ATTENTION SENIORS AND PARENTS OF SENIORS
HOW POUDRE HIGH SCHOOL SEATS ITS GRADUATES:
The graduation seating process begins with a completed Legal Name Form. All 12th
graders should have turned this form in at the 12th grader check-in, at the beginning of
the senior year—if this has not happened, you must see your counselor and Ms. Pollet
immediately or risk being left out of this year’s graduation ceremony! If the Legal
Name Form indicates that you WILL MARCH we put you in the seating for
graduation. If this form indicates that you WILL NOT MARCH you will be removed
from the marching list and seating chart for graduation. It is imperative that this form
accurately reflects the senior’s intentions to march or not. A parent or guardian, of
each 12th grader attending Poudre High School, must sign this form for the
information to be valid. Please notify your counselor if you wish to change your
marching status by no later than April 1st, or risk being left out of the graduation
ceremony!
The Preliminary Marching List includes all 12th graders who indicated that they will
march on their Legal Name Form. This list will be posted in the hall outside the
Guidance Office in early April. Those who indicated that they will not march on their
Legal Name Form will be left off this list! It is critical that all 12th graders check this
list for their name and correct spelling. Please notify Mr. Nash or Ms. Pollet of any
problems or changes that need to be made to your name before April 15th.
Once the Preliminary Marching List has been posted and checked, we begin to build
the March Order (the graduation seating chart). This list is posted in early May.
Seniors should check the March Order in early May to determine their seating
assignment prior to the graduation ceremony.
As determined by Poudre High School tradition, and our school’s Principal, we
use the following procedures (see next page) to build the March Order (the
seating order of our graduates).
HOW POUDRE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE ASSIGNED THEIR SEATS AT GRADUATION
Sorry, parents and students cannot request where a graduate is seated-
1st - Class President is seated in first row, seat 1, right side.
2nd - Both Valedictorian and Salutatorian candidates (all students within a
reasonable GPA range of being determined as either) are seated in
first row. These are seated as such, regardless of being members of
Class Council, IB, etc. All are assigned randomly. Initial candidacy is
based upon cumulative adjusted GPA at end of 1st semester. The
actual Valedictorians and Salutatorians will not be determined until 2nd
semester grades are finalized and reported- seating may be changed if
some are determined not to be a Valedictorian or Salutatorian.
3rd - Class VP and Sec. are seated next to each other, if they are not a
Valedictorian or Salutatorian.
4th - All remaining Class Council Members are seated next to one another
within the first 2 rows. All are assigned randomly within these rows.
5th - All Siblings are seated together.
6th - IB Students not seated in the first rows are seated in the middle rows
of the ceremony. All are assigned randomly within these rows.
7th - Choir Members are assigned at ends of rows to facilitate movement to
risers. All are assigned randomly to these seats.
8th - All other students are randomly assigned to the remaining seats.
GRADUATE SEATING ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE CHANGED
As determined by Poudre High School tradition, and our school’s Principal, we assign
seating and graduates are seated randomly (not alphabetically), unless a special seat in
the ceremony is assigned. Students who are not assigned a special seat are randomly
seated to promote equity in how we present diplomas. If you were assigned a special
seat, consider it an honor and privilege.
THE NAMES INCLUDED IN THE SEATING ORDER ARE NOT DEFINITIVE UNTIL
FINAL SENIOR GRADES ARE REPORTED TO COUNSELORS!