A sneak peak inside Telecommunications High School auditorium, the site of PS 102’s Fifth Grade Moving Up Ceremony.

by Zameen

Ms. Sichenze recently met with the Journalism Stars club. When asked why she was willing to talk to them about the upcoming 5th grade graduation, she confessed that her major was in journalism and that she loved to see such budding young writers.

One of the things that the club learned was that 5th grade graduation isn’t really a graduation at all – it’s a Moving Up Ceremony. “You get your first actual graduation in 8th grade,” she explained. But that doesn’t mean that the 5th graders can’t treat it like one!

This year, for the first time ever, 5th grade students won’t graduate in P.S. 102. They’ll graduate at Telecommunications High School. P.S. 102’s auditorium just isn’t big enough anymore to fit all 240 or so students as well as 2 guests for each student. But Ms. Sichenze is positive that this year’ graduation will be good.

The important thing, anyway, is not the room, but the graduates in it. Ms. Sichenze is extremely proud of all the diversity in our school. “There are at least 22 languages spoken under this roof,” she says. “It’s amazing how it’s so multicultural.”

This graduation is sure to be a special one.

Photo Credit: http://archinect.com/stv1/project/high-school-of-telecommunication-arts-technology-brooklyn-ny