Class of 2025 Information

• No tickets are required for admission to an outdoor ceremony.
• In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be conducted in the gymnasium. Should inclement weather move the ceremony indoors, tickets will be required. Each senior will receive four (4) tickets. Those seniors not needing all of their tickets for family and friends are encouraged to share them with classmates needing additional tickets.
• General seating in the stadium may not be reserved. We request that you not enter the stadium early to place markers or blankets to remove seats. Items placed to reserve seats will be removed. 
• Rain or shine, a live-stream of graduation will be playing in the high school auditorium for additional guests.
• Lower bleachers are reserved for handicapped seating, and they are wheelchair accessible. Family of the handicapped person may sit in the row(s) above. If commencement is held in the gymnasium, a section of the gym floor will be reserved for handicapped individuals. One member of the family may sit with the handicapped person.

• Both visitor and home bleachers will be available for guest seating.

• No lawn chairs or other seating will be permitted on the field, gymnasium floor or the indoor or outdoor tracks. Guests must use the stadium or gymnasium seating. 

• Guests are not permitted on the field to take pictures during the graduation ceremony.

• As a reminder for all attendees that smoking is not permitted on school grounds at any time.

Traffic will enter via the main entrance on the high school campus and be directed right. There will be directional signs and event staff to assist with parking. The tennis court and access road exits will be open in addition to the main entrance for traffic leaving graduation.

In the case of inclement weather, the graduation ceremony may be delayed until storms pass or moved indoors. The District relies on forecast advice from area meteorologists and sophisticated weather applications. The District will notify families via text message and phone calls of a delay or location change by 3PM on the day of commencement.

In the event the inclement weather requires us to move indoors, tickets will be required. Each graduate will receive four (4) tickets for their friends and family.

All current graduation information will be available on the District Website. Central York Social Media Channels will also be updated with the appropriate information. 

CEREMONY ATTIRE AND PROGRAM INFORMATION

1. All seniors receiving a diploma must wear a cap and gown for commencement
2. Women should wear a dress, skirt, and blouse, dress pants and blouse, or pantsuit under their gown.
3. All shoes should be flats or platform style. Stiletto heels are not permitted on the turf field.
4. Men should wear a dress shirt, a tie, dress pants, dress shoes, and dress socks.
5. Jeans are not permitted, nor are shower shoes, crocs, or flip-flops.
6. 6. Caps shall be worn with the tassel on the right side. When the class is formally declared as graduated, all tassels are transferred simultaneously to the left side. **Caps are not to be decorated**
7. During the commencement program, men will remove their caps during the pledge and the national anthem. Women have the option to remove their caps during the pledge and national anthem.
8. Caps/gowns/tassels are for the graduates to keep and should not be returned to the school.
9. Those wearing unacceptable attire will be asked to change or will not be allowed to participate.

Failure to comply with these rules may result in the prohibition of participation in the commencement exercises.