Graduation Requirements

MPE's by-laws require a graduate's family to have been MPE members for at least 2 years (including their junior and senior years) and state their intent to graduate by October 1st of their senior year.

This deadline shall be published in the MPE newsletter in June, August, September, and October. 

If a family does not meet the membership requirements, seniors may still be allowed to participate in the MPE graduation if MPE is notified by October 1st of their desire to graduate and meet one of the following conditions:

1. The family has just moved to the Kansas City area, it joins MPE, and it submits to MPE a letter from the home-school organization in its previous state of residence verifying that it has been a member of that organization for the two previous years.

2. The family has been a member of MPE continuously in the past, except for time spent on the mission field. It resumed its MPE membership when it returned to the Kansas City area.

3. The family pays two years of past MPE dues, agrees to abide by the Christian emphasis of the graduation, and verifies that it has been home-schooling for the past two years by submitting to MPE one of the following: 

A. Proof of HSLDA membership for the past two years 

B. A transcript for its graduating senior 

C. Three letters of reference verifying that it has been home-schooling for the past two years

A graduating senior (or a representative from his/her family) is expected to attend any and all meetings set by the committee unless excused by the committee chairman. A portion of the fees required of each student might not be refundable. If a student decides not to graduate with MPE, fees will not be refunded if they have already been included in payments made for any portion of a ceremony. If a student does not qualify initially to participate in a MPE graduation ceremony, appeals can be made in either written or verbal form to the MPE Board of Directors. 

The Board alone reserves the right to determine whether a student under special circumstances may or may not participate in a graduation ceremony. No appeals will be accepted after October 1. 

It is expected (but not required) that, in the spirit of Christian charity, the members of the junior class will assist each year with the MPE graduation ceremonies and receptions. 

A person to chair the graduation committee work shall be chosen by the MPE Board of Directors by February 1 of the preceding year.