Wha's the going rate for a H.S. Grad $ gift?

[FINFAN]

Hi...well, it's that time of year again. I have to laugh when people ask "what are you going to do w/you child tax credit?" AFTER I turn it right back over to our real estate taxes we will shell for gifts. How much is nice, not insulting? BTW, we have 5 we need to cover for H.S. and 3 for 8th grade. That could add up to a quick drive down to WDW!

 

[tiggerlover]

I guess it all depends on who the receivers are and how close you are to them. For my niece who is graduating my DS and I are flying from Italy to NY to suprise her on her graduation day, her mom is the only one in the family that knows we are coming for her special day, and I am giving her $100 and probably a small gift. If it wasn't someone in the family, depending on the relationship, I would probably only spend $20-$30.

 

[maleficent1959]

We're in the same boat. BIL has a new wife with a daughter graduating from high school. She has announced that she hates BIL and our family, is only mildly polite to some of us and rude to others. Yet DH and I feel we should give her something for the new SIL's sake (who we really like). I'm thinking $20. She may think we're cheap but it's better than nothing.

 

[LynnM]

For nieces and nephews, I give $20-25 for grade school, $50 for high school, probably $100 when the college graduations start. We have 38 so I try to give them all the same. For friends/neighbors I'd go 15 for grade school 35-40 for hs.

 

[Kaa]

I just gave my niece a $75 gift card for her HS graduation. I don't have that many nieces and nephews, so I don't mind being a bit more generous with this milestone. If I had 38, I would probably cut back to $50 to avoid having to take out a 2nd mortgage!

 

[RUDisney]

We're invited to my boss' DD's HS graduation. I think we'll probably give her $50 since the party is being held outside of their house and is catered. Besides, my boss is usually very generous to me.

Our neighbor invited us to her graduation last year in her backyard. We gave her $25.

 

[Regina]

$1,000.00. I'll be happy to provide DD's name to put on the check and the address to send it to.

It's hard to say as there are always certain factors to consider. If it's family, if there's a party, I tend to give more. If it's a friend and I simply want to acknowledge the achievement, then $30.00 or so is about right.

BTW, I must be the one to hate this year. I had DS graduate from college and DD from HS.

 

[Disney Dee]

I usually give 30.00 to relatives like cousins, who I rearely see except 0nce a yr or so. 50.00 to friends and neighbors kids, cause I usually see them more, and 75.00 to 100.00 to nieces and nephews, and close friends.

 

[cinmell]

My cousin is graduating from H.S. this Saturday and I'm going to give her $50.00.

 

[lazarru]

Daughter of a someone that my wife has been friends with for 20 yrs just graduated yesterday and we gave $100 and a gift. Sounds like we might have been too generous and I was thinking we might not have given enough

 

[glo]

A freind of mines DD graduated from Highschool last year and I think we gave her a $30 Gift certificate...his DS graduated from college this year and we sent him $50. It was a long distanc e thing and just wanted them to know we were thinking of them...My DB got $200 when he graduated from college from me.

 

[Kirby]

Well, I guess I'm cheap but I only give $10 for HS graduation and $25 for college. And that's only if they are relatives or if their parents are good friends.

It really irks me to get graduation announcements/invitations from people that I haven't seen in years. I can understand that they are proud of their children but so many of them are sending just to receive gifts. So all they get is congratulations card.

I have a good friend of mine who mailed out 150 graduation invitations. Her comment to me was "maybe she will get a lot of money". In spite of better judgement, I went ahead and sent the girl $10. Her mother's comment really gauled me. But on the flip side, I have known her daughter since she was born and her son is my son's best friend.

 

[soccerchick]

Add me to the cheap list too! I usually give $25 for high school, perhaps a little more for good friends' kids, babysitters, etc. Luckily for us, lower grade graduations aren't a big deal around here.

 

[DopeyRN]

My son just graduated high school and he has gotten anywhere from $10 to $100...

 

[dbond]

I seem to be with the majority here, $30 if it's a friend or distant relative, $50 if it's really close family friend or close relative. I use the same formula for HS and college.

 

[Tiggeroo]

What if your kids are invited to graduation parties? I have two sons who between them might be hitting 25 hs grad parties. Mostly they will stop by for an hour, grab a snack and then go to another one. These are buddy friends but not best friends. If I sent them with anything it would be $10.
For friends we do $20. relatives between 30.-50. Close relatives and dear friends $75.-100.

 

[grinningghost]

We were invited to our next door neighbor's graduation party last June. I think in the whole time we've lived here, I've spoken about 3 words to the girl. I figured 20 bucks was more than enough. For a close friend or relative it would be more.

 

[ASFCurly]

I graduated from college this year (mid May) I didn't attend my graduation, and didn't send out announcements, but I am having a party, but I am not inviting people that I haven't seen for years. I am having family, close family friends, friends of mine, and I am inviting people that I will be working at camp with this summer as it will be 2 weeks into camp (we have Friday night and Saturdays off), but on the invitations for camp I am putting something about how gifts are not required because some of the people will be internationals that don't have the money or others that I just met.
Not that I am requiring my family and friends to get me anything if they don't want to but I want the camp people to come and if they think they are expected to get me something and can't afford to they might end up being the only one not coming and that wouldn't be fun.

 

[Jenzebelle]

My sister is graduating from HS on Sunday and her gifts are totalling about $150.00

 

[skiwee1]

For a friend's child we give $50. If it is a dear, close friend's child then we give $100. If it is a niece or other family member we give $100 plus a small gift. If someone DH works with has a kid that graduates and sends us an announcement we give $25.