Famous High School Drop-outs Part 1

Now that May has turned into June and summer rolls on, high school students all across the country are getting ready to walk across the stage and get that high school diploma. But some of Hollywood's most famous names never quite had that experience, unless it was on the silver screen. Check out our list of 35 celebrities who didn't stay in high school long enough to hear the graduation song from start to finish:

                                              Al Pacino
                                    Age Dropped Out: 17
Reason: After a giving a less than stellar academic performance, the Oscar winner now famous for his roles in "Scarface" and "The Godfather" dropped out of New York's School for the Performing Arts to take on side jobs to support his acting career.

                                       Avril Lavigne
                                Age Dropped Out: 15
Reason: After an impromptu performance for a music producer on a weekend trip in New York, the Canadian singer-songwriter landed a record deal. She admits her family did have plans for homeschooling her, but those fell through as her music career took off.

                                             Bill Cosby
                                  Year Dropped Out: 10th Grade
Reason: The actor, comedian, writer and producer had always been more interested in sports than academics despite high test scores. After finding out he would have to repeat 10th grade at Germantown High School, he became frustrated enough to drop out before joining the US Navy.

                                               Cameron Diaz
                                   Age Dropped Out: 17
Reason: Turns out the actress wasn't just a "Bad Teacher," but she was a pretty poor student also. The longtime Hollywood starlet admits that school just wasn't her thing and left Long Beach Polytechnical High School after being offered a modeling contract.

                                      Charlie Sheen
                              Year Dropped Out: 12th Grade
Reason: The actor may have done some serious "winning" in the past couple years, but he certainly never received any accolades for attendance. Just a few weeks short of graduation, Sheen was expelled from Santa Monica High School for never coming to class and having incredibly poor grades. Had he made it, Sheen's coaches say he could have gone on to play baseball in college, but it

                                     Catherine Zeta Jones
                                     Age Dropped Out: 15
Reason: Most people who have an Oscar on their shelf wouldn't regret trading in their high school diploma for their Screen Actor's Guild card, and we bet this successful actress is one. Before pursuing a long marriage with fellow Hollywood star Michael Douglas, she pursuing her acting dreams on the British stage beginning with a revival of "42nd Street."

                                       Elton John
                                  Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: After entering London's Royal Academy of Music on a piano scholarship at age 11, the now Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member became bored with classical compositions and quit school to do some rock'n'roll piano playing at a local pub

                                       Christina Applegate
                               Year Dropped Out: 11th Grade
Reason: When your mom is an actress and your father is a record producer, the entertainment bug tends to bite you hard, which is exactly what happened for this teenage actress. The "Up All Night" star wanted to ditch the student hat for a try at acting and singing so she left Excelsior High School in Hollywood and quickly found a gig as Kelly Bundy on "Married with Children."

                                                Jim Carrey
                                    Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: The comedic actor was not only a class clown, but a straight-A student as well. But times were tough for the young Canadian, who was forced to drop out to find a job to help support his family. He worked as a security guard and janitor before deciding to try his hand at comedy.

                                        Drew Barrymore
                              Year Dropped Out: 11th Grade
Reason: When you're getting big acting breaks at the age of 7, checking into rehab at 13 and being legally emancipated from your mother at 15, school isn't always a priority. The Hollywood wild child dropped out after hitting rock bottom and has since made quite the career comeback.

                                           John Travolta
                                  Age Dropped Out: 16
Reason: Before making singing and dancing his way to big roles in "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever," the actor dropped out of high school to act... as a high school student in "Welcome Back Kotter."

                                       Gisele Bundchen
                                Age Dropped Out: 14
Reason: Long before the days of motherhood and a marriage to Tom Brady, the Brazilian beauty was discovered by a modeling scout before her 15th birthday. She left school, started her modeling career and hopped on a plane to New York at just 16 to keep her momentum going.