This is to share some information with you concerning seniors and graduation week. Hopefully, it will help to make this happy occasion a little less stressful for everyone. As you know, the graduation ceremony will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Mullins Center on the University of Massachusetts Campus. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.
Caps, gown and tickets will be given out on Friday, May 29th , during all lunch periods, at the High School. If seniors cannot pick up their caps and gowns that day, please call the main office to make arrangements. Each senior will receive 10 tickets with their cap and gown. If additional tickets are needed, please request them in writing, from Terry Ominsky in the main office before May 26th, so they will be ready for pick up on May 29th. PLEASE NOTE– Caps and Gowns are kept by each graduate, so pictures can be taken at your leisure.
Seniors are strongly encouraged to settle all fines for overdue or lost books, college transcripts, or any other fee owed to ARHS, BEFORE PICKING UP CAPS AND GOWNS. Any outstanding fines to ARHS will result in the diploma being held until the fines are paid.
Limited parking will be available in Lot 67, located behind the Mullins Center. Access to this lot is off route 116. Handicapped parking is provided in the metered lot on the N/E corner of the Mullins Center.
The Mullins Center staff reports that no balloons of any kind will be allowed in the building. This includes mylar and helium ones as they interfere with lighting and equipment.
In order to preserve the dignity and ceremony of the occasion, we ask that parents and guests remain in the seating area during the ceremony, and not climb down onto the floor of the stadium.
Graduation rehearsal will be held at 10 a.m. on June 6th at the Mullins Center. All graduating seniors should attend this rehearsal, which will last approximately two hours. Lot 67 is available for parking during rehearsal. Note – University parking regulations will be in effect if you park in any other lot for rehearsal. Students have been issued tickets in the past.
Beginning on Monday, June 8th, students may pick up their academic and guidance folders from the high school Registrar’s Office and Guidance Office respectively. If folders are not picked up, the school will retain them for five years, after which they will be destroyed. These files contain medical information as well as standardized test scores, which can be very helpful as students begin college.