HBCU Xavier University was the scene of a shooting that left one woman dead & two injured at Morris Jeff High School's graduation ceremony.
Dwight Roberson initially went to Oregon to play football, but he is now being credited by the Salem-Keizer School District, and administrators for the highest graduation rate of Black students in at least a decade. Roberson’s day-to-day influences are to “serve as a role model, cheerleader, coach and all-around helper for black students who might […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Seniors from a Colorado high school where a student was killed trying to stop a shooting nearly two weeks ago graduated Monday. STEM School Highlands Ranch held its commencement ceremony at a Denver Broncos training facility and honored 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, who was fatally shot when he and two classmates tackled […]
It’s been three years since Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer. Now his mother, Valerie Castile, is keeping his legacy alive by continuing the work that he cared about. Philando was a beloved cafeteria supervisor and last week Valerie presented administrators at Robbinsdale Cooper High School with a check for $8,000 […]
A group of seniors in New Orleans will not walk across the stage at graduation because of a water fight. Students at Sophie B. Wright told local news station WWL that the fight happened Friday during lunch as a senior prank. Now, parents are reportedly furious and feel their children worked too hard to have […]
Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas, 19, and actress Zendaya Coleman, 18, revealed on social media that they each graduated from Oak Park High School in California last Thursday. Shortly after the ceremony, Douglas rushed to catch a flight but posted on Instagram about her journey. https://instagram.com/p/301GtDt5tX/?taken-by=gabbycvdouglas Coleman also posted a photo with a celebratory/inspirational message, […]
Four people who cheered for family members at a Mississippi high school graduation ceremony are now facing charges for “disturbing the peace.” Fox 40 reports: Police at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where Senatobia High School’s graduation ceremony was held, said the superintendent asked the crowd not to scream and to hold their applause until the end. […]
Judge Judy has been the #1 show in syndication for the last 5 seasons, averaging 10 million daily viewers. She’s launching a new Facebook contest called “The Ultimate High School Graduation With America’s Judge.” The winning high school will have Judge Judy as their 2015 commencement speaker. “Kids seem to have found our program […]
WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) — Those attending a suburban Philadelphia high school commencement ceremony this month will see a lot of familiar faces: The school plans to graduate no fewer than 14 pairs of twins. The 2014 graduating class of William Tennent High School in Bucks County includes five sets of male twins, seven sets of […]
NORRIDGE, Ill. (AP) — Administrators at a suburban Chicago high school have had a change of heart after withholding diplomas from an entire class because some students defied instructions not to toss their caps in the air at graduation. Ridgewood High School in Norridge initially posted a message on its website saying it would only […]
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Several students will be disciplined for releasing hundreds of crickets in a western Pennsylvania high school as a senior prank. Chartiers Valley School District tells KDKA-TV that the students involved in Thursday’s prank at the high school in Bridgeville have been identified and will be disciplined. The district spokeswoman, Kara Droney, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks away without a diploma. Citing the progress, researchers are projecting a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020. Their report, based on Education Department statistics from 2012, was being […]
