Believe and Achieve Times
Graduation Edition
The 2021 Graduation Ceremony will proceed TODAY!
There is possible showers in the area this afternoon so please plan accordingly but we are believing and achieving for perfect weather for this evening! If the weather forecast changes dramatically for the worse we will communicate via robocall, email, and social media.
Graduation Information:
Tickets: YELLOW TICKETS ONLY will be accepted at both the home and visitor gates.
Entrances: Patrons can enter and sit on the home side or visitor side seating.
Gates will open at 5:30pm.
All seniors participating in the Graduation Ceremony are to report to the CHS Fieldhouse no later than 6pm.
***Remember that students are not allowed to wear high heeled shoes***
***Students are not allowed to decorate their caps or wear other non-CHS sponsored awards***
GRADUATE INSTRUCTIONS
Graduates will report to the field house appropriately dressed for the ceremony no later than 6 pm. For the ceremony, graduates will be spread out around the football field for proper social distancing. A chair will be placed on the football field for each graduate. Graduates will be provided a face covering on the day of the graduation service. All staff and graduates must wear the face covering during the processional into the football field and during the recessional back into CHS to receive their diplomas.
In the field house, chairs will be separated according to social distancing guidelines in the same arrangement as they will be on the football field.
Staff will take attendance and check that each student is complying with the graduation dress code.
All graduates are expected to wear the traditional cap and gown (no decorations) with appropriate attire under the cap and gown. Examples include: dress shirt, tie, slacks, dresses, skirts, and blouses, are all appropriate for a formal ceremony. No shorts, cut-offs, tennis shoes, or flip flops.
No shoes with a separated heel, like high-heeled shoes, are permitted in order to protect the turf field.
Students may also wear other school-sponsored embellishments at graduation such as the maroon and gold honor cord, 5% medal, IB stole, military honor cord, academic ring, or state championship ring. Please ask an administrator if your student has any questions about attire.
Seniors who do not comply with these standards and/or who dress in a way that could potentially disrupt the ceremony will be asked to change or not participate. The ceremony will not be delayed for the student to return from home in order to change clothes.
During the processional into the stadium, the graduates are expected to wear masks and socially distance themselves.
During the ceremony, as the graduate's name is read over the PA, the student will walk to the stage to be greeted by the principal. As the graduate walks across the stage a central office administrator or school board member will give each graduate their diploma cover which will be used in the picture. The graduate will pause as they exit the stage for a photograph with the photographer.
After receiving your diploma in the field house, graduates are asked to exit the CHS property as the stadium will be closed immediately after the ceremony.
GUEST INFORMATION
Parents/guardians will use the 8 yellow tickets only to attend graduation.
Family groups will be expected to sit together to allow for proper social distancing.
All guests must have a yellow ticket in order to attend the ceremony.
Gates to the stadium will open at 5:30 pm.
Guests will sit in the bleachers on the home and visitors’ sides of the stadium. Please note that the stage will be on the south end of the field and so both sides will have the same view of the graduates as they walk across the stage. Also, because some graduates may not be at graduation due to the change in the schedule, the exact placement of each graduate on the football field is not finalized.
Handicapped seating is available on both sides of the track. If a guest requires handicapped seating, two of the regular admission tickets must be exchanged for two handicapped seating tickets no later than Monday, June 7th