Class of 2022- High School Parents

[Hopscotch]

Laptop as well. He's only ever used a school issued Chromebook in HS so he'll be happy to finally have a real laptop of his own.

 

[Day-al]

Hey everyone! Class of 2022 Mickey grad ears are in stock on Shop Disney!
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[RDM83]

Hello everyone, just checking in. My Daughter doesn’t want to go to prom and for her graduation party she just wants us to cater Chipotle with the closest family members in our backyard. She really dislikes being the center of attention and gets very uptight whenever she feels like she is getting too much. I was so sad at first but came to terms. She is our first one going to college and I was looking forward to all of the traditional things. Oh well.

On another note, we had an airbnb booked for her drop off date and just a few days ago they changed the date and I cannot get a refund or change dates without loosing my $300 deposit.
Sighhh

On that note, for those of you doing college drop offs far from home, do you stick around for a day or two afterwards? Do you turn right back around? I know she will not be available to us and we want her to participate and get acquainted as much as possible, but I don’t know what would be best. Her answer: “whatever you decide is fine mom”.

 

[mefordis]

Hello everyone, just checking in. My Daughter doesn’t want to go to prom and for her graduation party she just wants us to cater Chipotle with the closest family members in our backyard. She really dislikes being the center of attention and gets very uptight whenever she feels like she is getting too much. I was so sad at first but came to terms. She is our first one going to college and I was looking forward to all of the traditional things. Oh well.

On another note, we had an airbnb booked for her drop off date and just a few days ago they changed the date and I cannot get a refund or change dates without loosing my $300 deposit.
Sighhh

On that note, for those of you doing college drop offs far from home, do you stick around for a day or two afterwards? Do you turn right back around? I know she will not be available to us and we want her to participate and get acquainted as much as possible, but I don’t know what would be best. Her answer: “whatever you decide is fine mom”.

Hello. I think doing what your daughter wants in terms of the grad party will be very appreciated by her. I'm sure she is glad you are listening to her. As for drop off, we are all flying out with my daughter. We each get 2 checked in suitcases and my daughter is taking 6 of them. We have to furnish an entire apartment so we'll be there with her for a week to help her, then the next week her classes begin.

 

[mom2rtk]

Hello everyone, just checking in. My Daughter doesn’t want to go to prom and for her graduation party she just wants us to cater Chipotle with the closest family members in our backyard. She really dislikes being the center of attention and gets very uptight whenever she feels like she is getting too much. I was so sad at first but came to terms. She is our first one going to college and I was looking forward to all of the traditional things. Oh well.

On another note, we had an airbnb booked for her drop off date and just a few days ago they changed the date and I cannot get a refund or change dates without loosing my $300 deposit.
Sighhh

On that note, for those of you doing college drop offs far from home, do you stick around for a day or two afterwards? Do you turn right back around? I know she will not be available to us and we want her to participate and get acquainted as much as possible, but I don’t know what would be best. Her answer: “whatever you decide is fine mom”.

Every kid is different. My son went 3 1/2 hours away and we moved him in, went for dinner, then dropped him back at his dorm. We then went on to another city an hour away to do some tourist things for a day or so, then came back through to have lunch with him before heading home. For him, that was perfect. We were all a little upset at dropoff but much better a couple days later and were able to leave things on a positive note.

 

[Day-al]

I will be driving from the northeast to Florida with my daughter in August for college. We are doing 4 days at WDW first. Then she will have 2 days of move-in going on. I’m picturing many trips to Target and Bed, Bath & Beyond. Then there is a student and parent orientation for 2 or 3 days. After that I fly out on Friday and she will start classes on Monday. So I will be gone for quite awhile but it is definitely not the norm for most people.

 

[slo]

Hello everyone, just checking in. My Daughter doesn’t want to go to prom and for her graduation party she just wants us to cater Chipotle with the closest family members in our backyard. She really dislikes being the center of attention and gets very uptight whenever she feels like she is getting too much. I was so sad at first but came to terms. She is our first one going to college and I was looking forward to all of the traditional things. Oh well.

On another note, we had an airbnb booked for her drop off date and just a few days ago they changed the date and I cannot get a refund or change dates without loosing my $300 deposit.
Sighhh

On that note, for those of you doing college drop offs far from home, do you stick around for a day or two afterwards? Do you turn right back around? I know she will not be available to us and we want her to participate and get acquainted as much as possible, but I don’t know what would be best. Her answer: “whatever you decide is fine mom”.

