Why is there an age requirement for graduation with the Idaho Homeschool Graduation?
The Idaho Homeschool Graduation Ceremony provides a ceremony for those traditional, older homeschooled students who have met their parents’ requirements for graduation from high school. The age of 17 as of December 31st of the year before the ceremony actually allows students younger than the public school students (by 3 months) who follow the traditional Kindergarten through 12th grade schedule. We respect, however, the right of parents to graduate younger students on their own. Parents desiring to graduate students younger than the 17 as of December 31st of the year before the ceremony can choose to put together their own ceremony with other younger students to celebrate this important milestone. They may obtain a cap and gown package with a diploma from HSLDA to put on a home graduation ceremony of their own.
