Valedictory Service

All Grade Eleven students are invited to the Valedictory and Prizegiving Service. However, the school reserves the right to exclude any student whose conduct does not represent the standards of Ardenne High School.

• The service will take place on the first Sunday in July commencing at 5:00 p.m. on the school’s grounds.
• The dress for the Valedictory Service is an academic gown and mortarboard.
• The girls will wear their school uniform under the gown along with black shoes.
• The boys will wear long sleeve white shirts with khaki pants under the gown, along with black or brown shoes.

Criteria for students’ participation in the Valedictory Service

• Completion of CXC/CSEC programme in at least 8 subjects assigned in grade 10.
• Students must have registered for the CXC/CSEC examination in at least 8 subjects assigned from grade 10.
• Satisfactory completion and submission of the School Based Assessment (SBA) as stipulated by the school.
• Completion of Community Service of at least 15 hours each year from Grades 9 through Grade 11. For each year, these 15 hours should be completed in no fewer than five visits.
• Active involvement in at least one co-curricular activity in the 9th, 10th and 11th Grades.
• A disciplinary record free of suspensions in Grades 10 and 11 (including accumulation of demerits, truancies and late attendance to school).
• Payment of all fees required by the school.

Criteria for Valedictorian

• The Valedictorian will be voted for by his/her peers; however, the final decision will be made by the Academic Staff.
• Outstanding academic performance in grades ten and eleven.
• Involvement in Co-curricular activities, completion of 15 hrs of Community Service per year.
• Exemplary behaviour, that is, no suspensions, detentions nor demerits
• All SBA’s must be completed and submitted.