Graduation 2026

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Anonymous wrote:How strict are they at the venue about bringing in a water bottle and is the line long at security. Traveling with older guests so would like to know. Thank you.

In my experience, they were not strict at all. I had a clear purse, full of snacks, water, and even protein shakes (I was the holder for the family), and they didn’t even look twice.

[Anonymous]

Does anybody know how many graduation tickets Rockville high school got per person?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anybody know how many graduation tickets Rockville high school got per person?

I'm going to assume it's 10 tickets. I don't know how it's like for this year's graduation, but when my son graduated from RHS in 2024 at UMBC (first time it was done there) each student was allowed to bring 10 guests, so that is 10 tickets. RHS is a very small school compared to it's neighbors so I think the amount of tickets will be larger.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do all the high schools get a two hour block? WJ graduates more kids than most mcps high schools.

Do they? QO had almost 500 grads. How many at WJ?

Over 750

Did people have to listen to almost 800 names being called out? That sounds horrible

Yes, it took about 1:10.

The whole thing was over 2h, but there wasn't another ceremony following WJ.

Traffic in/out of parking was bad. I hated that we had to travel to UMBC, but the venue and ceremony were nicer than I expected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

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Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

Not appropiate for a graduation. Make it about the students.

[Anonymous]

Too far away, 9 am time slot guarantees traffic on 95, too crowded. UMBC should not be used for the larger schools. Too small.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

Not appropiate for a graduation. Make it about the students.

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Why is her speech even trying to focus on the funding with MCPS? FFS, this is literally a high school celebration where you are suppose to celebrate a milestone that your kid is experiencing. And plus, I guarantee to you, none of the students would even care a single bit anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

Not appropiate for a graduation. Make it about the students.

+1

Why is her speech even trying to focus on the funding with MCPS? FFS, this is literally a high school celebration where you are suppose to celebrate a milestone that your kid is experiencing. And plus, I guarantee to you, none of the students would even care a single bit anyway.

She modeled for them everything she preached. It was perfect. They are smart enough to understand that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

Not appropiate for a graduation. Make it about the students.

It was about the students. You didn’t listen to the speech. She called them to action.

[Anonymous]

Wheaton’s graduation was fine and there were over 600 students. I thought the venue worked well. There was parking and plenty of seating. We got 6 tickets and could have gotten 1 more

[Anonymous]

Ouch, I feel bad that Blake and Rockville graduates are going to miss some parts of the World Cup kickoff today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ouch, I feel bad that Blake and Rockville graduates are going to miss some parts of the World Cup kickoff today.

RHS graduates probably watched the game on their phones on the bus ride to the arena. Blake’s graduation was almost entirely during the first game.

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Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

Love your baseless accusation that criticism of her speech means the original poster must be uncomfortable in the presence of immigrants. This is why people hate DEI - you take a comment about the speech being inappropriately political and make a wild assumption that the poster is anti immigrant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Natali Fani-Gonzalez did a terrible speech at Northwood’s graduation. Blatantly political and deceptive. Why are these folk allowed to speak

No. She was great. She was political and for that audience- it was validating and appropriate. Trump is terrorizing immigrant communities. Sorry not sorry their lived experience makes you uncomfortable. And she flamed Taylor for his whining about the CC not funding the MCPS budget. She reminded him (turning to look at him) that they gave them more money than last year. Her speech was about not letting others stop you from reaching your goals, honoring your convictions and being brave by speaking your truth. Watching her speak was the perfect example of what that looks like. She was authentic and inspirational.

Love your baseless accusation that criticism of her speech means the original poster must be uncomfortable in the presence of immigrants. This is why people hate DEI - you take a comment about the speech being inappropriately political and make a wild assumption that the poster is anti immigrant

Sounds like you are the one making assumptions. Never said anyone was anti-immigrant. Read. I said that her speaking to an audience filled with immigrants about and immigrant issue is totally appropriate to the audience. And maybe that privilege that some have that this isn’t a concern for them doesn't mean she has to cater to the privileged and censor herself. That leap with the comment about DEI is telling. And, surprise, everything is political.