2024 Graduates
Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony
May 31, 2024 at 7:00 PM
In the Hodag Dome
Doors open 5:30 PM
Dear RHS Seniors and Families,
The end of the school year is nearing and there are many events and deadlines approaching. The evening of May 31st will be the graduation ceremony. This newsletter contains information to help you prepare for this important event. If you have questions that are not covered in this newsletter please contact my office.
Seniors, now is the time to dig deep and find the strength to finish strong and finish well. I am proud of all of you and look forward to congratulating you on May 31st.
Shane Dornfeld
RHS Principal
Things to Do Before Graduation
Pick up Cap and Gown May 13th during lunch with Mrs. Beran
- If you can't make it then, just stop in when you can after May 13th
Pay School Fees - Due May 24th
- Start College Now Fees will be added if needed once the course is completed.
Pay Lunch Balance - Due May 24th
Return Locker Keys - or pay for replacement if lost
Return Chromebook
Return Library Books
Final Transcript
Class of 2024,
If you are planning to attend a post-secondary school in the fall, the school will require your final transcript to complete your enrollment and sometimes to allow you to sign up for your classes. Please keep in mind that it will be your responsibility to order your final transcript through your Parchment account. This process can be done now so you will not have to worry about it this summer. RHS will hold the transcript request until all of the second semester grades are posted to your transcript and then will release your order (usually by mid June). Click on the link to order your transcript, and follow the directions on the attachment below “Hold for Grades.”
If you do not have a Parchment account set up, please contact me in Student Services and I will be more than happy to help you. This can also be used for military and employment purposes.
Best Wishes!
Get Your Grad Grams in by May 29th. Pick them up at RHS or The Dome
Important Notes
Graduation Rehearsal - mandatory for those participating in the Graduation Ceremony Friday, May 31st, 9:00 a.m. at the Hodag Dome. Please be there by 8:50a.m. You do not need to bring your cap/gown/tassel to rehearsal.
Elementary School Tours
Our graduates are excited looking at their future and it is important for them to pause and look back where their education started. It is equally important for the teachers to see former students at the end of their high school educational career. There will be buses available to transport seniors to the elementary schools. Seniors who do not want to go to the elementary schools, can leave following rehearsal.
Graduation Ceremony
Friday May 31, 7:00p.m. at the Hodag Dome doors will open around 5:30p.m.
Seniors should meet by 6:15p.m., inside the Dome, by the tennis courts to begin lining up. Please be there with your cap, gowns, and tassel.
Graduation Pictures
Graduates will be photographed by a professional photographer as they receive their diplomas. Proofs can be viewed online at www.bobmphotos.com
Graduation Tickets
No Tickets needed! We are not limiting the number of family members for the 2024 Graduation Ceremony. Please note, there is limited number of seating provided in the dome so we encourage you to bring a lawn chair to set up in the designated rows.
The live, in-person, ceremony will be live streamed on hodagtv.com so family members who are not able to attend in person can still view the ceremony live.
Ceremony Location
The graduation ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Hodag Dome.
No spiked heeled shoes - flats, wedges and block heels are acceptable footwear on the turf.
Camp Chairs are encouraged.
No Food allowed in the Hodag Dome
Water is the only beverage allowed in the Hodag Dome.
Caps and Gowns
Wearing the cap and gown is a tradition that represents a common level of achievement and personal worth regardless of the individual differences between people. They are a symbol of academic achievement and has managed to survive over the years and continues here at Rhinelander High School.
All students who choose to participate in the Rhinelander High School Graduation Ceremony are required to wear a cap and gown. Neither the cap or gown may be decorated with slogans, personal items, and/or symbols.
Students should arrive for graduation carrying their cap and gown and use thentrancesa as instructed at graduation her
Wear your Tassel on the left!
Graduates are presented a diploma cover during the ceremony. Diploma certificates will be handed out during rehearsal. If you will not be participating in the Graduation Ceremony, your diploma will be mailed to you or you can make arrangements with the office to pick it up after June 3rd.
Parking
Parking will be limited to James Williams Middle School. Rhinelander High School, and the Dome parking lot. No parking or vehicles will be allowed on the quarter mile road between the middle school and high school.
Entrance
Students and guests will enter through the main Entrance of the Dome.
Parents- We need your help!
Please communicate with your senior that the graduation ceremony is one of the times to show dignity and respect. Those students not willing to cooperate with this request do not have to attend and will be removed from the ceremony. Help us make this occasion one of honor and distinction for students, parents and Rhinelander High School.
School Board Policy
School Board Policy P 5459 states that … a student must have met all requirements for graduation in order to participate in graduation exercises, and also that … he/she does not have any outstanding fees, fines, and/or behavioral/disciplinary consequences remaining to be satisfied. Please make sure your senior student checks to see that their obligations are met. All outstanding fees, including food service, must be paid by May 24, 3:30p.m., for seniors to participate in the graduation ceremony. Payments after May 12th must be paid with money order or cash. Personal checks will not be accepted after that date. If there are any questions, please call the high school office.
Double Check your Student Fees are Paid in Full
You CAN NOT participate in the Graduation Ceremony if you have any remaining School Fees or a Lunch balance.
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Balloon Photo Backdrop
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