Dear Parents and Graduation Candidates of '25,
Our Commencement Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, June 27, 2025. Graduation is one of the highlights of your high school career, and we are hoping, with your cooperation, to have another successful, dignified, and memorable ceremony. We have been working closely with Mrs. Kubis and Mrs. Reed, our Advisors, to formulate our plans for the upcoming exercises. We are sure that we will have a graduation exercise of which the entire North Babylon Community will be proud.
GRADUATION INFORMATION
DRESS AND BEHAVIOR:
High School Graduation is the highlight of your school career. To ensure that the ceremony is a positive experience for graduates, their families and guests please adhere to the following rules:
1. Inappropriately dressed students will be excluded from the ceremony and diplomas will be withheld pending parental conference.
2. Any student who does not appear to be in a condition to participate in the ceremony will be excluded from the ceremony and their diploma will be withheld pending parental conference.
3. Students involved in disruptive behavior during the ceremony will be removed and their diplomas will be withheld.
4. No ornaments, except those approved by the school, may be worn on the cap and gown. Unauthorized ornaments will be removed and held until the ceremony is over.
GRADUATION: OUTDOORS--INDOORS
Friday, June 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM Outdoors on the Football Field.
STUDENTS REPORT TO WEST GYM AT 5:00 PM.
NO HEELS ARE ALLOWED TO BE WORN BY GRADUATES ON THE FIELD OR GUESTS SITTING IN TRACK SEATING.
Track seating is first-come, first-serve.
In the event, there is inclement weather the graduation ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 28, 2025. It is always our hope to have the ceremony outside with the entire graduation class attending one ceremony so that students can enjoy this experience with their friends and extended family. The ceremony will be live-streamed whether it is outdoors or indoors.
To accommodate the number of graduates, in the event of rain graduation exercises may be held in the auditorium. In either case, indoors or outdoors, dismissal will be from the West Gym.
REHEARSAL: At 11:30 AM on Wednesday, June 25th, please report to the West Gym and take a seat. After rehearsal, which will be over at about 1:00 pm, you will receive your admission tickets and go to the west breezeway to pick up your cap and gown.
CAPS AND GOWNS: The graduation cap and gown fee this year is $55.00 and should have been paid via MySchoolBucks.com. This fee includes cap and gown purchase (you keep the cap and gown) and all other fees associated with the graduation exercises. If this fee has not been paid, CASH ONLY will be collected during distribution. Cash payments will be made after all prepaid orders are distributed.
*ALL SENIORS with a 4-year average of 85% or better are eligible to wear a gold tassel. After you get your cap and gown, you may exchange the blue and white tassel for the gold one, or you may keep the blue and white one and pay $6.00 (cash only) for the gold one, which you will also keep.
TICKETS: On Wednesday, June 25th you will receive two tickets for indoor graduation, which will only occur due to inclement weather. These tickets are not necessary for the outdoor ceremony where seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
FINES-DEBTS: STUDENTS, WHO OWE MONEY FOR LIBRARY BOOKS, CHROMEBOOKS, ETC., WILL HAVE THEIR TICKETS AND DIPLOMA HELD BACK UNTIL ALL FINES ARE PAID. They will have to go to a special area to pay their debts and get their tickets.
GRADUATION PICTURES: A professional photographer will take a picture of each student as diplomas are awarded. There is no charge for picture taking before THE CEREMONY. The photographer will contact you directly via email.
NO PERSONAL ITEMS SHOULD BE LEFT IN THE GYM ON THE GRADUATION DAY. THE GYM WILL NOT BE SECURED DURING THE CEREMONY.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jonathan Klomp
Principal
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