Important Information for Seniors 2017 and the End of the Year

Important Information for Seniors 2017 and the End of the Year:

• Finals for Seniors will be Tuesday, May 17th through Friday, May 20th. Please check the school calendar on the SHS website for specific exam times.

• Your cap/gown fee must be paid prior to receiving your cap, gown, stole, and tassel.

• The gowns belong to you; therefore, you will not be returning them.

• Please view the Dress Code, Behavior Letter and other Graduation related items on the SHS website.

• Honor cords will be sold for $10 following the graduation practice. These are available to students who have a cumulative average for their high school career of 90.0. Please note that an 89.999 will not qualify.

• There will be two mandatory graduation practices. The first will be at SHS in gym 1 on Monday, May 22nd at 10:00 am. The second practice will be at the VBC Arena on Tuesday, May 23rd at 7:15 AM. Everyone should be on the arena floor in their seats by 7:30 AM.

• The Von Braun Center (VBC) doors will open at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, May 23rd. Your parents and guests may come at that time. Graduates must be present no later than 2:00 PM.

• Each graduate will receive nine tickets.

• Graduation tickets may be picked up in Gym #1 on Monday, May 22nd after Graduation Rehearsal at approximately 11:30 am.

• Every guest requiring a seat must have a ticket for admission into the VBC Arena.

• Only the graduate will be allowed to pick up graduation tickets/stole.

• *** This information is subject to change: If you park for rehearsal on VBC parking lots, you may not be charged. If you park on the City lot, you will have to pay $3, but if you save that ticket, you will not have to pay again that day if you park in the same lot.

• Graduation Dress Code is as follows: Black pants, black socks and shoes, white shirt, dark tie for our young men and our young ladies will wear a black dress or black slacks, and black shoes (absolutely NO FLIP FLOPS). Please keep jewelry to a minimum (only small earrings or a watch). See the SHS Graduation Dress Code Flyer for more details. This is located on the SHS website.

• Tossing your cap after you have been pronounced graduates will be permitted, as long as the principal does not revoke this privilege.

• Be sure all outstanding debts have been taken care of before attempting to pick up your diploma. Outstanding debts include library fees, lost books (textbooks or library books), uniforms, drivers’ education fees, etc. A hold will be placed on your diploma until these debts have been resolved.

• Diploma pickup will be will be at the VBC immediately following the commencement ceremony. You will pick up your diploma from your homeroom teacher.

• Final transcripts will be requested on Monday, May 22nd after graduation practice by completing and returning a FINAL Transcript Request Form. This form will be provided for you that day.

• Any transcript request after the May 22nd date must be completed in MySchoolFees with a $5 fee applied.

• As a reminder, if the administration deems that a behavior violation has taken place at graduation, a student will have to complete 40 supervised work hours before receiving their diploma.