Talent Show

Sacred Heart School Melrose Park, Illinois, June 1972. Most of the girls from the eighth-grade class participated in the show. We're standing on the stage of Marian Hall.

Graduation Dance

Oak Park, Illinois, June 1972. Most of the eighth-grade girls wore floor-length dresses.

Graduation Weekend, in Three Takes

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River Forest, Illinois, June 1976. Where did I imagine I'd be in 40 years?

Related by Marriage: Fiftieth Reunion

Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1997. Mr Irene's Mom joins her classmates from the St. Casimir Academy Class of 1947. (St. Casimir Academy later became Maria High School.)

A Beloved Figure

Suburban Chicago, June 1964. The beloved pastor of our church addresses the eighth-grade graduates. This photo is unusual because it captured the pastor without a cigar in his mouth.

Graduation Stage

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, June 1980. Who was the speaker at your graduation? The speaker at our graduation was Abner Mikva.

Little Graduates

Melrose Park, Illinois, May 1964. I'm fourth from left in the third row (I am the only child wearing glasses). Father Stanley is the taller priest on the left. We've assembled in Marian Hall.

Graduation Day, in Three Takes

New Haven, Connecticut, May 25, 1987. These seats are reserved for the graduates.

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New Haven, Connecticut, May 25, 1987. There's Mr. Irene!

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New Haven, Connecticut, May 25, 1987. Even Aunt Martha had fun at the graduation picnic.

Exchanging Portraits (Part 46)

Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1941. One of my Dad's high-school friends offers a graduation memento.

The Proper Way to Wear a Mortarboard

"[T]he mortarboard should be horizontal (parallel) to the floor. Imagine it to be a flat surface on which a cup or book can be placed. If the mortarboard is tilted upward, it is worn incorrectly. Some graduates position the mortarboard poorly to accommodate hairstyles. However, it should be flat and secure on top of the head."

Suburban Chicago, June 1964. Wear it like this; not like this.

Related by Marriage: Graduation Weekend

Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois, June 1947. Here's the diploma Mr. Irene's Mom received when she graduated from high school. The school, St. Casimir Academy, became Maria High School.

Check that diploma.

Chicago, Illinois, August 1958. The woman behind my Dad appears to inspect the details.

Related by Marriage: Graduation season approaches.

Suburban Chicago, June 1976. Mr. Irene rocked those tinted aviators.

(He wore a different eyeglass style here.)

Celebration

Evergreen Park, Illinois, June 1963. My Godmother's family celebrates a graduation.

We used to dress up for parties.

Evergreen Park, Illinois, June 1963. The graduates wear white dinner jackets.

(Here we are ready to depart for the party, and here's another photo from that party.)

Weekend Weary

Suburban Chicago, June 1964. I'm ready for a nap.

"Jump Around," Graduation Edition

Madison, Wisconsin, May 17, 2014. Graduation Speaker Jon Huntsman jumped around, too.

Graduation Weekend

Suburban Chicago, June 1964. Congratulations to the graduates.

"[T]he petition states if they can't walk they deserve to jump."

University of Wisconsin—Madison announces it will play "Jump Around" during graduation ceremonies at Camp Randall.

Here's a segment I filmed during the October 2011 Homecoming Game (it ends abruptly because my camera battery died):

Graduation season approaches.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1970. My Dad's twin sister, Jonė, is delighted as her daughter—my Toronto Cousin—graduates from Lithuanian school. My Toronto Cousin wears the folkdress my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, sewed in 1939.

Thanks to my Toronto Cousin for making this photo available to us.