Graduation Information

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On June 16th, the graduation ceremony begins at 7pm and ANGP starts immediately following graduation.

Place: Patriot Center at George Mason University

Parents and Grads, here is some graduation and senior information you may find useful:

Graduation student speakers:

Graduation alumni speaker:

Graduation keynote speaker:

Other general information:

Details on Events:

Graduation: The Graduation Ceremony starts at 7:00 pm   The school requests that students arrive about 1.5 hours in advance of the ceremony. 

Students plan to arrive around 5:30 pm.  Students must be at the Patriot Center early to line up and get ready for the ceremony.  Doors to the Patriot Center will open to families aproximately 6:00 pm.  Seating is first come first served, but you will be able to see from any seat.  The ceremony will start promptly at 7:00 pm and usually lasts about 2 hours.

No Graduation Tickets: Graduates and their families are invited to attend graduation.  There are no tickets necessary.

Graduation Party: The All Night Grad Party starts immediately after graduation, about (start time tba) at TJ. Most students come directly to the party following graduation; a few stop home to change clothes.  Students must arrive at the party by 11:00 pm.  The party is over about 5:30 to 6 am the following day.  Tickets must be purchased for the event. TJ’s ANGP usually has an attendance of 95% - we’d like 100% this year! 

Rehearsal/Cap & Gown:  Seniors will receive more information about the delivery of their cap and gown in early June. We will update when we receive the information. Cap and gowns have been ordered for all seniors already.

Senior dues:  Senior dues will be announced as soon as the information is available. checks should be made payable to TJHSST.  Please put "Class of 2012 senior dues" in the memo line.   Dues cover the cost of cap and gown and other graduation-related items.

Baccalaureate. What is Baccalaureate? The student Baccalaureate chairs describe it as follows: "As a part of the ceremony, students and faculty share their experience through their academic years and how their religion has influenced them. There will be student speakers from a variety of religions. Baccalaureate is also a time when students present their musical talents. Baccalaureate provides an opportunity for students to be recognized individually in a more relaxed, thoughtful environment prior to the festivities of the school-wide graduation. The ceremony, although religious, is non-denominational and every effort will be made to ensure that everyone feels represented and welcome should they choose to attend. Please note that no school funds are spent on the ceremony.

More Information to Come.

Seniors, do not be late for graduation or you will not be allowed to participate.

Graduation location

Graduation will be held at the Patriot Center at George Mason University. Information can be found on the Patriot Center website, including:

Handicapped Seating at the Patriot Center

Regarding handicapped seating at the GMU Patriot Center, the Box Office Director there helpfully counsels families to look for the handicap icons indicating the locations of available wheelchair seating. Signs on the seats in rows E, F, and G will indicate that they are reserved for Elderly/Disabled Persons. When you enter the building, you are level with row F. All other seats are either up the stairs or down the stairs. When looking on the map, you'll notice the sections are wider at the bottom and top, and skinnier in the middle. The first skinny row is row F.

Senior Obligations

Seniors who still have outstanding financial obligations to TJ for class books that they neither returned nor paid for. You will not receive your cap & gown for graduation until these obligations are met!

Any obligations due to TJ (eg, for missing books or equipment) must be paid to the Finance Office. Teachers provide lists of this year's missing books and equipment to the Finance Office by the last day of senior exams.Warning: the line at the Finance Office door tends to be quite long!