How funny…..This is exactly what my DD18 wants this year, so that’s what we are doing. Our guest list is my parents, my DH’s parents, our 2 neighbors, my boss and his wife, DD’s BF’s parents, DD’s Godfather and that’s it. Very small

In regards to dropping off and leaving, I haven’t even thought about this - I’m going to ask my DD what she wants us to do - stick around for a day or just leave? She’ll be 2 1/2 hours away so we would need a hotel room. Thanks for bringing this up in your post

 

[sam_gordon]

DS is only going 45 minutes away and has an early move in day for soccer. So I'm sure we'll take him, help him get moved in, then leave.

Anyone else having issues with "Senioritis"? He participated in Senior skip day, then left after 1st period earlier this week. Of course, he only had four classes all year, one of which was a dual credit class, and that ended a week ago. 2/3 of the other classes are PE based (weightlifting and advanced PE), so it's not like he's missing a lot. We did tell him he needs to attend the rest of the classes. There are 9 days left in school.

 

[DeeBee3]

DS is only going 45 minutes away and has an early move in day for soccer. So I'm sure we'll take him, help him get moved in, then leave.

Anyone else having issues with "Senioritis"? He participated in Senior skip day, then left after 1st period earlier this week. Of course, he only had four classes all year, one of which was a dual credit class, and that ended a week ago. 2/3 of the other classes are PE based (weightlifting and advanced PE), so it's not like he's missing a lot. We did tell him he needs to attend the rest of the classes. There are 9 days left in school.

My kids aren't old enough for high school, but I can affirm that Senioritis hits the best of us. I am the most "goody 2 shoes" on earth. Never skipped a class. Always did HW on time. Was Valedictorian. Even I lagged in my best work those last few weeks. I never skipped out because I didn't want trouble, but I did know I could still get good grades and do minimum. Not everyone can do that. (not being boastful)

If he only has 4 classes, he needs to go to all of them, no excuses. He's going to get a real wakeup call when he goes to college. It's all on him. Normally you get your syllabus for the semester and it's up to you to turn in assignments and participate. Every professor has a different grading system. (I'm sure you know)

I would have a serious conversation with him. 9 days left? C'mon dude!!! Or as the kids say, "bruh"

 

[sam_gordon]

My kids aren't old enough for high school, but I can affirm that Senioritis hits the best of us. I am the most "goody 2 shoes" on earth. Never skipped a class. Always did HW on time. Was Valedictorian. Even I lagged in my best work those last few weeks. I never skipped out because I didn't want trouble, but I did know I could still get good grades and do minimum. Not everyone can do that. (not being boastful)

If he only has 4 classes, he needs to go to all of them, no excuses. He's going to get a real wakeup call when he goes to college. It's all on him. Normally you get your syllabus for the semester and it's up to you to turn in assignments and participate. Every professor has a different grading system. (I'm sure you know)

I would have a serious conversation with him. 9 days left? C'mon dude!!! Or as the kids say, "bruh"

We've had the conversation with him. He's down to three classes/day with two of them PE related.

 

[Skywalker3]

I think my DD only has a couple days of school next week. She's exempt from most of her exams, and next week is senior exam week. Then seems like the following are senior activities or something. I need to catch up on all of it this weekend. She hasn't mentioned having a party, and we weren't planning on one. Might end up doing something Friday after graduation (after we watch Obi Wan Kenobi premier of course!) but would just be a family gathering. My older son should still be in town, so would be nice. Nothing planned w friends though, and most of her friends seem to be doing something. We leave for Disney the week after that. That's her big present, but I also need a good idea for another graduation gift. I might look at Pandora. maybe a nice bracelet or something??? Thanks for that topic in this thread, as hadn't been thinking of that!

 

[momz]

We will drop off and leave. DS will be 3 1/2 hours from home. We went for a day, last week for "orientation". He got registered for classes and we spoke with financial aid. After scholarships and a loan (he's taking out the minimum which is $2,250 per semester), we will need to come up with about $7k per semester. That's a lot of money for this momma! He's working all summer and I'm estimating he will make about $3Kish. So I will be picking up every available shift possible for the foreseeable future. I also pay for his sister, but has more scholarships, so my obligation to her is less, I pay about half what I will need to pay for him.

