What do kids wear to an elementary graduation?

[Elaine22]

I wore a floral dress to my elementary school graduation.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Since I am home and on meds, I may 'try' to order my son's pants. He has his graduation on June 19th. According to other mother's, their sons are wearing 3 piece suits . I was floored, and my son says NO WAY is he wearing a suit. It is extremely hot lately, the graduation is 1 hour, and the dance is 3 hours after. NO a/c of course in the school, so the jacket IMHO is out.

I figured on nice blue pants and a shirt/tie tone on tone? What do you all think. I am in serioius fashionita trouble. Not sure on ordering the pants, as he is hard to fit, and they may be long. Hemming I can not do. I was all set on bringing him with me, but now I may enlist someone else to bring him, as I can not drive.

So basically, what do you all think of what I suggested? And/or what do children in our area wear for this. It has been a while since I graduated from elementary school, and ours did not seem to be this elaborate...LOL. Some parents have rented limos, which I think is insanity. We live across the street from the school, so we can hop across if need be >>

I hope all is well with you @mommasita . I miss not seeing your posts. I’m praying that you feel better and are able to return to the boards soon.

 

[disykat]

My boys were supposed to wear dress pants and and a button down shirt. We had those, but had to buy dark dress shoes. My son had none after a recent growth spurt so we bought him a pair. Guess who wore his six grade dress shoes to ALL of his school dances and even to college graduation?

I hadn't realized he was still wearing them until he commented they were getting shabby and he needed a new pair for interviews.

I had two sons and both were in band so we always had black slacks, both black and white button downs in tons of sizes. We also looked for dark suits on sale and they never rented tuxes. We played round robin suits with lots of their friends. With girls, THEY do the trading, with boys their MOTHERS do! (at least until they get older!)

 

[tvguy]

First Graduation my kids has was 12th grade. Same with me.

 

[footballmouse]

My son work a suit for his 8th grade graduation. Some boys wore khaki pants and a suit coat. For the dance, the jacket and ties definitely come off.

 

[DisneyOma]

I'm shocked at the "dress for girls" stuff as that is so sexist and stereotypic, and doesn't take into account nonbinary and trans students, or even girls who hate dresses. I'd have reported the teacher, and if it is a school policy, the school, to the appropriate higher-ups.

Have the kid wear clean clothing that they are comfortable wearing. "Graduating" from elementary school is no big deal, unless there are exit exams and kids get held back if they don't pass!

 

[kymom99]

I'm shocked at the "dress for girls" stuff as that is so sexist and stereotypic, and doesn't take into account nonbinary and trans students, or even girls who hate dresses. I'd have reported the teacher, and if it is a school policy, the school, to the appropriate higher-ups.

Have the kid wear clean clothing that they are comfortable wearing. "Graduating" from elementary school is no big deal, unless there are exit exams and kids get held back if they don't pass!

I didn’t read anything that says girls were required to wear a dress. Just that they were typically worn

 

[DisneyOma]

My 5th grader is having his promotion ceremony on Thursday. The teacher sent home an email saying:

"Dresses for girls, slacks and dress shirts for the boys, not tuxes!"

I didn’t read anything that says girls were required to wear a dress. Just that they were typically worn

 

[sam_gordon]

I'm shocked at the "dress for girls" stuff as that is so sexist and stereotypic, and doesn't take into account nonbinary and trans students, or even girls who hate dresses. I'd have reported the teacher, and if it is a school policy, the school, to the appropriate higher-ups.

Have the kid wear clean clothing that they are comfortable wearing. "Graduating" from elementary school is no big deal, unless there are exit exams and kids get held back if they don't pass!

That post was 14 years ago.

 

[clori]

the post is from 2008 I hope the op figured it out by now.

 

[Buzz Rules]

That post was 14 years ago.

Also @DisneyOma ‘s reaction is a little bit much in my opinion but whatever.

 

[Buzz Rules]

By the way, has anyone heard how @mommasita is doing?

 

[leebee]

@mommasita, what did he end up wearing in 2008, and how are you doing?

 

[DisneyOma]

Also @DisneyOma ‘s reaction is a little bit much in my opinion but whatever.

Laughing at myself for the zombie thread post - but not at this part at all. If you've ever worked with trans kids in public school, it would break your heart to see the nasty stuff parents and people in the town/city put these kids through. My daughter got in trouble for "dressing like a boy" for Colonial Day in middle school. They stated that she had to sit with the boys then - and I didn't find out until the day after. I don't agree with gender restrictions, and to dictate how a child has to identify for a public school event is illegal in my state now, thank goodness. But a teacher telling my child she had to wear a dress? That was over the line.

My daughter is not trans, BTW, but she is gay, married to a wonderful woman, and just got her doctorate. She's part of a team that is finding the best treatments for specific cancers, is a foster parent, and did all that without wearing a dress to any event at school, except prom, and her high school graduation, where she wore one with a pair of shorts under it. If she wanted to just wear a nice shirt and dress pants, she could have done that instead. Even in 2008 (she graduated HS in 2009) there were teenagers who didn't want to wear dresses.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Laughing at myself for the zombie thread post - but not at this part at all. If you've ever worked with trans kids in public school, it would break your heart to see the nasty stuff parents and people in the town/city put these kids through. My daughter got in trouble for "dressing like a boy" for Colonial Day in middle school. They stated that she had to sit with the boys then - and I didn't find out until the day after. I don't agree with gender restrictions, and to dictate how a child has to identify for a public school event is illegal in my state now, thank goodness. But a teacher telling my child she had to wear a dress? That was over the line.

My daughter is not trans, BTW, but she is gay, married to a wonderful woman, and just got her doctorate. She's part of a team that is finding the best treatments for specific cancers, is a foster parent, and did all that without wearing a dress to any event at school, except prom, and her high school graduation, where she wore one with a pair of shorts under it. If she wanted to just wear a nice shirt and dress pants, she could have done that instead. Even in 2008 (she graduated HS in 2009) there were teenagers who didn't want to wear dresses.

Congratulations to your daughter for all her accomplishments and the work that she does. I only meant that sometimes a general/standard statement can be taken the wrong way. I’m Catholic but I respect everyone’s right to be who they are under the law. I went to Catholic school all the way through college. In High School, we had several LGBTQ students in my class. No one really talked about it or made it a big deal. It wasn’t promoted but all the teachers and staff made sure they (LGBTQ students) were treated with respect and had a zero tolerance for any form of bullying or discrimination.