Your High School Senior student.....

[lillygator]

what all did you have to pay for during the senior year of public high school? items, activities and their costs.

 

[babytrees]

So far:

"regular" fees-$40

class t-shirt-$5

cap & gown package- just over $200 (it will include announcements and other such things)

about $50 for her Senior pic clothes

I was the photographer for her Senior pics...we will be printing them soon. My guess is about $50 for friend pics and another $100 or so for grandparent printing.

It will be $65 for her yearbook

She knows how hard it is for us right now financially so she is foregoing her letterman's jacket and a class ring.

We also had/have $210 in band fees but we'd be doing that no matter what year she was.

 

[Debbie7452]

My costs have been MUCH higher the the pp. So much so that it hurts to put it in print!

Senior t-shirt $10
letter jacket $180
class ring $382
"Senior girl" t-shirt $10 (why do they need a separate girl one???)
Senior picnic- not sure
Senior pictures- casual & formal $300-400
Senior prom-free tickets for selling required # of fundraising trash bags ($130 value)
prom dress- $200 (I hope)
special white gown for Winter ball(seniors must wear white)-$200
Personal ad in yearbook-$150
graduation cap & gown/announcements-haven't seen this yet
application fees for colleges/sending SAT scores/ transcripts-$200 so far

Seriously, this thing has gotten way out of hand...but I seem to be the only parent around my town who thinks so! I keep telling myself what a great kid she is...she really is but WOW!

Please don't flame me, guys...it must be worse somewhere else, right?

 

[lillygator]

wow - I would think everything is not needed...I sure didn't get a personal ad in the yearbook as my mom couldn't afford it at the time. I know down here there is Grad Night at Disney as well. I think that is $100 for the bus and ticket.


If students have jobs I wonder what or if parents are maknig them pay for anything on their own?

 

[babytrees]

My costs have been MUCH higher the the pp. So much so that it hurts to put it in print!

Senior t-shirt $10
letter jacket $180
class ring $382
"Senior girl" t-shirt $10 (why do they need a separate girl one???)
Senior picnic- not sure
Senior pictures- casual & formal $300-400
Senior prom-free tickets for selling required # of fundraising trash bags ($130 value)
prom dress- $200 (I hope)
special white gown for Winter ball(seniors must wear white)-$200
Personal ad in yearbook-$150
graduation cap & gown/announcements-haven't seen this yet
application fees for colleges/sending SAT scores/ transcripts-$200 so far

Seriously, this thing has gotten way out of hand...but I seem to be the only parent around my town who thinks so! I keep telling myself what a great kid she is...she really is but WOW!

Please don't flame me, guys...it must be worse somewhere else, right?

I forgot app fees.....mine is being silly...only sending in apps to colleges who don't charge. We will have to pay for college visits....that will cost probably about $500

I don't even want to think about prom yet Hopefully, we will happen across a bargain like last year ($7)

We have had to make it cheaper and it breaks my heart, but she doesn't seem to be too sad.

 

[Darcy03231]

So far:

SAT fee - $45
Senior pictures - $140

Upcoming:

College application fees - estimating $200-$300
Prom expenses - estimating $200
Year Book $75
Cap & Gown fee -???

 

[shirleyb]

Senior year is expensive, no doubt.

Lettermen's jacket we bought during his sophomore year - $195
Class ring, also sophomore year - $120 (at Walmart, believe it or not!)
Yearbook, probably about $75
Class dues $20
Class trip ? will find out in the spring, probably around $100
Prom Tickets $50 (guessing)
Announcements - spend $40 online for his brothers, will probably do the same for him, cheaper than the schools
Cap and Gown $15
Tux $65 (guessing)
Senior Pics Spent $20 for sitting fee, will spend about $200 on the photos probably
SATs and College Apps, probably $150, depending on how many schools he applies to

 

[dairyou]

When I counted all the activities, sr. picnic, sunrise breakfast, disneyland, raging waters ect... the total was about 850.00.

Deb

 

[golfgal]

So far this year, not much:

$20 for college application fee-got accepted already, done with that process
$45 ACT fee (from last summer does that count)?

We haven't had to pay for yearbooks (which are around $70), cap/gown, etc. yet.

Oh, we paid the sitting fee for Sr. Pictures, $100. I haven't bought any yet because I can't decide which ones to get. .

He lettered as a freshman so he got his letter jacket then. I would be shocked if he went to prom.

 

[disneyfan007]

Just an FYI thing to check into, my son applied to several different colleges in Ohio and as long that you applied on-line the schools waived the application fees.

 

[babytrees]

I just ordered the first round of friend pics....less than $10

 

[powellrj]

My DS graduated last year and it was wicked expensive.

We live in Indiana where you pay bookfees which were $285
choir fees were $800
parking pass $15
year book $60
ACP English $380
SAT and college applications $400
AP tests, I forget how much but it was several hundred dollars
prom $250
cap and gown $60
announcements (I made my own) $10
senior pictures $500
graduation open house $400

We passed on the letter jacket and class ring and there was no class trip.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

How about I add my 8th grade graduation to the mix. Might make you feel better:

$80 class ring (includes, keychain, autographable t-shirt, memory book)
$___ cap and gown (unknown right now)
$150+ cost for last year's 8th grade class trip (Spirit of NJ dinner/DJ cruise)
this year the kids want to do the same, but teacher said it will cost
more -- apparently they undercharged last year
$ 40 fee for COOP exam (for Catholic high schools -- mandatory whether
attending Catholic high school or not)
$75-$100 fee for graduation dance (after graduation)
$____ graduation fees (unknown right now)
$35 yearbook fee (regardless of year)
$____ class pictures (unknown right now)

 

[lillygator]

wow 8th grade? luckily our public middle schools don't have all that.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Actually Lillygator, my DD goes to Catholic school. I'm sure the fees are quite as extensive for public school, but there are still ring, cap & gown, pictures, yearbook, class trip, etc. fees. Boy, can't wait until we get to high school!