"Pregnant student banned from graduation takes the stage anyway.(EDUCATION)(Brief Article)." Jet 107.23 (June 6, 2005): 25(3). Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 11 Jan. 2007 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A133108579&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0.


Alysha Cosby was a teen mother who attended St. Jude Educational Institute, a Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama. She had finished all four years of highschool and it was graduation day. Unlike her classmates, Alysha was handed her diploma at her own home prior to the graduation. Crosby was banned from her own graduation (the father of the child was aloud to participate) Taking matters into her own hands, she attended the ceremony anyway. At the end of the program she announced her own name and walked across the stage as fellow classmates cheered and celebrated. Alysha's mother and aunt were escorted by police out of the church after she took her seat. In march of 2005 Crosby was told that she couldn't attend scool because of safety concerns and her name was not listed in the graduation program. The article ended with an inspiring quote from Alysha, "I worked hard throughout high school and I wanted to walk with my class." I want to know if other teen mothers have been banned from their graduations or is it a rule for the Roman Catholics.