw a kid who had about 15, which isn't super surprising for a high-stats kid. |
Anonymous
| Does FCPS graduate students magna cum laude, suma cum laude and laude? |
Anonymous
It signifies that the parents are suckers. |
Anonymous
lol no. This is high school. |
Anonymous
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All the tassels are the same. It’s on the cap.
They all have different cords or no cords. Just look at graduation pictures on Facebook and you can see. They represent everything from honor societies, to activities, to gold/Eagle Scout, etc. You get a medallion with 4.0 or higher gpa. |
Anonymous
Suckers for having kids in Honor Societies? Huh? |
Anonymous
National honor societies, such as Mu Alpha Theta (Math), Tri M (music),French Honor Society, National Thespian Society (Theater), etc Medals are honor graduates (above a 4.0 GPA), department awards (1 per department, usually the highest grade in that subject or most involved), and I think military service (enlistment or academy) Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts) or Gold Star (Girl Scouts) have recognition, a cord with the respective charm Completion of an academy program gets a cord. National Honor Society gets a stole that goes to the front Honor grads also get a separate stole that points in the front and goes to the back There is a very specific list of what is allowed. Fcps used to publish it online and send it out to seniors, as well as publishing it in the program. My oldest received that info and had it in their program. My 2024 did not have the list published in the program. I know that they had a parent of a girl with lower grades in their class who went all in with her fury that only 4.0 honor grads could be eligible for the honor grad valedictorian speech and selection vote, and that there were cords and swag specifically for honor societies. She went balistic on the class of 24 facebook page and complained all the way to Dr. Reid (her words) to get the honor grad (valedictorian) speech stopped and made open to all students, because it was not fair or equitable to all the kids who did not have honor grad/4.0 status. I think she had some success with her equity complaint, because although the honor grad speaker still spoke and the honor grads still received their stoles and medals, they did not recognize honor grads as a group or note them with an asteric in the program like they usually do at graduation. |
Anonymous
This is not at all how FCPS works. |