West Salem High School Commencement
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Fairgrounds Pavilion
This is an officially scheduled event on your calendar. Attendance is required. The only exceptions are for students who have close family members graduating in another location at the same time. An official note from a parent will be required for an excused absence. This is an extremely important service we provide for our school and community. We need to perform it at a very high level.
Dress: Your tuxedos and dresses have already been turned in. Dress in your very nicest clothes. Men should at least wear dress shirt and tie; a sportcoat or suit is even better. Preferred dress for women is a skirt or dress; if you choose pants, please be as dressy as possible.
Equipment: We need percussionists to arrive at 5:20 to set up percussion. All students will help load equipment at the end of the evening.
Report: To the Pavilion at 5:30p.m., dressed for performance. Teachers, graduating seniors, and band students are to use the Sunnyview entrance. All others must use the main (17th St.) entrance. You are responsible for arranging your own transportation to the event. Please work out carpools ahead of time if necessary. Bring your own instrument and music. If you need assistance with a large instrument, speak to Mr. Nail or Mr. Griffiths ahead of time.
Schedule:
Band will play prior to ceremony.
7:00 Entrance of senior class (band playing).
After the seniors have entered, students needing to sit with their families may do so. Those students must return by the end of the ceremony to perform again.
After ceremony, band plays again.
"When it's over," you may travel home one of two ways:
- City of Salem will NOT ALLOW parents to drive to the Pavilion to pick up students. Any students who drove themselves may (obviously) drive themselves home.
- All students who were dropped off will be BUSED BACK TO SCHOOL. Our best guess is that we will arrive back at West at 9:30pm.
