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Grad 2025 is Friday, June 27
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Grad Fees
Graduation fee
Each Grade 12 student must pay a $50 graduation fee. Pay at the office or through your Rycor account.
Fundraising fee
Each Grade 12 student must pay $45 fundraising fee. Pay at the office, pay when you purchase your grad gala tickets online.
Important Dates
June 3, 2025 at noon - Tickets will go on sale on for the Graduation Celebration (evening event). Tickets are $21 each.
June 6, 2025 at 11:00am - Graduation Mass will be held in the École Secondaire Notre Dame High School gymnasium.
June 16, 2025 - Last day of classes in semester 2. Students must have completed, or if currently enrolled in, be passing all required classes by the last day of classes in order to participate in Notre Dame’s Graduation Ceremony.
June 20, 2025 - Last day to purchase tickets for the Graduation Celebration (evening event).
June 26, 2025 at 5 PM - Graduation rehearsal at the Marchant Crane Centrium at Westerner Park. This rehearsal is mandatory for all graduates. Rehearsal should run approximately 90 minutes.
June 27, 2025 - Graduation Ceremony (Morning Event)
- The morning Graduation Ceremony (diploma presentations) begin at 9:00am at the Marchant Centrium at Westerner Park.
- The morning ceremony includes Prayer, Valedictorian Address, Presentation of Diplomas and address from our Grade 12 Administration team.
- The morning ceremony will conclude by 12:00 p.m. Gowns and V-stols will be collected from grads as they exit the ceremony.
- Tickets are not needed for the morning event.
June 27, 2025 - Graduation Celebration (Evening Event)
- Tickets are required to attend the Graduation Celebration (evening event).
- Graduates do not need to purchase a ticket but all guests must have a ticket to attend the evening celebration. Tickets can only be purchased online through the school website and are not available at the school. There is no limit on the number of tickets graduates can purchase. Tickets will be available for purchase until Thursday, June 20.
- If the $45 graduation fundraising fee has not been paid or flowers were not sold, the fundraising fee will be added to the cost of your first ticket. Outstanding school fees and library fines will be added to your ticket purchase as well.
- Our evening celebration begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Marchant Crane Centrium at Westerner Park. We begin with a Grand March of all of our grads across the stage. We encourage graduates to walk across the stage with their friends. To begin the program, students and staff will deliver tributes. Once the tributes are complete, our DJ will get the celebration started with family first dances. The dance will continue until 10:00 p.m.on ice level. Clusters of tables will be set up around the Concourse level with sweets and treats and refreshments. We encourage families to stay and celebrate.
**If you require accessible seating for the morning Graduation Ceremony or evening Graduation Celebration, please contact Shannon Nivens at shannon.nivens@rdcrs.ca