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SubSchool Graduation???
Is graduation from SubSchool something parents come in for like PIR at RTC?
Just trying to do some planning :-)
Thanks so much in advance for any information.
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Permalink Reply by WearsLargeHats on
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Which A school? Family is welcome at any such ceremony. We didn't go to the BESS graduation, but we went to SECF A school graduation. Don't expect anything elaborate, it is similar in format to a high-school graduation. I have family up there, so we flew from NC with our grandson (our Sailor's nephew) and made a vacation of it. But there weren't a lot of families in attendance, and most were local, or spouses and children.
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Permalink Reply by NavyFamily on
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We are planning to go to A school graduation, I just wanted to make sure he was not the only one with family not there for BESS graduation.
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Permalink Reply by DonnaCatLover on
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If you fly to get there, make sure that you get refundable tickets. The graduation date is a moving target. Our son's graduation date was supposed to be May 9th, then it was moved to April 24th and we talked to our son last night and he informed us that they had graduated the day before on April 20th. We unfortunately got non refundable tickets for May 9th and still plan to go out there but we missed the graduation.
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Thanks so much for the reply!
I am so sorry to hear that! And that was your sons Sub School (BESS) graduation?
I was thinking that was going to be the case. I keep asking my son about timing and if they have given them any information, but he keeps saying they have not given them really any information on timing.
He keeps reminding me that's just the way it is in the Navy ... He says he will just keep doing whatever they tell him to do every day until they tell him to stop or don something different :-) LOL!!! Makes me laugh!
Hoping they give us more info once he is in A School as far as graduating from that. -
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Permalink Reply by ArchyMom on
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Yes to the above. We are in Washington state, so apart from PIE at RCT we are not planning to go to each course graduation (though we are flying out for a random weekend when our son is on liberty). What we hear is that there may be opportunity for them to come home at Christmas, and then for sure a trip home after A School, before deployment.
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