"Celebrating Graduations" Graduations are an important rite of passage. But some graduation celebrations can feel a little over the top, especially when the guest of honor is only graduating from elementary school or middle school. These graduations aren’t as important as college graduation or even high school graduation. Yet that often doesn’t stop parents from sending out graduation announcements and throwing their child a party. Schools have special graduation ceremonies too, where each graduating student receives a diploma and wears a cap and gown. Which graduations are celebrated in your country? What kind of celebrations do you usually have for graduations?