How do you all do it? I abhor loans. But, we may have to, at least until DD graduates in about 3 more semesters.

Honestly, at the moment, i am more worried about being able to pay these bills than anything else.

 

[luvsvacation]

Senioritis? YES!! My son has gone to school 1 day in the last few weeks and that was only because you had to attend the day before prom to go to prom. About a month before spring break he stopped going to first hour. Since spring break it’s been a slow fade. First he was going to 3rd and 4th hours, now the last few weeks he doesn’t bother at all. I have to call everyday to verify his absences. I don’t care though. He was planning to graduate after junior year and loaded up on classes and took summer classes sophomore/junior years. He was very driven and had great grades. Since 2021 kinda sucked because of Covid he decided to go ahead and stay to have a fun senior year. He only has half days (4 classes) and works full time. Throughout the course of the year he’s decided he loves his job and is going to stay there and get an apartment nearby instead of going to college. He has all of his requirements to graduate so these 4 electives he’s taking don’t matter. He could literally fail them all and graduate. He’s know this and since March he’s had less and less motivation to go. I’m not worried about him as he’s still very driven and ambitious. He knows what he wants to do and sees no reason to waste his time. I can’t wait till graduation day and I can end my daily phone calls (which do seem a bit silly as he’s been 18 since September). He has seen himself as an adult since he was a small child and hates being treated as a “kid” at school. So yeah, lots of senioritis here!!!

 

[sam_gordon]

We will drop off and leave. DS will be 3 1/2 hours from home. We went for a day, last week for "orientation". He got registered for classes and we spoke with financial aid. After scholarships and a loan (he's taking out the minimum which is $2,250 per semester), we will need to come up with about $7k per semester. That's a lot of money for this momma! He's working all summer and I'm estimating he will make about $3Kish. So I will be picking up every available shift possible for the foreseeable future. I also pay for his sister, but has more scholarships, so my obligation to her is less, I pay about half what I will need to pay for him.

How do you all do it? I abhor loans. But, we may have to, at least until DD graduates in about 3 more semesters.

Honestly, at the moment, i am more worried about being able to pay these bills than anything else.

We put money in a 529 plan for each kid when DW's dad passed away. It paid for 3 years of DD's school, and she took out loans for the remainder.

DS elected to go to a private school. When we met with the financial counselor, he said he could go back to admissions and ask for more money. So we had him do that and they came up with another $3K for the year as a grant. DS will take loans each year (smaller amounts, like $5k), but we should be able to pay for the remainder with the 529, or at least darn close to it.

 

[design_mom]

My daughter is taking a Certified Pharmacy Tech program at the local career center as well as classes at her high school. She had her last classes at the high school on Friday. (Technically, seniors have class on Monday and Tuesday, too, but she has excused absences for those. She will sit for her Certified Pharmacy Technician exam on Monday afternoon (conflicts with high school classes) and has her virtual advising appointment for college on Tuesday during the day (frustrating that the only options for that were during school.) Then Wed-Friday of this week are senior picnic, senior breakfast, graduation rehearsal, etc. She graduates a week from tomorrow.

 

[mefordis]

My daughter has 3 more exams and she's done! Yay!

 

[mefordis]

We will drop off and leave. DS will be 3 1/2 hours from home. We went for a day, last week for "orientation". He got registered for classes and we spoke with financial aid. After scholarships and a loan (he's taking out the minimum which is $2,250 per semester), we will need to come up with about $7k per semester. That's a lot of money for this momma! He's working all summer and I'm estimating he will make about $3Kish. So I will be picking up every available shift possible for the foreseeable future. I also pay for his sister, but has more scholarships, so my obligation to her is less, I pay about half what I will need to pay for him.

How do you all do it? I abhor loans. But, we may have to, at least until DD graduates in about 3 more semesters.

Honestly, at the moment, i am more worried about being able to pay these bills than anything else.

A lot of parents take out PLUS loans.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

A lot of parents take out PLUS loans.

Yep. We are

 

[momz]

A lot of parents take out PLUS loans.

that might be what we have to do. of course, like everyone else, I want to minimize that as much as possible. He sure better take college seriously...I'm not excited about taking a loan (or working my butt off to pay as we go) for him to sleep in and miss class.

 

[Day-al]

So DD had her senior prom last night, it went great!
3 weeks until graduation.
3 months from today we head south to take her to college.
I know it’s going to go by so quickly.