Class of 2025,
I have received a few questions and wanted to make sure to share this information with the entire class. Please review the Graduation Dress Code below.
Dress Code for Graduates: Dress pants and dress shirt with tie, a dress or skirt and blouse or pantsuit are outfits that are recommended. If you wear pants, wear matching/dark socks with dress shoes. No sneakers, sandals, flip flops, etc. are allowed. We recommend that students do not wear high heels, as there will be a lot of walking and stair climbing. No visible “bulky” jewelry, scarves, ribbons, etc. are permitted.
Personal Items: Leave purses, cameras, sunglasses, and personal items with a parent or friend in the audience; they may not be taken in during the processional. Flowers or corsages are NOT permitted.
Graduation Regalia: Only the regalia given by the school will be allowed to be worn at the graduation ceremony. If students come with any stoles, cords, or other regalia they will be told to remove it or will not be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony. The regalia given by the school may include: Honor Stole (Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum laude, Cum Laude), National Honor Society stole, Science Honor Society stole, Cambridge Stole, Community Service Cord, VET/CVA program stole, CNA program stole, AVID stole and SGA cord.
Graduation Gowns: Gowns should be brought with you to the graduation ceremony. When you arrive, please have your gown in hand and not on. Please carry your cap, gown, and medallion into the University of South Florida Yuengling Center. We will not have extra gowns on hand. Make sure that you bring yours to the ceremony. Gowns are to look like they did when received from the company. Nothing extra may be added to them.
Graduation Cap: The mortarboard (graduation cap) is to be worn flat with the tassel over the right eye. Once the seniors are declared graduates, the tassel is moved to the left side in unison with the class. Caps may be decorated on the top only. Caps will be reviewed upon check-in. If the decoration on your cap is not appropriate, you will be given a plain replacement cap to wear for the ceremony.
Please consider the following rules when decorating your graduation cap. Failure to follow them may result in removal before the ceremony.
Caps MAY NOT contain: Advertisements, symbols, abbreviations, initials, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that: refer to drugs or controlled substances, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons or anything of sexual nature.
- Affiliation with gangs, drug use, violence, illegal activity, or disruptive behavior which is detrimental to the safety and welfare of others.
- Anything obscene, profane, vulgar, or lewd.
- Numbers other than the graduation year.
- Anything threatening the safety or welfare of someone else.
- Anything that makes noise (bells, horns etc.).
- Only the flat area can be decorated. There can be nothing hanging from the sides. 3D objects (only 2D objects that are flat and attached to the cap).
Acceptable Ideas include: thanking a parent or guardian, recognizing a university you will be attending, your graduation year, military branch that you will be joining. It is highly suggested that you trace your cap onto cardboard and decorate the cardboard. We will not be supplying new caps if you mess yours up. Administration reserves the right to disallow anything that is not considered appropriate for the commencement ceremony.
Failure to comply with the dress code policy may result in the student not participating in the ceremony. Security will do a visual search and wand of all graduates and any guests to the University of South Florida Yuengling Center.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Kari Kadlub
Principal
Kari Kadlub
Principal
