https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 22 May 2026 02:04:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927311 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:07:05 +0000 Angie 1927311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>CONGRATS. I'm touched by your DD's story, and what a bright child you have - a blessing. Go Team Female Actuaries.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love that she went all out with her long dress. Why the heck not! KILLER.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927290 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:18:09 +0000 Anonymous 1927290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a really lovely story, and congratulations to this young woman for choosing her own path and doing it well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927288 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 14:00:44 +0000 kkards 1927288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations to your DD! she looks lovely, and how wonderful that she got to speak..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927283 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:37:20 +0000 Suz 1927283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations to your DD -- these are big accomplishments! And what a lovely dress. She looks so pretty. How wonderful that she was able to spend time with her best friend. That will be a night to remember!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927275 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:01:49 +0000 Cardiff girl 1927275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You must be so proud of her,clever and good looking! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927218 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:52:29 +0000 Bijou 1927218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo your daughter looks lovely and I really love how cute she normally looks. It is amazing how grown up some of those young girls look, much older than 14, I am glad that your daughter wanted to look young and fresh rather than try to look 18. Congratulations to her on her moving speech. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927203 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:21:42 +0000 Jenni NZ 1927203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well she looks lovely in her dress and older than 14. I didn't let my girls spend much on dresses and makeup/hair until 16. The younger daughter did go to a church dance at 14 and we thrifted a $25 dress. I did note to a friend that it was "a bit Pride and Prejudice" as slightly too small for her developing bust at the time. But oh well she was very innocent.<br /> I like your daughter's dress better than some of the other girls who do look too sophisticated at that age to my eye?<br /> Glad that she is doing so well at school! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927202 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 01:53:02 +0000 SarahD8 1927202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What fantastic accomplishments, and your daughter has great style to boot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927200 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 01:35:37 +0000 Aquamarine 1927200@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You deserve to be proud...those are wonderful accomplishments. She is a beautiful young woman and I don’t think we can support, encourage, and praise our children too much. Society will try to tear them down soon enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927193 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:27:30 +0000 Kathie 1927193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations! So wonderful that she’s already thinking about her vocation! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927189 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:55:07 +0000 Echo 1927189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, you are right that 8th graders are typically 14, as is my DD. In the past, they could have been 13, but that is rare now, given that most schools have a policy of no child under 5 in Kindergarten - no exceptions. So my DD is 14. She would be flattered that you think she is 17, but realistically, she looked very young for her class. The other girls are mostly slimmer, wear lots of makeup and wear much more revealing dresses (my DD refuses to wear so much as lip gloss!), so you might be shocked at the other 14 year olds!&nbsp;</p> <p>This is how she typically looks...</p> <p>And this is a picture (cutting out as many faces as possible, given that I don't have permission to post the other girls online) of some of the other girls. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927186 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:43:19 +0000 Becky 1927186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kudos to your daughter for her achievements and the gift of her words, which touched so many. 8th grade promotion is very similar here, as most girls wear full-length dresses and often have hair and makeup professionally done. It's a nice way to mark a milestone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927185 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:39:12 +0000 JAileen 1927185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your daughter looks lovely. I “graduated” from 8th grade many years ago. My dress was very similar, except it was a mini skirt!</p> <p>Good for her planning to get college credits in high school. I know a young man graduating this month from college who had a year’s worth of credits earned in high school, and will have graduated from college in three years. It is a tremendous savings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927184 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:38:45 +0000 Anonymous 1927184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty and smart and wise. She is a gem. How wonderful of you to help her feel special for this occasion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927182 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:29:35 +0000 bridgie 1927182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo, how touching.&nbsp; I know you are so very proud of your daughter and she has given you every reason to be proud.&nbsp; Her dress is beautiful, her hair is pretty, and it&nbsp;was worth whatever it&nbsp;cost!&nbsp; She is a beautiful young lady and kudos to you for getting her friend a pass for the dance.</p> <p>And of course her accomplishments and awards speak&nbsp;so highly for her.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927181 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:23:27 +0000 Jenni NZ 1927181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What level is 8th grade- how old are most of them? She looks about 17 but I previously thought 8th-graders were more like 13 ( equivalent to "Year 9" in my and other countries like Australia and UK) ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927178 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 23:07:53 +0000 bj1111 1927178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She is so lovely!</p> <p>We need more women in STEM so kudos to her for pursuing this field. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/8th-grade-promotion-style#post-1927175 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 22:57:16 +0000 Echo 1927175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is actually a WMDW (what my daughter wore). She just had her 8th grade promotion, and she was honoured (because of her GPA) by being allowed to give the closing speech. She also received the Presidential Art Award for excellence.&nbsp;</p> <p>Her speech was very personal, and spoke to the issue of not being happy with how she looked in 7th grade and overcoming that. I must have had a dozen moms come to be after the ceremony to tell me how powerful her speech was and how she gave voice to what every woman feels at some point. I was so proud of her!</p> <p>I am also proud of her because she took Algebra in 8th grade and is taking both Geometry and Algebra II as a freshman. She is very math oriented, and wants to pursue getting college credits in math by the time she is a senior. She wants to become an actuarial scientist after college.</p> <p>Anyway, DH thought we were overdoing it with a full-length dress, but girls go ALL OUT for this event. There were so many amazing up-dos and a lot of full-length dresses. We bought her a full-length dress of her choice and took her to have her hair professionally done. Although I didn't quite feel we got what we paid for with the hair (up-dos are expensive!), it was exactly what she wanted, and she loved it (which is all that really matters, I guess). And to top off a fabulous evening, her very best friend - who moved away this year - came to the ceremony! I asked her mum if she was going to stay for the dance, and her mum said she wasn't allowed because she wasn't a student at the school any longer. Because I teach, I told her to "give me a minute." I went and talked with the Super, and he gave his permission and signed her permission slip, so my DD got to spend the evening with her best friend!</p> <p> </p>