Graduation Ceremony

Commencement Celebration AND BEYOND

Ceremony Date:  Saturday, June 13th, 2:30p -4:30p at Edmonds Stadium

Participation Requirements

Effective this year, seniors will be eligible to walk at graduation only if they meet ALL graduation requirements prior to the graduation ceremony date.  Seniors must have earned all appropriate credits, completed their High School and Beyond Plan, and met the Graduation Pathway requirement. (Students with an active IEP may graduate with their grade level peers regardless of graduation requirements being met. School Board Policy 2415)

All fines and fees must be paid/cleared in order for the graduate to participate in the graduation ceremony.

Mandatory Graduation Ceremony Rehearsal

Graduation ceremony rehearsal will be held on Friday, June 12th at 10 am in the Main Gym. Attendance is mandatory for all seniors who are walking. Rehearsal will continue until everyone is comfortable with the proceedings. We kindly request that you refrain from lingering on campus and depart immediately. 

Ticket Information

Tickets will be distributed after the graduation rehearsal. Each graduate will be given 6 tickets for the graduation ceremony. You will need to have your Senior Checkout form, and High School and Beyond Plan Requirements (Naviance) completed before receiving your tickets. Seniors who have not completed those requirements will not be allowed to pick up their graduation tickets. 

No Senior Checkout form / Naviance completion = No Graduation Tickets.

No Extra Tickets will be handed out, students are encouraged to talk to friends and classmates for extra tickets. 

Edmonds Stadium Seating and ADA Accommodations Request

Seating at the stadium is available on a first-come, first-served basis, with no assigned seating.  

Students will know if they are seated on the north or south side of the field. They should inform their families of their seating location so families can choose seats for best viewing. Your ticket grants you entry to the event.

ADA seating is found in the stadium and on the field. We want to make sure everyone feels comfortable and included. If someone in your party requires seating that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please →  Complete the ADA Request Form Here  (and if they need assistance from a family member, please share the guest's name on that form). Only one person may accompany the person requiring ADA seating.

If you request ADA seating for an individual and require another individual to accompany them, those tickets are included in your graduate's ticket allotment.

Graduation Ceremony Dress Code 

Our ceremony is focused solely on celebrating this important milestone in the lives of our seniors. The purpose of our graduation ceremony dress code is to allow celebration of individual achievement while not causing disruptions or distractions from the ceremony as a whole. 

During the ceremony, students must wear the traditional cap, gown, tassel, and stole package.  Gowns will be zipped closed during the ceremony.

Students will wear school issued cords and stoles on top of any club or cultural items.

Native American students may wear tribal regalia and items of cultural significance, augmenting, adding to or replacing the MTHS traditional package. 

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students may wear flower/leaf leis as an item of cultural significance. (Respecting this cultural significance, we ask that students who do not self-identify as Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander refrain from wearing leis.)

Students may wear personally supplied cords and stoles and may decorate caps and stoles within the following guidelines: 

Must be school-appropriate according to the Student Handbook - Mountlake Terrace High School guidelines.

The cap, gown, and stole must remain in their original shape.

Cap decorations must be flat on top of the mortarboard.

Personally supplied items and decorations must fit within the following categories:

• Thanking a family member, teacher, mentor or friend
• Recognition of post-secondary plans
• Recognition of high school achievements and activities
• Items of cultural significance
• Your graduation year

Students may NOT add personally supplied items or decorations that: 

• Replace school-issued items
• Change the original shape of the cap, gown, tassel or stole
• Light up or hang from caps or stoles
• Are disruptive to the ceremony or detrimental to the safety and welfare of other students

Please do not wear shoes with spiked heels or spiked shoes!  Graduates will be seated on the turf field. Spiky shoes will tear the turf, causing costly repairs.  If students arrive wearing such shoes, we will ask that they change their shoes.  

Guest Reminders

Guests are to be sensitive to others in the crowd. Please do not: use air horns or noise makers; stand during the ceremony to take pictures or video; or stand in any walkway.

No balloons, noise makers, or signs are allowed in the stadium. 

After the Ceremony

Families are welcome to gather for hugs and photos outside the stadium. For the safety of all, please do not gather in the parking lots.

Graduation Drop-Off and Parking

Families are welcome to gather for hugs and photos outside the stadium. For the safety of all, please do not gather in the parking lots.