Commencement exercises for the USD 457 Garden City Achieve High School and Virtual Academy will take place Saturday, May 16th, at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will be held in the Competition Gymnasium at Horace Good Middle School, 1412 N. Main Street.
There will be a Baccalaureate ceremony that will be held for the graduates at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday in the auditorium on the GCHS campus, 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd. This is a Christian faith-based service for graduates and families. Free gifts will be provided to all graduates who attend the ceremony.
The school’s administration is requesting that guests do not bring balloons, air horns, or other noise making devices to distract from the graduation ceremony. The graduates are being asked to follow a few guidelines to make their final experience a dignified and memorable occasion. The guidelines include:
1. Dress will be semiformal or business casual. (No shorts, tank tops, etc.)
2. Shoes or sandals are required. There are to be no beach flip-flops.
3. Please do not bring cell phones. They will not be allowed during the ceremony.
4. The tops of the caps cannot be decorated.
The doors will be open at 9:30 a.m. for guests to enter the gym and be seated. The school is asking people to enter Horace Good Middle School through the “Hawk” doors on the east side of the building to get to the gym.
The school will also broadcast the event online for those who are unable to attend the event. The school will provide more details on the broadcast closer to the ceremony.